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Can I ask any of you new owners how the build quality is? I ask this as earlier in the year I had to return 2 brand new MBP's to apple due to mis-aligned lids (when closed they didn't sit square so you had a lip on one side and step on other, if that makes sense).
 
Adidas Addict said:
Can I ask any of you new owners how the build quality is? I ask this as earlier in the year I had to return 2 brand new MBP's to apple due to mis-aligned lids (when closed they didn't sit square so you had a lip on one side and step on other, if that makes sense).
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perfect, nothing out of spec.
 
AppleGoddess said:
perfect, nothing out of spec.
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Thats good then, can't tell you how gutted I'll be if it turns up the same as the MBP's. They gave me a huge dent in my faith in Apple, especially when the 2nd turned up worst that first:D. The quality of the anodising was awful as well compared to my 2009 MBP, it had like patterns in it, some parts matte like expected and others kinda shiny. I've been in no mans land since returning them in July and just making do with my iMac, will be so glad to have a laptop again when my MBA finally arrives.
 
bella92108 said:
Should have been labeled PRE ORDER... but whatever. STILL waiting since thursday for it to say anything but NOT YET SHIPPED... it's getting old. Certainly makes me not want to order again from Apple.com... I say this everytime. Their fulfillment sucks, even on crap that's in stock. I also ordered a iMac that's "ships within 24 hours" on 10/20 and it'll be here on 10/29... what a joke. Not sure why I didn't order from Amazon... order by 430pm, have it next day by noon for $3.99 shipping. :-(
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Trust me on this.. It already shipped.

It came from Hong Kong and is waiting in Tenn right now at Apples staging Area. First thing Monday morning you will get a bunch of updates as to where it is. You will either get it tuesday, wednesday or thursday depending on where you live in the US.
 
Kenrik said:
Trust me on this.. It already shipped.

It came from Hong Kong and is waiting in Tenn right now at Apples staging Area. First thing Monday morning you will get a bunch of updates as to where it is. You will either get it tuesday, wednesday or thursday depending on where you live in the US.
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Does that apply to Australia too? Mine has been prepared for shipment for over a day
 
Kenrik said:
Trust me on this.. It already shipped.

It came from Hong Kong and is waiting in Tenn right now at Apples staging Area. First thing Monday morning you will get a bunch of updates as to where it is. You will either get it tuesday, wednesday or thursday depending on where you live in the US.
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It's not an iPhone, it's not going to work like that. Been in this situation before and unfortunately it almost always comes at the end or after the estimate window.

I have ordered BTO many times and it always goes FedEx straight from China to me (San Francisco)
 
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Applegoddess, I would love to be typing on your iMac right now. Typing on an iPhone is killing me while I wait. By thursday if my new MBA isn't here, I'll be without a computer for 3 weeks!.! Feel like I need caffeine. No wait, feeling like I have too much caffeine and jittery....
 
bella92108 said:
It's not an iPhone, it's not going to work like that. Been in this situation before and unfortunately it almost always comes at the end or after the estimate window.

I have ordered BTO many times and it always goes FedEx straight from China to me (San Francisco)
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awesome i live in San Jose, so I'm glad to hear the plane flies directly here.
 
fuzzielitlpanda said:
awesome i live in San Jose, so I'm glad to hear the plane flies directly here.
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Hey Neighbor. FedEx uses Oakland as their West coast hub. USUALLY it goes to Oakland then they deliver it out of SF, but with the last Mac Mini I ordered they sent it to Oakland then in one night did Oakland to Memphis to Oakland to SF, haha... so nothing surprises me. The amazing thing is it works.

Enjoy this gorgeous weather ;-)
 
bella92108 said:
It's not an iPhone, it's not going to work like that. Been in this situation before and unfortunately it almost always comes at the end or after the estimate window.

I have ordered BTO many times and it always goes FedEx straight from China to me (San Francisco)
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Really? When I ordered my iMac I got it on the very earliest date they gave. Maybe because I chose one day shipping, but that's not the point... :p
 
wptarcher said:
Really? When I ordered my iMac I got it on the very earliest date they gave. Maybe because I chose one day shipping, but that's not the point... :p
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Apple hasn't offered One Day Shipping since 2005. They offer two choices, "Free Ground Shipping" or "Expedited 2-3 Day Shipping" on any computer-product.

Either way, since mine hasn't shipped and still says NOT YET SHIPPED, my window of October 25-29 being delivered tomorrow is HIGHLY unlikely.

Oh, and I paid the $13 "Expedited Shipping"
 
bella92108 said:
Apple hasn't offered One Day Shipping since 2005. They offer two choices, "Free Ground Shipping" or "Expedited 2-3 Day Shipping" on any computer-product.

Either way, since mine hasn't shipped and still says NOT YET SHIPPED, my window of October 25-29 being delivered tomorrow is HIGHLY unlikely.

Oh, and I paid the $13 "Expedited Shipping"
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That's weird, because I ordered my iMac about 2 months ago...

EDIT: I also just checked and on their site I can still chose the one day shipping.
 
wptarcher said:
That's weird, because I ordered my iMac about 2 months ago...
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It's not to say they don't ship overnight, they just don't offer "Overnight Shipping", they only offer expedited. Generally it's going to come FedEx Overnight if it's BTO or a laptop anyhow tho... they just stopped guaranteeing it. Kinda a sore spot with me :-(
 
bella92108 said:
It's not to say they don't ship overnight, they just don't offer "Overnight Shipping", they only offer expedited. Generally it's going to come FedEx Overnight if it's BTO or a laptop anyhow tho... they just stopped guaranteeing it. Kinda a sore spot with me :-(
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What I meant was it was delivered in a day, because of the option I chose.
 
bella92108 said:
I have ordered BTO many times and it always goes FedEx straight from China to me (San Francisco)
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A word of caution to y'all. My BTO Air (and those of many others - see the BTO thread) was put on a flight out of Shanghai at 5:25 AM local time and this flight can be tracked to have Anchorage destination, while I believe that several recipients live on the west coast/in CA. On the other hand there are no outbound Fedex flights to e.g. CA listed.
 
macbook123 said:
A word of caution to y'all. My BTO Air (and those of many others - see the BTO thread) was put on a flight out of Shanghai at 5:25 AM local time and this flight can be tracked to have Anchorage destination, despite several recipients living on the west coast/in CA. There are no outbound Fedex flights to e.g. CA listed.
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Ok 007:D
 
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