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PowerMac G5 Upgrades Announced (Officially)

wdlove said:
Since Monday is your birthday, hope that your Mac will arrive on your birthday. That will be an awesome present. ;)
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I just got the email from the Apple Store. It was shipped yesterday (Wednesday). The estimated arrival day is next Tuesday, May 10th. Maybe it will come a day early when I am off work. :D
 
Kerry - what are the specs of your machine? As I said, for what it's worth I ordered a stock 2.0 and 20" display and received them the next day - so hopefully yours will arrive very promptly too! :)
 
illustratorDavi said:
My order still says "Open" next to it in the order status.

Does this mean it is being built and it will just change to shipping when its ready ?

Or is it waiting to be built :eek:

David
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Mine just says "open" as well. I think thats all it ever says in the UK. Supposed to be shipped by tomorrow so we'll see. Call me Mr.Negative but I can't see that happening.
 
Well, I ordered my first ever new computer yesterday! Got a bargain on a Dual 2.5GHz from the UK Apple Store. Ordered it in the morning, and couldn't believe it when I checked my email in the afternoon and I had a shipping notice. Really threw me off as I'd been umming and ahhing all day over the purchase and it was already winging its way to me.
 
cliffinMO said:
My rev B dual 2.0 showed up today, tiger in the box and everything. Now if they do announce the new dual core dual processors at MWSF (no way they do it at the WWDC) - and it'll be just my luck now I u/g - I won't HAVE to run out and buy! Good value for the 1699, won't take a big hit if I have to sell to fund my next acquisition. ;-)
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Tiger in the box!?! I have my rev B dual 2.0 and 20" Cinema Display arriving today and was expecting to have to order Tiger with the update program. That would be awesome if it was already in the box!

Can't wait to experience the power of dual G5 processors. I'm upgrading from my 1.25 G4 Powerbook.
 
davidwsica said:
Tiger in the box!?! I have my rev B dual 2.0 and 20" Cinema Display arriving today and was expecting to have to order Tiger with the update program. That would be awesome if it was already in the box!

Can't wait to experience the power of dual G5 processors. I'm upgrading from my 1.25 G4 Powerbook.
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Yeah, I'll confirm that. I got Tiger in the box with my Powermac on the day Tiger was released - no update disks or anything, preinstalled and right on the Software Restore disks.

Admittedly, it was a Rev C - only wish we had access to those awesome refurb / close out prices outside the US :)
 
Estimated ship changed from 5/4/05 to 5/16/05

Got an email this morning, my CTO 2.7, which was due to ship yesterday, has been changed to ship on or before 5/16/05. I called Apple, the rep said that my order was in the "pending" stage which means shipment within 12 - 24 hours. So we'll see!
 
I think if anything your order may be delayed because of the nvidia card ??

Well thats what i'm hoping (i just got the default ati) my G5 is due to ship tomorrow hopefully - same spec except no bluetooth

2.7ghz, 400gb, 1gb ram, airport, 20inch, applecare

I haven't received any emails yet but it still says open (although like Dayloon says this seems to be a uk thing)


David
 
quta said:
Got an email this morning, my CTO 2.7, which was due to ship yesterday, has been changed to ship on or before 5/16/05. I called Apple, the rep said that my order was in the "pending" stage which means shipment within 12 - 24 hours. So we'll see!
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I have the same email. :mad:

Due to an unexpected delay, we are unable to ship the following
item(s) by the date that you were originally quoted:

Please note that product availability can change rapidly, and it is
possible that your order may ship much sooner than we anticipate. You
may even receive a shipment confirmation between the time we send this email and the time that you read it.
We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this
delay may have caused you. Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store!
 
illustratorDavi said:
I think if anything your order may be delayed because of the nvidia card ??

Well thats what i'm hoping (i just got the default ati) my G5 is due to ship tomorrow hopefully - same spec except no bluetooth

2.7ghz, 400gb, 1gb ram, airport, 20inch, applecare

I haven't received any emails yet but it still says open (although like Dayloon says this seems to be a uk thing)


David
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Mine is also due to ship tomorrow. I'll be amazed if it does to be honest.

/Edit - Strange. On the Apple US store, my order says "Preparing Shipment". On the UK store, it still says "Open".
 
OziMac said:
Kerry - what are the specs of your machine? As I said, for what it's worth I ordered a stock 2.0 and 20" display and received them the next day - so hopefully yours will arrive very promptly too! :)
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I ordered last Friday, April 29th. I ordered the dual 2.0 GHz machine. I upgraded to the Radeon 9650, 1 gig of RAM, and added bluetooth and wireless.

I am rethinking the wireless at this point, but oh well. It is in there now. :)
 
dayloon said:
Mine is also due to ship tomorrow. I'll be amazed if it does to be honest.

/Edit - Strange. On the Apple US store, my order says "Preparing Shipment". On the UK store, it still says "Open".
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WOW !!!!!

I've just checked the US site - on my one it says "processing order" - it must be just behind yours :D :(

Here's an explanation of the shipment comments
http://store.apple.com/OrderStatus/Images/orderstatusdetail.html

Thanks for the info Dayloon
David
 
illustratorDavi said:
WOW !!!!!

I've just checked the US site - on my one it says "processing order" - it must be just behind yours :D :(

Here's an explanation of the shipment comments
http://store.apple.com/OrderStatus/Images/orderstatusdetail.html

Thanks for the info Dayloon
David
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Yeah, I fell for that one a few days ago. On the US Store, "processing order" is the same as "open". They dont have an "open" status. UK still says open though. I hope the US store is right !
 
I don't know how Apple gets away with this year after year....
This is Bait and Switch.
No other co. could get away with as long as Apple has.
They need to stop "thinking Different" and start thinking better!
They treat their "Valued Customer" like crap!

I don't think I will ever order from the Apple Store again.
 
Dam, I ordered my Dual 2.7Ghz on the 28th + have just had an email saying my order has been delayed until mid may! Not happy!
 
itsa said:
I don't know how Apple gets away with this year after year....
This is Bait and Switch.
No other co. could get away with as long as Apple has.
They need to stop "thinking Different" and start thinking better!
They treat their "Valued Customer" like crap!

I don't think I will ever order from the Apple Store again.
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I have to agree. Even though it looks like my order is about to ship, my experience hasn't exactly been smooth. I think Apple have got a lot to learn.
 
People. In the scope of things a few days delay is nothing to get into tizzy about. During the last rev update the 2.5 duals had up to 4 month delays after the first one shipped. I was running the spreadsheet for a while tracking 200+ shipment delays in a simular MR thread. Apple learned from that experience. Think positive.
 
tamtam said:
Think positive.
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I totally agree. My 2.7 order got hit by the weird "replaced with identical kit" weirdness and my ship date got pushed off until late next week. I'm having a tough time getting worked up over it - it'll arrive when it arrives and one more week of waiting is nothing compared the several years it will be in service.

The only frustrating part for me is staring at this cinema display (which arrived three days ago) that I can't actually plug in to anything. :cool:
 
tamtam said:
Apple learned from that experience.
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It appears they did not!
I took on extra work knowing I had this unit coming. Plus I sold one of mine. I will need to rent one from another studio now. On top of that, I'm up against offering my customer a discount for taking longer then I said. I will lose over a grand on their unlearned experience when it's all said and done.
If you can't keep your word what can you be trusted with?
 
Falleron said:
Dam, I ordered my Dual 2.7Ghz on the 28th + have just had an email saying my order has been delayed until mid may! Not happy!
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I'm very sorry to hear that. Was hoping that Apple had learned it's lesson from the release of Rev. B. On the bright side, that's about three week. Last time customers were waiting up to three months. Hope that might help. Think that we need to give Apple the benefit of the doubt at this early point in its release.
 
Nugget said:
The only frustrating part for me is staring at this cinema display (which arrived three days ago) that I can't actually plug in to anything. :cool:
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I'm in the same boat... I did hook it up to my older G4.
Can't help but think they pulled the bait and switch just because they know many people will get a display too. Could be just trying to get rid of some stock.
Maybe that's what they will update at WWDC.
All in all... this 20" is unreal... Looks way better than I thought it would.
 
itsa said:
I'm in the same boat... I did hook it up to my older G4.
Can't help but think they pulled the bait and switch just because they know many people will get a display too. Could be just trying to get rid of some stock.
Maybe that's what they will update at WWDC.
All in all... this 20" is unreal... Looks way better than I thought it would.
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Must be quite a big boat because I'm also in the exact same situation! :mad:

...except I bought a 23" and it doesn't work with my older G4's rage 128 or Radeon 7000 card. With the blank screen I can't even get assurance if the display works or not!
 
updated: CTO dual 2.7 shipped today (5/5)!

This morning I received an email stating my shipment had been delayed from "on or before 5/4" to "on or before 5/16." But I now have an email with a Fedex tracking number,and fedex says it will arrive tomorrow!

This was a dual 2.7 with Airport, Bluetooth, Modem, and Nvidia 6800. I might well be one of the first to get one, from the sound of things.
 
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