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PowerMac G5 Upgrades Announced (Officially)

illustratorDavi said:
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
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My custom build order went from "Sending to manufacturing" to "Preparing for shipment" in the same day, so yes it's possible. The web status is highly unreliable. I wouldn't pay to much attention to that. The bad news is that you'll still suffer stress even after it's shipped. Mine was shipped 7 days ago and it's not even in the UK yet. :(
 
Yeah - I can only imagine it taking about half an hour to swap over hds, add memory, airport and then install tiger again.

Well I'm back at work today so I won't be clicking the order status button all day :)

David
 
illustratorDavi said:
Yeah - I can only imagine it taking about half an hour to swap over hds, add memory, airport and then install tiger again.

Well I'm back at work today so I won't be clicking the order status button all day :)

David
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That is probably very beneficial, as the saying goes, a watched pot never boils. There is more chances for a change the next time that you check.
 
Hooking up a VGA monitor

Looks like I'm getting my 2.7 G5 tomorrow. woot.

Question to those that have one: I'll be using the 23" Cinema Display I ordered with my computer but I also to want to hook up my old 21" CRT studio display with a VGA connector. Does the G5 come with a DVI to VGA adaptor?

I could also remove my old Radeon 7000 PCI card from my old G4 to get a VGA port...
 
geeyesgee said:
Looks like I'm getting my 2.7 G5 tomorrow. woot.

Question to those that have one: ... Does the G5 come with a DVI to VGA adaptor?
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Yes, my 2.7 did. Received on Monday.
 
itsa said:
He said "I would need to install it. Tiger would not be installed."
So I did not bother to order it.
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That is weird. I got my Power Mac Wednesday afternoon. I finally got to play around with it late that night. It had Tiger preinstalled on it. I did not have to do anything but start it up and have fun. :cool:
 
isaacwin said:
its not apple that’s driving me crazy right now its fed ex.
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Sorry to hear of your shipping hassles. I had sort of the same issue, but not near as bad. Last Monday was my birthday. When I first got the notice that my Power Mac had been shipped last week, it was estimated to be delivered on 5/10. I was thinking just maybe it might get here early for my birthday. :)

Well, it sat in the sorting facility in Anaheim, CA for an entire day and did not ship until last Saturday. So, when I checked again Monday, it said the estimated ship date was 5/11. It was a painful extra day, but I did finally get it Wednesday while I was at work. Unfortunately, I did not get to lay my hands on it and start settting it up until very late that night. :(

I am having fun now, though.
 
benwa02 said:
Ya I got Tiger in my boxed up PM, but I wasnt aware that that would happen so I ordered Tiger through the up-to-date program and now have 2 Tigers. The 2nd one is for sale.
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You should be able to get anyone to bite on that for $9.95 :D
 
I finally got it and its awsom i love it and just in time to when i was transfering data onto my new mac my old macs hard drive craped out on me. The only problem is i will not be able to sleep tonight [must test frame rates] today has been a good one i finally finished my last final for school and i got the computer of my dreams. Its so fast. so very fast very very fast. I will prob post pic later. I am drunk right now ( celabrating my graduation from my Local junior college's graphic design program. everything is great!!!!! I hope everyone is as pleased as i am
 
isaacwin said:
I finally got it and its awsom. I am drunk right now. Its so fast. so very fast very very fast.
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I know. Isn't it sweet to get a new computer. Its so fast, it's like a fresh breeze blowing into your computing experience.
 
i'll buy that tiger dvd

Kerry Sanders said:
You should be able to get anyone to bite on that for $9.95 :D
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i bought a new pb on 20th april, therefore i qualify for the $9.95 tiger updating. however, in order to use this right one must be usa resident, or have credit card billing address in usa!!! guess what - i am not! therefore, even though i have the right of this update, and i have a valid credit card, i cannot do it because my billing address is not in the usa! s**t.

anyway, i will be glad to pay you what i would pay to apple anyway + pp to ship it to europe, as it's easier than fighting with them about it.
 
mirkojankov said:
i bought a new pb on 20th april, therefore i qualify for the $9.95 tiger updating. however, in order to use this right one must be usa resident, or have credit card billing address in usa!!! guess what - i am not! therefore, even though i have the right of this update, and i have a valid credit card, i cannot do it because my billing address is not in the usa! s**t.

anyway, i will be glad to pay you what i would pay to apple anyway + pp to ship it to europe, as it's easier than fighting with them about it.
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You should send a Private Message to benwa02 and make your offer. Sounds as though he might be very willing.
 
Whoopie! I scored a dual 2.5 refurb toady for $2299

Whoopie! I scored a dual 2.5 refurb toady for $2299 :) I knew if I watched that Red Tag page often enough more would pop up. They were gone about an hour after I got my order in on time - about 1:50 PM Pacific Sat May 14.

Now to sell my dual 2 with all that 512 RAM and a pair of 160 GB HDs inside, AppleCare and personal support for more. :p
 
For those getting your first G5, congratulations, I have been lurking and enjoying your pleasure. If you want to put those CPU cycles to work you will find that the G5 does very well at Distributed COmputing projects.

Now, if only the dual cores had made it out ... :)
 
illustratorDavi said:
i just scrolled down the page of my order to the bottom and it now says "sent to manufacturing" below the g5 -- whoo!!!!
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That sounds like great news. Congratulations on the manufacturing process of your G5.
 
SHIPPED, SHIPPED, SHIPPED

Its SHIPPED - WOHOOOO!!!! :D

It says its been received in Cork so will get merged with the 20inch screen and applecare next.

Thanks for the replies friends

David <------ one very happy illustrator :D
 
Ok - I still haven't got my G5 quite yet.

It says "Out For Delivery LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 20 May 2005 07:48" as the last entry on the activity list of my G5.

But on my 20inch ACD and Applecare there is no activity - although they are labelled as shipped on the main page.

Does anyone know this means it is out for delivery to the Arnham depot in the Netherlands or is it coming straight to me and will literally me "Merged in Transit"

Thanks David
 
I Lost the D 2.5 Then Scored Again and Took Delivery Friday.

That deal I thought I had Saturday turned out to be bogus because a new phone sales guy told me I could pay with a money order. After putting he money in the bank on Monday and calling Apple about using my VISA bank card, I found out he was wrong and I had no order in fact.

Then about 1 am Tuesday morning I found all the D2 and D2.5 deals back on the red tag page and this time I was able to place another order for the $2299 D2.5 G5 and received it Friday morning.

Now back to figuring out how to sell the D2 before it is worthless. :)
 
illustratorDavi said:
Ok - I still haven't got my G5 quite yet.

It says "Out For Delivery LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 20 May 2005 07:48" as the last entry on the activity list of my G5.

But on my 20inch ACD and Applecare there is no activity - although they are labelled as shipped on the main page.

Does anyone know this means it is out for delivery to the Arnham depot in the Netherlands or is it coming straight to me and will literally me "Merged in Transit"

Thanks David
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Hi! Have you tried looking in here?: http://www.apecode.com/appletrack/
I have ordered a PM 2.3 Dual (BTO) and a 20-inch ACD. That web tells me the Powermac has arrived at somewhere in Netherland 15 hours after "Out for delivery LUXEMBOURG..." (Arnham probably), but the status in the AppleStore has not been updated yet. If my experience from another past orders informs me correctly, the Powermac is "merged in transit" with the rest ordered products in Arnham, just before TNT picks up all the boxes and brings them to your house. At least that's what I think will happen (BTW, I'm spanish, I'm sorry for my poor english) If you have some news post please! ;)


Edited: OH! I've just noticed your Powermac and mine left Luxembourg in the same truck!: My status:
Out For Delivery LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 20 May 2005 07:48

So it's sure to tell that your PM is right now in Arnhem :)
 
propropro said:
Edited: OH! I've just noticed your Powermac and mine left Luxembourg in the same truck!: My status:
Out For Delivery LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 20 May 2005 07:48

So it's sure to tell that your PM is right now in Arnhem :)
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LOL -- yeah it must be on the same truck :)

that appletrack thing doesn't work for me - have you got the tnt website to track your delivery - none of my tracking numbers work on their site either :/

I expect our orders are going to be delayed by the weekend maybe we will get them Tuesday or Wednesday - i hope.

Thank David

PS your english is fine - please let me know if you get any more news on your order.
 
that appletrack thing doesn't work for me
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Doesn't it work with the ten first digits of the tracking numbrer Apple sent you? Well, maybe you didn't get a '80XX...XX' tracking number, I don't really know which countries can benefit from the apecode/appletrack web...

illustratorDavi said:
LOL -- yeah it must be on the same truck :)

that appletrack thing doesn't work for me - have you got the tnt website to track your delivery - none of my tracking numbers work on their site either :/

I expect our orders are going to be delayed by the weekend maybe we will get them Tuesday or Wednesday - i hope.
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I have tried TNT web tracking and I get an error, "Not Found", so that means TNT have not pick up our little and loved computers yet. Until then, they're in Kuehne + Nagel hands. I think we won't have any more news until monday... :( With some luck I hope it arrives here in Spain at Thursday or Friday. In case something new happens, I will tell you

See you!
 
Here is wishing illustratorDavi and propropro successful tracking and actual delivery of your new G5. Your wait will be made short by the pleasure that you derive from actual use.
 
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