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radian23 said:
I ordered mine at 10:51 AM PST on January 10th. Was anyone able to order before me :cool: Also i have a shipping date of Feb 23rd with a March 2nd Delivery. Any tips of cutting someone a new hole to get a faster shipping method?

I thought my order was the earliest. My order was in 11:03 AM PST Jan 10th.
Touche radian23
 
radian23 said:
I ordered mine at 10:51 AM PST on January 10th. Was anyone able to order before me :cool: Also i have a shipping date of Feb 23rd with a March 2nd Delivery. Any tips of cutting someone a new hole to get a faster shipping method?

Asking for a manager is the first step. Second would be asking for a department head or a department heads's e-mail address. I want butts! I want butts and I want em now. If these freaking things are shipping this week who the hell is getting theirs next week because sure as hell those of us who ordered within the first half hour (Does anyone KNOW when the store actually came back up?) should be one of the first to get their laptops. Not THE first but IMHO a weeks's buffer should be more then enough time to get it shipped.
Basically as far as I can tell those of us who are so enamored with the MBP that we ordered it ASAP are being treated like everyone else. Don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to make that sound snobbish. Sorry if it comes off that way. I consider it rude that we took a leap of faith and ordered before anyone had even a chance to post a report on the MBP's on MWSF's floor and others who waited til later in the day or even days later have much earlier shipping dates now. I knew this was a possibility what with last week’s delays but I didn’t think we would be randomly thrown into whatever shipping date by Apple. Yes I am that petty. When someone cuts inline in front of me I’m going to call their sorry butt out on it. I earned this position and damn if someone else is going to take the easy way out. If you want to call that petty go ahead. I just call it fair.
 
SiliconAddict said:
Asking for a manager is the first step. Second would be asking for a department head or a department heads's e-mail address. I want butts! I want butts and I want em now. If these freaking things are shipping this week who the hell is getting theirs next week because sure as hell those of us who ordered within the first half hour (Does anyone KNOW when the store actually came back up?) should be one of the first to get their laptops. Not THE first but IMHO a weeks's buffer should be more then enough time to get it shipped.
Basically as far as I can tell those of us who are so enamored with the MBP that we ordered it ASAP are being treated like everyone else. Don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to make that sound snobbish. Sorry if it comes off that way. I consider it rude that we took a leap of faith and ordered before anyone had even a chance to post a report on the MBP's on MWSF's floor and others who waited til later in the day or even days later have much earlier shipping dates now. I knew this was a possibility what with last week’s delays but I didn’t think we would be randomly thrown into whatever shipping date by Apple. Yes I am that petty. When someone cuts inline in front of me I’m going to call their sorry butt out on it. I earned this position and damn if someone else is going to take the easy way out. If you want to call that petty go ahead. I just call it fair.

Well Said Man! Couldn't of said it better myself. I ordered on 1/10 @ 11:11 AM

would of been sooner but the site was overloaded.

but i still got it in within the first 20 minutes of the store being back up.

Hopefully by the end of this week we'll get some shipping info
 
SiliconAddict said:
Nope its just the deadline to upgrade to the 2.16Ghz chip otherwise they will default to the 2Ghz and you are stuck with that when it theoretically ships on the 28 of Feb, March, April or whenever it ships. that's how I'm reading it. YMMV though.


I sure hope you and Guffman are right on this one.
 
Its awesome that they did that upgrade but I was looking forward to getting my new laptop this week, and now I wont get it till march. I got my laptop stolen a few months ago and have been using a crappy imac that is 6 years old. i cant wait for this baby. Also, i ordered my laptop within the first day it came out. I couldnt wait to make the switch to apple and its just a pain waiting.
 
chrisk said:
i don't understand why apple waited. it's not like this came as some suprise late last night or something. they are too big of a company for something like that to happen.

Steve Jobs signed the deal with Intel yesterday night to get about 1 million chips of the next speed grade at an extra good price, then they all had a beer together, and then Steve called the marketing guys to get everything rolling.

You didn't expect him to announce the upgrade before the deal with Intel is signed, did you?

(Note: This is purely made up, as most things posted on MacRumors. )
 
gnasher729 said:
Steve Jobs signed the deal with Intel yesterday night to get about 1 million chips of the next speed grade at an extra good price, then they all had a beer together, and then Steve called the marketing guys to get everything rolling.

You didn't expect him to announce the upgrade before the deal with Intel is signed, did you?

(Note: This is purely made up, as most things posted on MacRumors. )


Haha, if that's how Steve operates then he's even cooler in my book.

BTW, I ordered a MBP 1.83 7200RPM @ 12:04 PM on Jan 10 w/ 2 day delivery. Originally shipped 15th, now it's an estimated 23rd shipment with a March 3rd arrival date. Of course I wish I had it now, but we'll have them soon enough. Patience...I'm a college student using a 600MHZ G3 iMac, and it's slow for what I need. So I can relate with some of you. I must say however, the day I see that delivery man walking up to my door I'll probably fall on my knees, look up at the sky, and imagine the most cheasiest/best 80's music playing through my head as he walks up to me in slow motion, hands me the package, and I cry as I peel away the cardboard. Oh s***, it's my mom's Ab and Bun machine.
 
Silicon! Its alright...soon enough, the intel crop will be harvested!

Im thinking they are going to ship the end of next week; we have until the 18th to change the order (definitely not going out by then) then at least a few days for the CTO options to be put in a physical machine then shipped. No way they are building my CTO machine today with the possibility I may change the order by the 18th.

We want our machines and we want them now!
 
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Posted this in another thread as well...wondering whats going on...this is so wierd I only ordered one! Maybe its because I called Apple today and tried to find out why my shipping date was changed. I did get a free wireless mouse out of the call though, but what is this about? Darn Apple I have been very unimpressed with my first Mac.
 
Wes Jordan said:
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Posted this in another thread as well...wondering whats going on...this is so wierd I only ordered one! Maybe its because I called Apple today and tried to find out why my shipping date was changed. I did get a free wireless mouse out of the call though, but what is this about? Darn Apple I have been very unimpressed with my first Mac.
How the hell can you be unimpressed with your first mac if you haven't even gotten it yet? Chill out and let the systems gather their thoughts yanno. I'm sure it's just some technical thing. I mean, hey...your time could be better spent trying to get windows to work. Even if it takes until April to get your powerbook, I'll bet it works better than whatever you're using now!

But seriously, did you think Apple would release a new machine then bump up the speed before anyone even got one and NOT have some shipping issue?
 
Proposal or speed bump?

Is it sick that I'm more excited about this speed bump than my proposal to my girlfriend today on the beach in Santa Monica?

hmmm... I need help.

2.16 ghz!!!!!!! wooooooo hoooooooo!
 
jessica. said:
But seriously, did you think Apple would release a new machine then bump up the speed before anyone even got one and NOT have some shipping issue?

No, i expected the product to come
when it was promised. No one thought
they would bump up the speed. No
one would be pissed if it was just
OPTIONAL to get the upgrade with the
shipping delay. The fact is: Apple forced
the upgrade and shipping delay.

I'd prefer my 1.67 by the shipping date
than a 1.83 9 days AFTER my original date.
 
1dterbeest said:
No, i expected the product to come
when it was promised. No one thought
they would bump up the speed. No
one would be pissed if it was just
OPTIONAL to get the upgrade with the
shipping delay. The fact is: Apple forced
the upgrade and shipping delay.

I'd prefer my 1.67 by the shipping date
than a 1.83 9 days AFTER my original date.
So you would prefer to receive it 9 days earlier instead of having a 10% CPU speed increase? Makes sense if you need it RIGHT NOW, but not in the long run.
 
SiliconAddict said:
... I want to rip someone a new one. And for those who are telling me to chill. I have been chilling. The last 3 fricking years. Its easy to say just stay calm if you are sitting in front of a Mac. All I have is a makeshift remains of a desktop that is barely getting by. It gets the job done but how much longer am I going to have to live with this POS. 5 days, 12 days, 14 days, 30 days, 60 days? No one knows because we can't get a straight answer from anyone. If I had at least a real answer I could go out and buy myself a new motherboard and CPU for this thing and get it up and running at a decent clip if I knew it was going to be a month. Or hold off if it was only going to be til the 28th. I don’t need this crap.

LMAO, sorry dude, no offense but I swear I have this image of inspector TODD from Beverley Hills Cop 1 cursing when I read this. You're totally right as far as I see it. I dont even have the money for a new WinXP PC let alone a MAC that I want. So consider yourself lucky at some point. Guessing thats why your holding off till Feb 28/06 for yours to be in your hand.

Can anyone guess what the local news report will be if Silicon gets a dead pixel on his MBP (not trying to jinx ya) or even that he opens his front door and see's a smiling FedEx or UPS shipper walking up his front porch carrying the MBP case and then suddenly trips up the stairs and the case violently crashes to the ground????!!! I wouldnt want to be in that shippers shoes, lol.

But seriously I hope every1 gets quality parts.
 
SiliconAddict said:
I'm calling up and asking for a manager and a mailing address tomorrow. I don't want a discount. I want to rip someone a new one. :mad: And for those who are telling me to chill. I have been chilling. The last 3 fricking years. Its easy to say just stay calm if you are sitting in front of a Mac. All I have is a makeshift remains of a desktop that is barely getting by. It gets the job done but how much longer am I going to have to live with this POS. 5 days, 12 days, 14 days, 30 days, 60 days? No one knows because we can't get a straight answer from anyone. If I had at least a real answer I could go out and buy myself a new motherboard and CPU for this thing and get it up and running at a decent clip if I knew it was going to be a month. Or hold off if it was only going to be til the 28th. I don’t need this crap.

Lordee, I feel like giving you the discount to stop your bitching...

Try to follow along:

1. Steve announced the MacBookPro
2. Steve said it will ship in February
3. Apple started shipping today
4. Today is in February

What exactly is your confusion?

Life is short. Lighten up and enjoy your Mac when it comes in a couple of weeks.

Or cancel your order and buy a Dell. I am sure the folks at DellRumors.com will be happy to have you.

</smackdown>
 
I ordered mine at 10:59 am PST on Jan 10, 2006.

Est. shipped by: Feb 28th, delivery Mar 3rd. :(

We should just wait tho, this mess might be sorted out tomorrow, upon which everyone who is super pissed will feel embarassed. Just hold your breath for one more day. :)
 
Monaco10 said:
Wake up Apple - it's Wednesday morning in the UK and we STILL cannot order the 2.16!!!!!!

Sure you can. Call Apple and place your order over the phone.
 
1dterbeest said:
No, i expected the product to come
when it was promised. No one thought
they would bump up the speed. No
one would be pissed if it was just
OPTIONAL to get the upgrade with the
shipping delay. The fact is: Apple forced
the upgrade and shipping delay.

I'd prefer my 1.67 by the shipping date
than a 1.83 9 days AFTER my original date.

As jessica said, don't get yer panties in a bunch... well she implied that :p .

How quickly some of you forget a mere few years back, when people were even more pissed about the initial 2Ghz G5 orders. And lets not forget the 17in PB, lol.

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Butthead said:
As jessica said, don't get yer panties in a bunch... well she implied that :p .

How quickly some of you forget a mere few years back, when people were even more pissed about the initial 2Ghz G5 orders. And lets not forget the 17in PB, lol.

Do you know what's scary... I ordered the 17" PB on the day it was released and I can't remember a delay.. I don't doubt that what you say is true, only that I am soooo brain washed by Mr J, that any bad memories seem to be removed after a short period of time..

Anyway, I am interested by the fact that when I phoned my local Apple reseller last week I was told that the 1.67GHzs had started shipping.... and that they were expecting them this week... Now that is a worry...

Are we SURE that Apple will NOT send out an MBP with a 1.67GHz processor in the 15.4" form factor...

which leads me on to my next point... Either Apple never ordered any 1.67GHz Duo chips from Intel or else they are putting them in another product.. now I cannot see them going in the MacBook (iBook), so my money is on the 12" MBP coming out in the next month whilst the 1.67Ghz still seems good...

Edit: I can't see them going in the MacBook because the spec would be too close to the MBP
 
So I just got an email from Apple UK saying that faster than we thought stuff. It had a link to the new MBP on the UK store. Click it, and you get a 404!!!
 
generik said:
Like?

Higher res screen?
Dual layer DVD writer?
Superior GPU?

Oh wait, the Dull has it too, for $200 less!
You forgot iLife, you forgot Express slot, you forgot the iSight, you forgot the weight, you forgot Magsafe, you forgot no pre-installed adware and crap, you forgot backlight keyboard, you forgot the sensor that turns off the MBP's hard drive if you drop it, you forgot dual-link DVI, you forgot IR remote (not just for Front Row, mind you, it works in almost any iLife app), you forgot everything that makes Apple nice and Dell just another PC company.

And aren't Lithium-polymer batteries better than the Lithium Ion that the Dell has? Oh, yeah it is!

Not to mention the confusing interface, and I'm not talking about the OS. The actual laptop has an interface. Power buttons, volume buttons, brightness etc. They look nice and integrated on a MBP, but unorganized and confusing on the Dell. Same goes for the interface ports.

Of course comparing features like bigger screen, better GPU to ease of use and industrial design might seem dumb to you, but for most people, they don't care about features alone. Users these days are looking for a good expirience with computers, which OS X can give and XP cannot.

The PC mantra that features are the only thing that matter is dying. Look at iPod sales. iPods play music. No FM radio, no voice record, no complicated features. It does what it's supposed to do: plays music and automatically sync with your computer's music, and they sell like hotcakes. It's because people are tired of tech being complicated and confusing. The iPod is simple and just works.

Anyways, to summerize: the feaures don't tell you everything. The Mac will give you a better expirience.
 
shrimpdesign said:
You forgot iLife, you forgot Express slot, you forgot the iSight, you forgot the weight, you forgot Magsafe, you forgot no pre-installed adware and crap, you forgot backlight keyboard, you forgot the sensor that turns off the MBP's hard drive if you drop it, you forgot dual-link DVI, you forgot IR remote (not just for Front Row, mind you, it works in almost any iLife app), you forgot everything that makes Apple nice and Dell just another PC company.

And aren't Lithium-polymer batteries better than the Lithium Ion that the Dell has? Oh, yeah it is!

Not to mention the confusing interface, and I'm not talking about the OS. The actual laptop has an interface. Power buttons, volume buttons, brightness etc. They look nice and integrated on a MBP, but unorganized and confusing on the Dell. Same goes for the interface ports.

Of course comparing features like bigger screen, better GPU to ease of use and industrial design might seem dumb to you, but for most people, they don't care about features alone. Users these days are looking for a good expirience with computers, which OS X can give and XP cannot.

The PC mantra that feature are the only thing that matters is dying. Look at iPod sales. iPods play music. No FM radio, no voice record, no complicated features. It does what it's supposed to do: plays music and automatically sync with your computer's music, and they sell like hotcakes. It's because people are tired of tech being complicated and confusing. The iPod is simple and just works.

Anyways, to summerize: the feaures don't tell you everything. The Mac will give you a better expirience.

Here, Here! Aw, shrimpdesign, you rule. The day I buy a Dell is the day that Microsoft comes up with something original ;)
 
I was just on the phone with Apple Education in the UK. I've had a 1.83 on order since the keynote - I use scientific software that needs a fast processor so having the 2.16 would make a difference. They are unable to upgrade orders to the 2.16 - you have to cancel your order and then re-order. So I asked them how much the 2.16 costs - they go away and return after 5 mins they come back - the 2.16 isn't available in Europe at the moment. So I cancelled my order! What great customer service... everyone else in the world who orders one will be ahead of me in the queue :mad:
 
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