Actually I shipped mine back was not to pleased with the performance considering a dual core and ati graphics. Glad I did because I just heard from a friend that 64bit macs will arrive by fall and the graphics will blow you away. By this time apple will have somewhat better performance and would make more sense to upgrade at this time.
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Official® "I just bought a iMac Core Duo" thread
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UberMac said:Aww man - I ordered my iMac (256 Graphics, 1 Gig RAM, WL KB/M) on the 12th and it said right from the start that it would ship 20th. Well I got all caught up in the excitement, and read so many reports of ridiculously early shipping times that I assumed that mine would arrive early too. Oh how silly I was...SO SILLY! It still hasn't shipped, which I'm a little peeved at considering other people's who ordered after me have, but still, I shall live! Ah well now I just have to hope it ships tomorrow like it should
That's the exact same dates as mine... Check your E-mail and hope there's none from Apple. Mine got pushed to February 13th as posted earlier
MartinAyla said:That's the exact same dates as mine... Check your E-mail and hope there's none from Apple. Mine got pushed to February 13th as posted earlier
Noooooooooo! NOOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE NOOOOOOOO! *checks email*
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
It's happened! But mine has only been pushed to the 26th thank the Lord! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! *goes off in a stress and refuses to talk to real people for at least an hour*basilix said:Ordered 1/14 (only bumped the video card), and at that point, it had an est. ship date of 1/24. Here's what FedEx says as of right now:
Ship date Jan 18, 2006
Estimated delivery Jan 23, 2006 10:30 AM
Jan 18, 2006
3:32 PM Left origin SHANGHAI CN
3:28 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN Package received after FedEx cutoff
12:28 PM Package data transmitted to FedEx
Oh, and I picked the free shipping option. If I'd realized it was coming from out of the country, I'd have spent a little bit more to get it here sooner. I suppose I can't complain, though, as it'll (hopefully) arrive before the Apple estimated ship date.
Don't worry so much, I ordered mine on the 13th with an estimated ship date of Jan 18th, and I got it on Jan 16th. It took one day to get from Shanghai to Pennsylvania.
Apple is airlifting them so don't worry by end of month you should have them. What you have to keep in mind is that manufacturing must have just started on these puppies so expect some time to deliver. In the meantime stop checking your order status and walk your dog instead!
I ordered my 20" yesterday from CompUSA... And today I got the email confirmation that it has shipped via fedex... No idea on the arrival date from fedex yet.... But I'll "edit" this message once fedex updates itself...
Anywho... I wanna upgrade the memory.. And I found this place... Is that a good price?
Also, how do I go about upgrading the video memory?
Anywho... I wanna upgrade the memory.. And I found this place... Is that a good price?
Also, how do I go about upgrading the video memory?
Dopeyman said:
you can't get that RAM either. You need to get a SODIMM stick, like this one
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/5300DDR2S1GB/
skunkworks said:
Can I play spot the troll?
You just heard from your friend have you? Mmm I heard from mine - he said "anyone ordering an intel mac now and expecting superfantastic performance when applications havent even been re-written/optimised to utilise the new hardware is a complete fecking moron"... I think he may be right
dwd3885 said:
Cool... thanks for the info on the video ram/card......
Also, thanks for the info on the ram itself..... that's a good price... I just ordered 2-1 gig sticks.....
20 inches of bulls**t
I have been having the worst custermer service through the apple store switzerland.
I placed my original order on the 11th of jan. I ordered the following:
20" Imac Duo
2gb Ram
500gb Hd
256 Vram
Mac OSX (english)
Giffin Powermate
Mini DVI to VGA
I was told a few days later that it would take 3-4 weeks to ship. I couldnt wait that long so i called the apple store and asked them to change my hard drive from a 500 to a 250 (reducing the delay by a good 3 weeks). They told me " no problem sir, we can do that. It will take up to 48 hours for us to update your order." This all sounded fine.
48 hours later i logged on to my order status. As planned the order was changed from a 500gb to a 250gb hdd. As i looked closer at the order i noticed it had also changed from OSX in English to OSX in French! Since this was not ok, I called the apple store and asked them to change it.
24 hours later, i log onto check my corrected order status, and the order changed once again incorrectly. OSX was now in english, but the video card was changed from a 256, to a 128. I picked up the phone and once again called the apple store ( this time quite infuriated ). I was told that my order was impossible to change the order. They had to completely cancell my order and i had to place a new one, through the apple store online. Which would mean that i would have to wait even longer to recieve my Imac.
Finally i have the correct imac in my order status minus the Powermate (since it doesnt work on intel macs yet). But now i am worried that the credit card will not pay, because of all the cancellations that the card would block. I guess i have to sit and wait now. ;(
27th of January its expected to ship... This really sucks
I have been having the worst custermer service through the apple store switzerland.
I placed my original order on the 11th of jan. I ordered the following:
20" Imac Duo
2gb Ram
500gb Hd
256 Vram
Mac OSX (english)
Giffin Powermate
Mini DVI to VGA
I was told a few days later that it would take 3-4 weeks to ship. I couldnt wait that long so i called the apple store and asked them to change my hard drive from a 500 to a 250 (reducing the delay by a good 3 weeks). They told me " no problem sir, we can do that. It will take up to 48 hours for us to update your order." This all sounded fine.
48 hours later i logged on to my order status. As planned the order was changed from a 500gb to a 250gb hdd. As i looked closer at the order i noticed it had also changed from OSX in English to OSX in French! Since this was not ok, I called the apple store and asked them to change it.
24 hours later, i log onto check my corrected order status, and the order changed once again incorrectly. OSX was now in english, but the video card was changed from a 256, to a 128. I picked up the phone and once again called the apple store ( this time quite infuriated ). I was told that my order was impossible to change the order. They had to completely cancell my order and i had to place a new one, through the apple store online. Which would mean that i would have to wait even longer to recieve my Imac.
Finally i have the correct imac in my order status minus the Powermate (since it doesnt work on intel macs yet). But now i am worried that the credit card will not pay, because of all the cancellations that the card would block. I guess i have to sit and wait now. ;(
27th of January its expected to ship... This really sucks
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These reports from people who've had their ship by dates pushed back has me a bit concerned, but mine is still supposed to ship by the 20th. And since it is Friday morning in Shanghai already, hopefully there'll be an email in my inbox tomorrow morning saying that my 17" iMac shipped sometime overnight.
well mine shipped early today, but it's still not on fedex's tracking website. so i don't know where mine is yet
dwd3885 said:
Might be a chance, since it usually goes to Indianapolis after Alaska. Hard to say for sure though. Sometimes it gets delayed in Indy a little.
Update....
Fedex says I'll have my iMac 20" on Tuesday the 24th coming from Mesquite, TX... Purchased from CompUSA.....
UPS says I'll have my 2 gigs of ram on Wednesday the 25th coming from Palatine, IL... Purchased from OWC/MacSales....
Fedex says I'll have my iMac 20" on Tuesday the 24th coming from Mesquite, TX... Purchased from CompUSA.....
UPS says I'll have my 2 gigs of ram on Wednesday the 25th coming from Palatine, IL... Purchased from OWC/MacSales....
Mine arrived in Arnhem yesterday...... Im hoping it will be here today or maybe saturday - if not monday
getbigg21 said:
For me, it's because I got the educational discount, thanks to my husband's being in the Masters' program at a local college. (Thanks honey!) Also, the iMac is in a race with my 3rd kid for when it'll get delivered, and I'd rather not drive the 1.5 hours to the closest Apple store.
MartinAyla said:
Look at this E-mail I just received from Apple.
I was so looking forward to my new iMac. I'm SO dissapointed. I ordered it on January 12th. New shipdate is February 13th!!?!
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Dear Apple Store Customer,
Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store.
The demand for the product you ordered has been higher than anticipated.
We are shipping as quickly as possible, but cannot meet the ship date we previously estimated for you. We now expect to ship your order by February 13th, 2006.
Please note that product availability can change rapidly and it is possible that your order may ship much sooner than we anticipate.
Your business is very important to us, and we apologise for any inconvenience that this change may cause.
Once your order has dispatched, you will receive a Shipment Notification email, which will enable you to track your order.
Answers to many post-sales questions can be found at the Apple Store Customer
Service website: http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/dkstore
Kind regards,
The Apple Store
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This is the worst E-mail ever
Update:
I called Apple Store Denmark. Nothing they could do about it. They don't know why it's delayed.
Also the danish Apple Store now says 4 weeks delivery for iMac Core Duo's.
The "funny" thing is, my buddy ordered the exact same setup as mine on January 12th but 4 hours after me. He has NOT received an E-mail pushing the delivery to February 13th!?
Makes me wonder how exactly Apple Store's qeue system works??
PS: My Order Status page still says: Estimated Shipped By - Jan 20, 2006. That's pretty weird.
basilix said:For me, it's because I got the educational discount, thanks to my husband's being in the Masters' program at a local college. (Thanks honey!) Also, the iMac is in a race with my 3rd kid for when it'll get delivered, and I'd rather not drive the 1.5 hours to the closest Apple store.
You do know you can get the same discount at the Apple Store..........
the_insider said:
The easy way of ever doing somthing like that is to cancel the order online. Then just place a new order - take the third party screw up's out of the equation.
getbigg21 said:
Simple, not everyone has an Apple Store located near them.
Beside you can't custom order at an Apple Store.