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PowerMac G5 2.0GHz Ship Delays?

Really seeing the words "G5" and "delayed" in the same sentence is getting very troublesome. That is, unless they were put in a sentence to the effect of "The Powermac G5s have not been delayed" but that doesn't seem to be forthcoming.

*sigh*
 
can anyone say apple expo paris for the g5, pb15, and osx 10.3?! there may be some technical problems with the g5, but i'm assuming it's something more like this... apple is shortly going to release 10.3 and is holding out to pre-install the new op on the g5s and new pb15. for one, i assume the g5 runs a hell of a lot faster with 10.3 and second, with the pb15 coming soon, us mac fanatics will be pretty much be foaming at the mouth for all the new mac stuff.

so if my assumptions are correct, why would apple announce the g5 so early and get us so frustrated? can you say corporate value and has anyone else noticed that apple stock has steadily inched it's way higher?

i get the feeling the apple expo will have a big keynote by steve. i can see it now, he'll show us 10.3, which will lead into "it's the fastest and most powerful operating system for the world's fastest and most powerful personal computer". then he'll say "we're sorry for the delay, but to make up for it, all g5s will now come with 10.3". finally when it's all coming to a close, we'll hear "and there's just one more thing..." and the new pb15 is revealed.



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Originally posted by victoras
snip... he explained that "no dual 2.0 machines are shipping anywhere." The 9/26 date is a "worst-case scenario to make sure everyone gets it by the ship date"
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That is exactly what Apple UK said as well. Hmm. Why give an inaccurate date and 'expect' to beat it?

Bizarre.

More like "if we say this date you may cancel, if we say we may beat it but don't, you've nothing on us"...

All we know for certain is that waiting for a G5 makes people go a bit nuts!

It had BETTER be worth the wait!

(although the "delayed shipping so they arrive with Panther" is intriguing to ponder!)
 
dudes,
I am sooooooooooo entertained, I can't even start describing, my fun-meter is way into the red zone !!!

Clearly this is ugly on the part of Apple and simply shows their own embarassement with hardware technology that was so archaic that they rushed to announce their G5: first the product itself and THEN ITS SHIPPMENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lololololoololololo I love it !!!!! I can't stop laughing. The point is the Apple knows it can afford such misleading, pathetic behaviour because a huge portion of its customers are sick fans i.e. wine wine wine wine types but at the end of the day you shall pay for your new Mac, whether it is today tomorrow or 6 months from now, regardless of delays.

And, once again, I love those of you here who againg go at it "is it Apple or IBM" ? supermega laugh again. Are you buying an Apple computer or an IBM computer ?

Just stop wining and wait - you will get it, just a few months closer to the announcement of Rev B :)


gio
 
Originally posted by windwaves
wine wine wine wine types
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Mmmmm wine.... I could go for a nice Merlot right now or an Alsace Reisling.

Oh, wait.. did you mean "whine?"

Anyways, congratulations on posting as a Troll. I hope there's many more wasted hours of flamebaiting the Mac boards in store for you and Neotronik.
 
Apple may have been able to save them selves from some of the headache by offering duallies across the board. I think some people may have gone for dual 1.8 ghz if they knew they'd get them sooner. Obviously this is an assumption, but I think it's a good one.
 
Hmm, well apple uk are saying that my latest commit date is 1st Sept and to call them then if I don't get a shipment notifictation by that date.

I understand the heartache of those of you needing a system to go to college with and especially if you've sold your old machine to pay for the new one. Everyone else, however, needs to take a chill pill, carry on with what you've got and wait patiently as Apple sorts out whatever problem(s) they obviously have.

Personally, I'd rather have a great machine slightly later than a machine I need to send back because of problems or a recall. Maybe I'll get a Panther upgrade voucher too :)

e.
 
Originally posted by pgwalsh
Apple may have been able to save them selves from some of the headache by offering duallies across the board. I think some people may have gone for dual 1.8 ghz if they knew they'd get them sooner. Obviously this is an assumption, but I think it's a good one.
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I sure would have!!! I've been saying for over a year now that I would buy the cheapest dual processor with the major architecture changes that the G5 ended up bringing.

Last year, it seemed clear to me that Apple was going to have to do a hardware paradigm shift, and that's when I wanted to upgrade. I also reasoned that primarily the monitor is the piece of equipment that I interact with and therefore is where I should spend the most money. The difference in CPU speed between models is negligible in the long run, so it's not worth paying the premium. However, I'm also big on the advantages of dual processors. And thus my decision was made...

Unfortunately Apple had to make only one dual processor machine... sad... in fact, if they offered a dual 1.8 right now, I'd change my order in an instant... evena dual 1.6...
 
free upgrade to 10.3 for G5

No matter when you get your G5 and when the 10.3 Panther comes out I should hope that Apple would offer all G5 owners the free upgrade. They are giving us hardware with software that basically doesn't even run properly on it. It has to have the 10.3 Panther to run at it's fullest ability. So being happy that they are coming later and "maybe we'll get a free upgrade to 10.3" because it's later doesn't cut it for me.
 
Health hazzards to postal / UPS...

I heard that Bill Gates, and some of his lackeys were hijacking the G5 delivery trucks, and then afterwards hiding them inside dense brushes, etc. leaving the trucks to be found sometimes as much as weeks later.....

Relax!!!!

You people are definitely getting them. It's not as if they changed their mind;

Ex: Tech Headliners
Steve Jobs of Apple computer was reportedly fed up with customer dissatisfaction due to G5's new delivery dates, and stated, "Screw- 'em I'm tired of the whiners..... I'm calling the entire G5 thing off.... So there!"
 
Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Well, when the original G4s were announced, they even cancelled all the orders after taking them for a month or two - telling everyone to reorder (for more money) basically losing your place in the queue if you didn't act fast enough.

I got caught in this and was quite pissed. They even sent me the wrong machine, like I wouldn't notice.

So even if its delayed, it could be worse.

D
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Well I picked up the Yikes 400 the as soon as they arrived, thought about waiting for the faster machine but decided to go with floor stock.

So, I was definitely amused when Apple played their games. :D

Of course I had to wait a few weeks to get a grey Zip drive panel.
 
Student Developers

4 days afters anouncement, I bought my dual G5 through the student developer program on Apple.com.

You pay $50 and you get whopping discounts on Apple hardware. (I saved over 20% off my order which would have been over $5,300!

I was freaking out when I read the news but I just check my order status and it STILL says September 2nd.

I read somewhere earlier that Apple may be shipping to education customers first... if thats the case, I would imagine that student developers would be on an even higher priority list.
 
I have a delivery date of October 9th, and it has always been this way. If that date changes by one freaking day I'm going to be the most mad I've ever been in my life. I'm counting on this machine for school and work.

I sold my dual G4 when I was able to get a good price for it to buy this and now this crap... this is just plain retarded.

I feel for the rest of you, hell... I was excited to get up today and see everyone posting about how their dual shipped... but this is just a joke.

I hope we see that letter soon.
 
My ship date still says Sept 2nd.

My ship date still says Sept 2nd

If I get my 'puter next week, i'll post stats for everybody.
 
pissed off

My ship date for my dual 2ghz was listed as 9/2/03, then 8/29/03 for a good month, now on 8/29/03 my date is listed as 9/29/03

WHAT THE ****!@#!@#

Jason
 
I am in the UK with a dual 2Ghz on order. I phoned up the Apple Store today and the rep assured me my machine would be shipping by 2nd September. I wonder if being a Select Member of the ADC helps? I doubt it.

BTW, how do all you folks find out when your shipping date is? In the UK, the only thing that the order status reveals is when you placed the order. Am I doing something wrong here?
 
This entire thread is very entertaining, given that it makes not one bit of difference what y'all think and say anyway. I too was annoyed, though not the least bit surprised, at seeing my ship date delayed by a month. I too am hung up by this, given that every week I wait to sell my older gear the less value it has.

However, this has ALWAYS been Apple's Achille's heel, and y'all should be quite used to it by now! Apple's problem has historically been it's inability to keep up with demand. Once again they've shot themselves in the foot, and once again everyone's crying about it!

This speaks to a) Apple's utter incompetence at predicting when, and actually getting, product in the channel and b) the demand for a non-windows product that you can actually USE!

Yes, there's no excuse for changing the ship date the night before, but y'all can either wait or get a Windows box! That's the bottom line....
 
Sigh

Being late is OK. Depending on the reason delaying delivery is OK too. Changing the date of delivery on the delivery date, is not OK. Anybody that works in an industry that has to deliver products to customers knows customers do not want surprises like this. Changing the delivery date at the very last minute with no warning is the very worst thing you can do.

On August 27th, on www.yourmaclife.com radio show, 1 hour and 24 minutes, and 40 seconds into the broadcast Todd Benjamin the product manager for the G5's, said they would be shipping before the end of August as planned. He did not qualify his statement. He did not say we will be shipping to those in education first, nor did he add they would ship product to Australian customers first. He said they were on track to deliver before the end of August. He said this 2 days ago. :confused:
 
In our continuing failure to meet promised delivery dates, Apple is announcing the G6 next week with ship dates of Summer 04, order now! In code this reads expect delivers in 08.
 
Originally posted by glowrider
****ty business practice if you ask me. I'm very teed off at Apple today. I spotted this and made the first post in the other thread last night. I have a supervisor calling me this afternoon (although the date is probably gonna be pushed to late September for that too, at least I have her phone number) to explain what happened. I am going to demand financial restitution to compensate for my loss of productivity. I start classes on Tuesday and this is very frustrating to me. They offered me a 1.8ghz, but I told them that is unacceptable. We'll post details of my conversation later...Still waiting for the obligatory, "we ****ed you over," email from Apple.
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LOL - You're expecting "financial restitution" for "loss of productivity" as it relates to school work for a product that you don't even have? Yeah, good luck with that one my friend. Let's try and keep things in perspective, its not like you're rising football star who lost their legs in a car accident and will never be able to play pro-ball. It's a computer! And while I make my living as a software developer, and can understand your frustration, its not like your current system(s) suddenly became any slower due to these reported shipping delays.
 
Re: Thinking?!?!

Originally posted by CaptainScarlet
Has anybody thought about that it might not be an hardware issue, rather a software issue?!?!!? Were 10.2.7, doesn't effectivly run the duals like they want too!?!? And they are waiting to include Panther with the dual's?!?! I'm running 7B44, and it's the best build so far...So Apple has to be close!!

This could all just be for showing that the benchmarks, for the dual's are true....

It's just a thought...



CS...out
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On top of that, any reasoning that it could be because of the new compiler that was just released by IBM?
 
On the night before shipping...

On the night before shipping, when, over the 'net
Were posts of some customers sounding upset.
The orders were placed on the website with care
In hopes that the dual G5 soon would be there.

They logged on to Apple's discussion board threads
While visions of rapid mpeg compression danced in their heads.
When on the order status page arose such a clatter
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a huge delay in my ship date, plain and clear.
A flurry of emails and nasty phone calls
Soon to arrive in Apple's call center walls.

But no explanation or valium will cage
My crazy desire, frustration, and rage.
Until that new object is in my possession
It will be the subject of every obsession.

Have an early Merry Christmas. Hope you get yours before then.
 
calm down!

apple store is very interesting: the apple store (usa and europe) lists 7-10 days for the G5 1.6GHz and G5 1.8GHz. the cto 1.6 and 1.8 have an estimated shipment of 3-4 weeks.

the G5 dual 2GHz has an estimated shipment of 4-6 weeks. but the bto also has 4-6 weeks.

conclusion: the preorders line for standard 1.6 and 1.8 is finished and we can expect many g5 boxes in apple stores soon. but the preorders list for cto 1.6 and 1.8 isn't finished and that's why we have the delay of 4-6 weeks. the dual preorders list for standard and cto has to be wrapped up and this is why you will have a delay if you order now.

well i think everything is ok as the dual just takes a little longer to build but i also think there are the most preorders on the duals.

our director (art and multimedia school) assured that our duals will arrive the 8th september so i'm very confident in that.

btw: europe g5s are constructed in cork (ireland)...just to stop the people think that all g5 are build in usa and then shipped all over the world (crazy idea).
 
G5

I am the first in Norway to order a CTO G5 2DP, and delivery is confirmed today for the 5´th og september by the distributor.

Apx 100+ G5, all types, are confirmed for delivery at the same week.

IF this actually will happen, we are about to find out in small week...

:p
 
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