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Mac OS X Tiger Arriving

Has Apple ever been on point with a ship date...
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Yep, I originally ordered Tiger along with iLife 05 on 4/12 at 8:30PM....iLIfe 05 shipped from a NY warehouse on 4/13 at 2:30am, got to Stratford CT by 4:30am and was out on the truck for delivery by 7:30am....got to my house at 10:30am.

From the time I ordered it until the time I received it was 14 hours.

This was shipped 2-day ground via UPS
 
makey said:
Same happened to me. Damn Fedex station.
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Shipped out from Middletown, then went to Newark NJ. There's a huge FedEx depot by my mother-in-law in Bellmawr NJ, which is about halfway between Middletown and my agency in Wlimington DE. Why not just send it to Wlimington via Bellmawr and save gas/time/etc.

Logistics confuses me. I like to get from A to B in as straight a line and requiring as little time as possible. FedEx is more like Duck Dodgers giving directions to Cadet Porky.
 
michaelb said:
Arrived in Sydney, Australia... Friday, 10:30 am local time, via Express Post.

It surprised me a bit that it came with an iWork '05 trial version. (I thought for a moment Apple was being really nice to me and included a free iWork!)

Did everyone else get this?
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What does it mean to be a trial version of iWork '05 ?
Are the features limited, or will it only work for a limited number of days?
 
Got tiger, dashboard is cool, can't wait 'til more widgets come out ... very cool.
 

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Glad yall are having fun with it

Well, I'm glad you all are having fun with Tiger...

I ordered Tiger the first day it came out at 8am EST, and I still have a stupid "Preparing Shipment" status on my order.

Oh well for guaranteed shipping by today...
 
Dark Horse said:
I'm holding out for winning the free powerbook at the launch!

Anyone know if you need to be there for the whole event to be eligible?
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I'm winning the one at the Honolulu store so that one is already taken :p
 
My Tiger just left New Jersey a few hours ago. Should be in my office in the morning. Can't wait to install it on my iBook and show off to my office full of PC users.
 
iGary said:
Judging by my shipment delay, I'll be winning the one in Clarendon, VA.
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Hey Gary... has anything on your order status changed? Mine is still ship by 04/28 and is still 2 Day Shipping.
 
MarkCollette said:
What does it mean to be a trial version of iWork '05 ?
Are the features limited, or will it only work for a limited number of days?
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30 day trial.

debating setting the clock ahead before installing.....

:evil:
 
Allright I am going to bed. My status just updated saying that it left orgin station. Highly doubt it is coming tommorrow. Ohh well. :eek: :eek:
 
STILL

Tiger has STILL not shipped for me! If I dont get it tomorrow, I am never pre-ordering anything from apple ever again! Come on I want it!!!! Is anyone where I am? I've seen "Processing Order" every time I go to look at my order status.

ARG :mad:
 
skythefly13 said:
Tiger has STILL not shipped for me! If I dont get it tomorrow, I am never pre-ordering anything from apple ever again! Come on I want it!!!! Is anyone where I am? I've seen "Processing Order" every time I go to look at my order status.

ARG :mad:
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I am in Texas but in the same boat. You can bet that I will never pre-order anything from them ever again as well. And if I do, it will be on the last cut off day at the last possible minute as that seems to be the trick to getting Tiger. :mad:
 
skythefly13 said:
Tiger has STILL not shipped for me! If I dont get it tomorrow, I am never pre-ordering anything from apple ever again! Come on I want it!!!! Is anyone where I am? I've seen "Processing Order" every time I go to look at my order status.

ARG :mad:
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I'm right with you man, mine still says that as well. Keep in mind what others have said, Apple's status isn't always accurate. When I ordered an airport card a few years ago, I received it before Apple shoed any tracking on it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed this is the same situation. If it doesn't arrive tomm. I'll be very upset and give Apple a call.
 
skythefly13 said:
Tiger has STILL not shipped for me! If I dont get it tomorrow, I am never pre-ordering anything from apple ever again! Come on I want it!!!! Is anyone where I am? I've seen "Processing Order" every time I go to look at my order status.

ARG :mad:
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I feel your pain. Three calls to apple, each call claiming (from the higher ups) that I will have it tomorrow and yet it is 11:08pm EST and hasn't shipped. It is ridiculuos that people have placed their order this week and have seen it shipped. I placed mine at 7:45ampst on the 12th and have been staring at "preparing shipment" since monday. Looks like apple really dropped the ball on this one.
 
MattG said:
Nah, that's not an Apple thing. If they're really busy and your order technically doesn't need to be delivered that day, they'll delay it an extra day. FedEx does this to me all the time when I order stuff from Newegg. Newegg ships everything 3-day FedEx. Usually it arrives here in Naples/Fort Myers within two days, but I've had them hold it an extra day just because they can.
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Thanks for the info. Oh well it will still be exciting to get tomorrow! Save the excitement for one more day. Apple said the 29th and it will be here on the 29th so I am happy.
 
zimbo0 said:
I feel your pain. Three calls to apple, each call claiming (from the higher ups) that I will have it tomorrow and yet it is 11:08pm EST and hasn't shipped. It is ridiculuos that people have placed their order this week and have seen it shipped. I placed mine at 7:45ampst on the 12th and have been staring at "preparing shipment" since monday. Looks like apple really dropped the ball on this one.
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It is possible you'll get it. I had a replacement powerbook make it from Shanghai (China) to Brooklyn, NY in less than 24 hours. And this includes going through customs! I've read of others who had Tiger delivered while Apple's site still said it had not shipped.

Good Luck to all.
 
xsnightclub said:
Does anyone know if Sherlock is killed off since Dashboard is in Tiger?

Not that Apple was doing anything to support Sherlock anyway, R.I.P. Watson.
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sherlock is still in tiger, and the pics tab doesn't work in it still.. still sorta useful though
 
J-Squire said:
Hey! Looks great. Any news on the "ripple effect" in dashboard?
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doesn't work with my ibook.. only on pbooks with the geforce fx 5200 and up.. still though u do get a cool "swirve" in and out for the other model ati cards.
 
CubaTBird said:
doesn't work with my ibook.. only on pbooks with the geforce fx 5200 and up.. still though u do get a cool "swirve" in and out for the other model ati cards.
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I have a powerbook 12" 867mhz. I think it has a 5200 Ultra graphics card. What should I expect? What is this cool "swirve"?
 
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