I did the same thing ddBean and got mine delivered 2 weeks ago (but I haven't got the 9800 think it's a 9600) anyway phoned them up at 7am this morning and asked am I entitled to panther and was promptly told ermmm NO only G5s bought on or after 8th of October, now IMHO after waiting over 3 months for delivery for a machine and monitor that cost me over 5,000 euro I think I'm entitled to a little compensation from apple also while trying to get around the October 8th deadline as I only paid for it when it was delivered I found out I paid on the 5th of october so no joy there either.
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nope, any g5 is entitled to the $20 upgrade. Everyone reguardless of date ordered or date recieved. It's any other computer ordered after that date that gets it, but all g5's do I'm pretty sure.
I got it today, this morning actually, it's pretty damn cool, got speakers (quiet speakers, but none the less) built into it. but i gotta say it does suck. It came with Jaguar, not panther installed, so i have to do the up to date os thing and wait for them to get me panther. That kinda sucks concidering it's coming out in 2 days, and hell, people are actually getting theirs now. but i got it, and it is awesome. VERY heavy, VERY big, but awesome.
It'll be interesting to see if mine comes with Panther pre-installed.
Est. ship date still 11/4. Thank GOD they got that order status page back up!!
Originally posted by madforrit
OMG! It shipped! Checking the order status every 5 minutes paid off!
haha, nice. i knew there was a good reason to constantly checking that out
now you're going to have to wait for panther to ship, but that isn't that big of a deal.OK, jer2665, do you mind giving me your Apple web order # so I can write a formal complaint to Apple about how they are mistreating Apple resellers, and any customer who chooses to support them?
Your G5 web order being placed on Sept 18 and delivered on Oct 22 is a prime example of something being wrong at Apple.
My order paid in full on July 25 through my local Apple reseller, and I still haven't received it.
Same config as yours less the 4 gigs of Ram and 250 HD.
Not yet...
Not yet, LAst report a week ago was it was going into QC lab for testing, and no report since. Reseller is going to call inside factory contact he has this mornig and try to get an answer. He things Apple has found problems with some thing, since Apple sent them a bunch of logic boards and other releated spare parts for the 1.8 Ghz and Duals, yet no other repair shop around has been sent theses, so he's a little suspecious of what's happening right now.
FINALLY....but...
I finally picked up my Dual G5 and 20in display last night 11/7/2003. (Ordered and paid for on July 23, 03 at local IAD)
First what a sweet sweet machine and overall design and oh yeah THE SPEED ...awesome.
Now for my bitching...
1) It didn't come with 9800 nor BT as Apple found a conflict between the two recently (was told first batches of G5s didn't have this problem) I'll have to take the box back in a week or so to get 9800 and B/T installed.
2) It didn't come with 10.3 installed (only 10.2.8) Guess I'll have to go through Apple's Up to Date and pay extra $20, which kinda sucks, since 10.3 came out before mine was built.
Sweet news is I got an extra 512 MB RAM for no charge by the IAD that Apple so poorly supports now.
I finally picked up my Dual G5 and 20in display last night 11/7/2003. (Ordered and paid for on July 23, 03 at local IAD)
First what a sweet sweet machine and overall design and oh yeah THE SPEED ...awesome.
Now for my bitching...
1) It didn't come with 9800 nor BT as Apple found a conflict between the two recently (was told first batches of G5s didn't have this problem) I'll have to take the box back in a week or so to get 9800 and B/T installed.
2) It didn't come with 10.3 installed (only 10.2.8) Guess I'll have to go through Apple's Up to Date and pay extra $20, which kinda sucks, since 10.3 came out before mine was built.
Sweet news is I got an extra 512 MB RAM for no charge by the IAD that Apple so poorly supports now.
