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Mac mini Now Shipping

AndrewTosh said:
Have they arrived in store yet, or will they be arriving on the 22nd?
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They'll be available on the 22nd. Word is that all Apple stores open 1 hour early on Saturday, but being as the DE store is located within the Christiana Mall you might want to call ahead and check on that.
 
I ordered mine right after the keynote ended. I used the free shipping method. The shipping process started yesterday, via FedEx. Their site now tells me I should have the MacMini by 10am on Friday. So a day before official release.

This was a 1.42 with superdrive, BT and Airport. I bought the RAM at CircuitCity for $50. I may end up tossing this up on Ebay as someone else had mentioned.
 
griff said:
I ordered mine right after the keynote ended. I used the free shipping method. The shipping process started yesterday, via FedEx. Their site now tells me I should have the MacMini by 10am on Friday. So a day before official release.
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When did yours leave China? Mine left at 7:09pm 1/19/05, but is scheduled for delivery on the 24th. :(
 
I ordered mine as soon as I could after the keynote (1.42, 512MB, AE/BT, 80GB) and Fedex says:

Estimated delivery
Jan 21, 2005 10:30 AM

It's gonna be a good weekend! :D

TM
 
SiliconAddict said:
Congrats to those who got em. Me? The wait continues til the release of Tiger. There is something just yummy about Tiger and a Mini. :D Now if only Apple would release their 17" G5 PowerBook. ;) :D


Patience may be a virtue. Its also a PITA. :p
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-SiliconAddict

So if you took an iMac Mini and Tiger, would that give you a "Tigger"?
 
mian said:
When did yours leave China? Mine left at 7:09pm 1/19/05, but is scheduled for delivery on the 24th. :(
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The same. But it's going to depend where you live. I live about 5 miles outside of Boston. If you live in the middle of Kansas, I'm sure it would take longer. Everything is going to go to TN most likely first and then go to the local places from there.
 
Azeron said:
Ship a stripped down version of OSX for gaming so you didn;t have all of the aqua overhead, and I could see this working pretty good.
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It's not a high-end 3D board in the Mini so don't expect the highest detail in the latest games... but it's higher-end than some 3D boards I've had a LOT of fun with! We'll have to see how it tests. But don't worry about Aqua. It seems to have no overhead when not actively in use.


sinisterdesign said:
cool little 'puter, though. i'm just not sure the little 32MB Radeon could pump out frame rates like an Xbox.
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I have my doubts as well. But the CPU is certainly faster than an X-Box.

One thing to keep in mind when comparing a computer to a console: the console puts out LOW QUALITY video: 640x480, non-anti-aliased. And typically lower-res textures than we expect on a computer too. It gets away with that because TVs are blurry, and we don't EXPECT better on TV. IN addition, TVs only have 30 frames/60 fields per second--any framerates better than that offer no visible benefit.

So consoles "have it easy" in some ways. If you saw the SAME quality as X-Box (Halo, say) on a nice computer monitor, you wouldn't think it was so great. If your Mac Mini achieves close to the same quality... you won't think that's so great, either!

The answer, of course, is to run your Mac Mini to TV so the burriness hides the defects just like with a console. Get that $19 TV adapter from Apple and enjoy the big size. Even my old PowerBook G3, 333 Mhz with 16 VRAM, looks surprisingly good running "older" 3D games to TV! Better than on its own screen because I no longer "notice" the low res I'm forced to settle for. (And my PowerBook G4 1.25 GHz makes UT2004 look just amazing on TV! 64 VRAM though, better than the Mini.)

(And regardless of how the image detail looks compared to anything else, the game PLAY can still be fun!)

PS, my iLife '05 just shipped :D
 
Interested to see Amazon.co.uk are selling both Mac mini and the Shuffle.

Didn't realise they were that keen on Macs :cool:
Lovely jubbly

Also on the same page is a Belkin Wireless keyboard and optical mouse for £36.99. Not too bad at all.

And no, I don't work for Amazon or Belkin!

Renko
 
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griff said:
The same. But it's going to depend where you live. I live about 5 miles outside of Boston. If you live in the middle of Kansas, I'm sure it would take longer. Everything is going to go to TN most likely first and then go to the local places from there.
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Boston, eh?

What the hell.... i', in New Jersey and Fed Ex says estimated delivery on 10:30 am, monday the 24th. I hope I get it friday or saturday, or my weekend and my monday will suck, because I won't be able to play around with it until late monday night. :(
 
nagromme said:
PS, my iLife '05 just shipped :D
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Good to read it is shipping.

The odd thing is I ordered iLife and iWork as part of the same order, but I have only received a notice that iWork has shipped. Maybe Apple sold a ton more of iLife than they were expected.

Anyway, while I can't wait for iLife to come, if I have iWork to play around with, I'll be satisfied. I really hope it makes it here tomorrow.
 
It looks like mine should be in Portland, OR on time... (although I am crossing my fingers that it may even be early)

Estimated delivery: Jan 21, 2005 10:30 AM
Jan 19, 2005, 11:42 AM, Arrived at FedEx location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Jan 19, 2005, 1:01 AM, Left origin: SHENZHEN CN
Jan 18, 2005, 11:08 PM, Picked up: SHENZHEN CN, Package received after FedEx cutoff
 
Have any other mini orders placed on the 11th not shipped yet? My 1.42/512/AE BTO has yet to ship and I ordered a few hours after the keynote.

Sadly I screwed up and added Overnight shipping along with a keyboard that I said to bundle all items into one shipment.

My order is still open and expected to ship on or before 1/21. I understand its my mistake for ordering 'costly' extras, yet with this being my first new Mac in over a decade how am I supposed to be aware of Apple's new product release/shipping choas. I'm sure I can wait a few extra days as its not the end of the world. I just can't help but feel slightly cheated if others who opted for the free ground shipping got it a little earlier.
 
BrianEnigma said:
It looks like mine should be in Portland, OR on time... (although I am crossing my fingers that it may even be early)

Estimated delivery: Jan 21, 2005 10:30 AM
Jan 19, 2005, 11:42 AM, Arrived at FedEx location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Jan 19, 2005, 1:01 AM, Left origin: SHENZHEN CN
Jan 18, 2005, 11:08 PM, Picked up: SHENZHEN CN, Package received after FedEx cutoff
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Don't get too excited-- my mini is on the same shipment, & I am not getting my hopes up.

I recently bought an iMac G5 that came the same route:


Oct 27, 2004 10:12 AM Delivered ANTIOCH, CA
8:23 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery PACHECO, CA
6:34 AMAt local FedEx facility PACHECO, CA
6:17 AM Departed FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
Oct 26, 2004 5:36 PM Arrived at FedEx location OAKLAND, CA
9:31 AM Departed FedEx location LOS ANGELES, CA
4:56 AM Departed FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
6:32 AM Int'l shipment release
12:38 AM Arrived at FedEx location INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Oct 25, 2004 4:10 PM Departed FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
1:47 PM Arrived at FedEx location ANCHORAGE, AK
Oct 24, 2004 10:21 PM At local FedEx facility SHANGHAI CN
Oct 23, 2004 11:30 PM At local FedEx facility
11:50 AM Left origin SHANGHAI CN
11:30 AM Picked up SHANGHAI CN Future delivery requested
11:30 AM Package data transmitted to FedEx; package not in FedEx possession
 
BrianEnigma said:
It looks like mine should be in Portland, OR on time... (although I am crossing my fingers that it may even be early)

Estimated delivery: Jan 21, 2005 10:30 AM
Jan 19, 2005, 11:42 AM, Arrived at FedEx location: ANCHORAGE, AK
Jan 19, 2005, 1:01 AM, Left origin: SHENZHEN CN
Jan 18, 2005, 11:08 PM, Picked up: SHENZHEN CN, Package received after FedEx cutoff
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Mine arrived in Anchorage at the same time and left at 2:09 pm. Still have an estimated delivery date of 1/24/05. I'm hoping they beat the estimate.
 
7:09 pm
Left FedEx Ramp
SHENZHEN CN

3:42 pm
Arrived at FedEx Ramp
SHENZHEN CN

2:09 pm
Left FedEx Sort Facility
ANCHORAGE AK

11:42 am
Arrived at Sort Facility
ANCHORAGE AK

10:36 am
Left FedEx Origin Location
SHENZHEN CN

8:37 am
Pickup status
SHENZHEN CN


WTF?????????? It says delivery on Monday :( :( :(

Edit: That's from newest scan to oldest.
 
Seraphiem said:
I just can't help but feel slightly cheated if others who opted for the free ground shipping got it a little earlier.
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Apple actually doesn't specify what its free shipping is (ground, air, camel, otherwise). Part of the reason for this is because they offer free shipping on seemingly all orders above $50 and products such as Mac mini and iMac G5 are air freighted from China/Taiwan. What that means is that 'free shipping' is effectively, at least immediately after hardware product release, usually by air and will get there VERY quickly.

And don't feel bad -- mine shipped, but the tracking number doesn't work. Fedex's site has said since yesterday early evening

" No scan record for the following shipments has been received by our system yet. Please try again later or contact Customer Service."

Hopefully they just forgot to scan it.
 
Whotheheck said:
7:09 pm
Left FedEx Ramp
SHENZHEN CN

3:42 pm
Arrived at FedEx Ramp
SHENZHEN CN

2:09 pm
Left FedEx Sort Facility
ANCHORAGE AK

11:42 am
Arrived at Sort Facility
ANCHORAGE AK

10:36 am
Left FedEx Origin Location
SHENZHEN CN

8:37 am
Pickup status
SHENZHEN CN


WTF?????????? It says delivery on Monday :( :( :(

Edit: That's from newest scan to oldest.
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I've seen Fedex do this before. In fact, when I got something shipped from NewEgg, it left and returned to Newark like 5 times before it finally made its way to Pittsburgh. Fortunately, it also wasn't delayed... it just had a lot of odd arrival/departure scans....

... though.. maybe yours had to go back to China to pick mine up since mine apparently hasn't ever been actually 'shipped' (Fedex has nothing about the tracking #)
 
My BTO hasn't shipped yet either

Seraphiem said:
Have any other mini orders placed on the 11th not shipped yet? My 1.42/512/AE BTO has yet to ship and I ordered a few hours after the keynote.

Sadly I screwed up and added Overnight shipping along with a keyboard that I said to bundle all items into one shipment.

My order is still open and expected to ship on or before 1/21. I understand its my mistake for ordering 'costly' extras, yet with this being my first new Mac in over a decade how am I supposed to be aware of Apple's new product release/shipping choas. I'm sure I can wait a few extra days as its not the end of the world. I just can't help but feel slightly cheated if others who opted for the free ground shipping got it a little earlier.
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I ordered mine at about the same time, basically same config (no AE), and it hasn't shipped either. No accessories, free shipping. When I placed the order, the screen said "for delivery on Jan 22nd", but I guess that meant for shipment before Jan 22nd . . . Maybe I'll go stand in line at the Apple store at 7am on Sat and buy another one.
 
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