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PowerMac G5 Upgrades Announced (Officially)
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So now you need to go find that guy who asked "why don't you just get a Dell", invite him over for some beers, and show him why.itsa said:
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Well, it's here...
My CTO Dual 2.7 arrived earlier today, and I finally (at 10:30pm) got a chance to crack open the box, light it up, and check it out. Everything looks exactly was I ordered it.... Bluetooth, Airport Extreme, 400GB drive. I shut down and added another 2x1GB sticks to bring it up to 2.5GB. No problems at all.
Now to go register my AppleCare and go order another 2GB of RAM and another 400GB drive to stripe or mirror... To stripe or to mirror... Oh well, I guess I have a couple of days to figure out.
Anyway, for anyone else that got the weird "Replaced With New Product" message and a delivery bump to 5/16 or later, my machine was supposed to ship on 5/4 and it shipped on 5/7 (yes, Saturday) and arrived via Fedex P1 this morning. My invoice shows "Item Added, Mass CTO conversion 05/04/20 11:11", but there is nothing new on the order -- part number wise or description wise... Oh well.
Well, it's here...
My CTO Dual 2.7 arrived earlier today, and I finally (at 10:30pm) got a chance to crack open the box, light it up, and check it out. Everything looks exactly was I ordered it.... Bluetooth, Airport Extreme, 400GB drive. I shut down and added another 2x1GB sticks to bring it up to 2.5GB. No problems at all.
Now to go register my AppleCare and go order another 2GB of RAM and another 400GB drive to stripe or mirror... To stripe or to mirror... Oh well, I guess I have a couple of days to figure out.
Anyway, for anyone else that got the weird "Replaced With New Product" message and a delivery bump to 5/16 or later, my machine was supposed to ship on 5/4 and it shipped on 5/7 (yes, Saturday) and arrived via Fedex P1 this morning. My invoice shows "Item Added, Mass CTO conversion 05/04/20 11:11", but there is nothing new on the order -- part number wise or description wise... Oh well.
This thought just came to me... When I ordered, the rep told me that I would get OSX 10.4 in a box. It did not come that way. It had the G5 DVD's.
I would rather have it in a box. I have other units to upgrade too.
but anyway... I think that is what the "replaced" order was. I can't see how they could hold people up for that.
I would have happily paid $70.00 for their in the Box OS rather the money I lost not have a editing unit in for 6 days.
I would rather have it in a box. I have other units to upgrade too.
but anyway... I think that is what the "replaced" order was. I can't see how they could hold people up for that.
I would have happily paid $70.00 for their in the Box OS rather the money I lost not have a editing unit in for 6 days.
Are you sure he didn't say 'in the box' ie. it would come in the box and not pre-installed? I've never heard of people getting a boxed OS included with the system...itsa said:
I'm not sure what kind of memory that he purchased. Crucial is the one recommended most by MacRumor members, they have a life time warranty.
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.asp
http://www.crucial.com/uk/index.asp
Nugget said:Heh. Even with nothing I could really do with it, I took mine out of the box at least.
I opened the box and took a look inside. I read the manual cover to ... uhh... well, until the language change.
Dude... that 30" display is huge! I want one of those in the future, but I will be very happy with my 20" cinema display right now.
Nugget said:Well cool. . . My PowerMac went from "Sent to Manufacturing" to "Preparing Shipment" this evening. If they can get it out the door and onto a FedEx truck on Tuesday that means I won't have to sit in torture on Wednesday as Kerry describes receiving his machine in excrutiating detail.
Yep... this is killing me. Tomrorow is the big day, though. I just checked the tracking information and it is now on a truck heading out of the FedEx sort facility headed to Birmingham from Atlanta. Now I know for sure it will be here tomorrow.
Now, what can I dream up to tell the boss as to why I will not be able to make it into work tomorrow?
fmcooper said:
I just ordered an iPod mini dock and some 16x DVD+R media yesterday with the money that I got from my wife's grandmother for my birthday. I think I will take some of the money that I didn't get for my birthday and order up another gig or two of RAM. I ordered my Power Mac with a gig in it to start. I think I need more.
RAM
The more the merrier in my book. Although you can definitely get by with less. 512MB doesn't quite do it, but 1GB is acceptable for a lot of things. I'm sticking a bunch in now since RAM seems reasonably priced. I figure if I wait too long the supply/demand of DDR400s will change and make it not worth it to add more RAM to an 'older' system.
I made the mistake (again) of not buying another 512MB DIMM. My iMac came with a 512MB stick that I yanked out and replaced with 2 Patriot 1GB DIMMS. I keep meaning to pick up another single 512MB chip to pair with this one.
Sounds like your machine will arrive tomorrow. Have FUN!! I've only got about 2.5 hours of time in on this box, but I can tell already it's going to get a TON of use and a lot of enjoyment.
Now if Apani would just fix their VPN client for 10.4. I'd love to kick them in the shins...
Kerry Sanders said:...I think I will take some of the money that I didn't get for my birthday and order up another gig or two of RAM. I ordered my Power Mac with a gig in it to start. I think I need more.
The more the merrier in my book. Although you can definitely get by with less. 512MB doesn't quite do it, but 1GB is acceptable for a lot of things. I'm sticking a bunch in now since RAM seems reasonably priced. I figure if I wait too long the supply/demand of DDR400s will change and make it not worth it to add more RAM to an 'older' system.
I made the mistake (again) of not buying another 512MB DIMM. My iMac came with a 512MB stick that I yanked out and replaced with 2 Patriot 1GB DIMMS. I keep meaning to pick up another single 512MB chip to pair with this one.
Sounds like your machine will arrive tomorrow. Have FUN!! I've only got about 2.5 hours of time in on this box, but I can tell already it's going to get a TON of use and a lot of enjoyment.
Now if Apani would just fix their VPN client for 10.4. I'd love to kick them in the shins...
OK - applestore order status is driving me nuts !!!
Apple sent me an email saying the item that was out of stock would be in on or before 13th May.
Since I received this email last friday (when my powermac was to ship) the order status has remained the same -- "processing order , est. shipping 5 May"
its seems strange to me that it should still have the old shipping date and why doesn't it say "sending to manufacturing" by now.
2 days left -- i expect another delay email
David
Apple sent me an email saying the item that was out of stock would be in on or before 13th May.
Since I received this email last friday (when my powermac was to ship) the order status has remained the same -- "processing order , est. shipping 5 May"
its seems strange to me that it should still have the old shipping date and why doesn't it say "sending to manufacturing" by now.
2 days left -- i expect another delay email
David
illustratorDavi said:OK - applestore order status is driving me nuts !!!
Apple sent me an email saying the item that was out of stock would be in on or before 13th May.
Since I received this email last friday (when my powermac was to ship) the order status has remained the same -- "processing order , est. shipping 5 May"
its seems strange to me that it should still have the old shipping date and why doesn't it say "sending to manufacturing" by now.
2 days left -- i expect another delay email
David
Sorry to hear that... I know it's a pain. The Apple Store does not have the best service.
illustratorDavi said:OK - applestore order status is driving me nuts !!!
Apple sent me an email saying the item that was out of stock would be in on or before 13th May.
Since I received this email last friday (when my powermac was to ship) the order status has remained the same -- "processing order , est. shipping 5 May"
its seems strange to me that it should still have the old shipping date and why doesn't it say "sending to manufacturing" by now.
2 days left -- i expect another delay email
David
Sorry to hear about the delay. I remember from before that the E.Mail messages tend to be more reliable than checking order status. Hope that you will receive your G5 soon. You could also give them a call.
Thanks
How long does the "sending to manufacturing, manufacturing, preparing for shipping" process normally take. Can I expect these stages to rush throught on the last day?
David
How long does the "sending to manufacturing, manufacturing, preparing for shipping" process normally take. Can I expect these stages to rush throught on the last day?
David
its not apple thats driving me crazy right now its fed ex. when I first got the tracking number from apple it did not even show up on fed ex's site for 2 days when it finally did it said est. delivery 5/9 then on the 8th its said 5/10 then on the ninth it said 5/11 now guess what it says today, thats right 5/12 I mean come on my head is going to explode i am a huge Mac geek puttsing around with a 400Mhz Sawtooth waiting for the best dam computer in the world (at least to me) : a dual 2.7 with 1 gig Bluetooth NVIDIA 6800 and a wireless drool tray err keyboard CURSE YOU FED EX (well at least until you get here)
isaacwin said:
I sympathise - my powerbook took two weeks from "shipping" to arriving... My new G5 took only 3 days, which was nice - but TNT's tracking server seems to be as shoddy as fedex's!!
isaacwin said:
yeah, I also have one on route (from Anaheim, apparently), to Columbus, Ohio. It was originally estimated for delivery tomorrow, but now it says friday. however i've gotten no updates since monday, when it left Anaheim
Is it normal for an item to not be scanned for 2 days?