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PowerMac G5s Trickling In
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jayscheuerle
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Originally posted by Genie
They seem to be coming in regularly now.
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Seems tight getting the hands in there for adding RAM. I'd imagine the same thing for PCI cards.
Of course, I'm used to a beige G3 minitower and those were the best for accessing the boards easily...
jayscheuerle
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Re: swedish shipment 7-10 days!
9 fans...
Originally posted by freddiecable
genie: what are you doing with your hair?it looks like it's really windy inside
9 fans...
got mine two days ago...
i was the 23rd person to order one in Miami at the Falls Apple Store ( i know because my G5 card had a 23 on it)... i got mine two days ago.
I'm a convert from PC to an apple, and it couldn't be going smoother. All my apps open three times as fast and i'm loving the integration between all the iApps. My iSight rocks and everything is really cool with the computer.
Can't wait to really start workign off this machine!!!
it was the biggest suprise to get it thsi early; my estimated shipping was Oct 7, and i got it Sep 22.
i was the 23rd person to order one in Miami at the Falls Apple Store ( i know because my G5 card had a 23 on it)... i got mine two days ago.
I'm a convert from PC to an apple, and it couldn't be going smoother. All my apps open three times as fast and i'm loving the integration between all the iApps. My iSight rocks and everything is really cool with the computer.
Can't wait to really start workign off this machine!!!
it was the biggest suprise to get it thsi early; my estimated shipping was Oct 7, and i got it Sep 22.
Stanford not for "general public"
Stanford got 40 2.0's in on Tuesday. They weren't pre-ordered, but you need a Stanford ID to buy one.
The Apple Store in Palo Alto called me late Tuesday to say mine was in. I'd gotten on their list in July.
By the way: I bought a 1.8 at the Apple Store in Palo Alto a few weeks ago. It comes with a 30-day 100% money-back privilege, so since I really needed one then & my 2.0 wasn't in yet the salesperson kindly suggested I do that & return it when the 2.0 came in.
Observations:
a) the 2.0 definitely feels faster. I wasn't sure it would on everyday apps, but it does. Loading my 8000 photos to iPhoto is several seconds faster; scrolling around them is noticably better. I used 2.5G ram in both machines.
b) the 2.0 seems quieter. hmm.
c) the 2.0's a whole lot more likely to kick up the fans when things are going on. The 1.8 seemed just to hum along at some mid-level of noise.
d) when working in the evening & my girlfriend's sleeping, using the Energy Saver option to lower the performance definitely lowers the noise level to a beautiful soft hum.
e) if I'm editing in word or on the web, I've been leaving the Reduced Performance option on. It doesn't seem to impact anything and keeps the machine whisper quiet.
edit: more thoughts
Stanford got 40 2.0's in on Tuesday. They weren't pre-ordered, but you need a Stanford ID to buy one.
The Apple Store in Palo Alto called me late Tuesday to say mine was in. I'd gotten on their list in July.
By the way: I bought a 1.8 at the Apple Store in Palo Alto a few weeks ago. It comes with a 30-day 100% money-back privilege, so since I really needed one then & my 2.0 wasn't in yet the salesperson kindly suggested I do that & return it when the 2.0 came in.
Observations:
a) the 2.0 definitely feels faster. I wasn't sure it would on everyday apps, but it does. Loading my 8000 photos to iPhoto is several seconds faster; scrolling around them is noticably better. I used 2.5G ram in both machines.
b) the 2.0 seems quieter. hmm.
c) the 2.0's a whole lot more likely to kick up the fans when things are going on. The 1.8 seemed just to hum along at some mid-level of noise.
d) when working in the evening & my girlfriend's sleeping, using the Energy Saver option to lower the performance definitely lowers the noise level to a beautiful soft hum.
e) if I'm editing in word or on the web, I've been leaving the Reduced Performance option on. It doesn't seem to impact anything and keeps the machine whisper quiet.
edit: more thoughts
NOT YETq
I was supposed to get mine in this week from PC Connection. It was a build to order dualie with 512mb ram, 9800 ATI, and dual 250gb drives. Apple then without any information pushed back my order without any date given. I think the BTO's were pushed back even longer. I ordered mine july 11th. Also my PC's harddrive just died last night. APPLE COME TO THE RESCUE! I WANT TO BE A SWITCHER TO MAC AND CAN"T DO IT WITHOUT MY DUALIE....
I was supposed to get mine in this week from PC Connection. It was a build to order dualie with 512mb ram, 9800 ATI, and dual 250gb drives. Apple then without any information pushed back my order without any date given. I think the BTO's were pushed back even longer. I ordered mine july 11th. Also my PC's harddrive just died last night. APPLE COME TO THE RESCUE! I WANT TO BE A SWITCHER TO MAC AND CAN"T DO IT WITHOUT MY DUALIE....
Speaking of noise...
Does anyone else like the startup noise the G5 makes? I was talking to my girlfriend over the phone last week and heard this sound like a sports car (vrrrm vrrrm). It turned out she was starting up her 2x2 G5.
Strange, she got a big kick out of opening her box also.
Does anyone else like the startup noise the G5 makes? I was talking to my girlfriend over the phone last week and heard this sound like a sports car (vrrrm vrrrm). It turned out she was starting up her 2x2 G5.
Strange, she got a big kick out of opening her box also.
Still Waiting...
My first Mac... I'm still waiting, ordered 6/25 but doesn't seem to matter. What I heard from Apple is they are trying to push them out this week as fast as possible because of year end. I'm probably not getting much attention, since I ordered mine through ADC student program. Saved me $600, but I'm sure they are going to ship the $3k orders before mine.
My first Mac... I'm still waiting, ordered 6/25 but doesn't seem to matter. What I heard from Apple is they are trying to push them out this week as fast as possible because of year end. I'm probably not getting much attention, since I ordered mine through ADC student program. Saved me $600, but I'm sure they are going to ship the $3k orders before mine.
I remember when I ordered by BTO TiBook the first day Steve announced it. My BTO took almost a month longer than the stock TiBooks to ship. Apple really needs to speed this process up like Dell does. Dell BTO's ship in about two days. What's up with that?
Plus I think it's a problem throughout the Apple business. Everytime I walk into the SoHo Apple Store, there are about 30 Apple employees helping people out. However, there's only 3 employees at the registers and about 30 people waiting in line! This is a perfect example of how Apple operates. High in the selling, low on the execution.
Plus I think it's a problem throughout the Apple business. Everytime I walk into the SoHo Apple Store, there are about 30 Apple employees helping people out. However, there's only 3 employees at the registers and about 30 people waiting in line! This is a perfect example of how Apple operates. High in the selling, low on the execution.
It's coming! It's coming!
From the FedEx tracking site:
"Sep 25, 2003__ 2:47 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery_PORTLAND, OR"
I'm going to be insufferable until that truck gets here...
What was REALLY frustrating was that I ordered the G5 2x2 on October 1, along with a Cinema HD. The display got here two days later, and has been sitting here on my desk, BLANK, because my G4/400 won't drive it, even with the Apple DVI-ADC adaptor. (It took hours of searching the Apple website to find out why it wasn't working -- ATI Rage 128 Pro doesn't have enough VRAM to drive it...)
From the FedEx tracking site:
"Sep 25, 2003__ 2:47 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery_PORTLAND, OR"
I'm going to be insufferable until that truck gets here...
What was REALLY frustrating was that I ordered the G5 2x2 on October 1, along with a Cinema HD. The display got here two days later, and has been sitting here on my desk, BLANK, because my G4/400 won't drive it, even with the Apple DVI-ADC adaptor. (It took hours of searching the Apple website to find out why it wasn't working -- ATI Rage 128 Pro doesn't have enough VRAM to drive it...)
I just recently ordered my g5, and have another month to go till the estimated ship date :-\ god im going nuts. Luckily I got the next day, because if i knew that thing was done, and just out there traveling around the country on a truck for 5 days, i'd have an aneurism.
also...
does it suck apple isn't filling pre-orders and instead is filling stores and schools? yes it does. but it is smart.
You're going to wait for the one you ordered, you will, you have no choice, you aren't going to cancel it, no matter how many times you say you are.
So they have you getting one, and now people in the stores getting one. easy way to fill more people in about the same time. Good business? yeah. bad for the consumer, terrible.
does it suck apple isn't filling pre-orders and instead is filling stores and schools? yes it does. but it is smart.
You're going to wait for the one you ordered, you will, you have no choice, you aren't going to cancel it, no matter how many times you say you are.
So they have you getting one, and now people in the stores getting one. easy way to fill more people in about the same time. Good business? yeah. bad for the consumer, terrible.
Got mine last week, but one more to come
I got my home machine last week, a dual 2 GHz (ordered the day of the keynote)
It's very nice, and spends much of its time running at the quietest setting. It is kinda interesting to know when you're taxing it as the fans start spinning faster. For example, I was thinking about something and happened to have a text selection and was idly expanding and contracting it with the mouse. Slowly the fans spun up to a slightly higher speed. I stopped and said something like "oops, sorry...".
The machine is very fast. Some things you might expect to be CPU intensive, like UT2003, don't seem to tax it at all -- the fans mostly run at the lowest setting, or the next one above. I guess the graphics card is doing most of the work.
BUT, if you want hear how loud it *can* be, try running the Apple hardware diagnostics. It turns on all fans at full speed, and the machine sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
On the ordering/delevery front, I also ordered another one for work (ordered a few days after the keynote), and that one hasn't shown up yet, and just got pushed back to "On or before 10/29".
[I had thought it was 09/29 when I posted, but now I see it's 10/29.]
I got my home machine last week, a dual 2 GHz (ordered the day of the keynote)
It's very nice, and spends much of its time running at the quietest setting. It is kinda interesting to know when you're taxing it as the fans start spinning faster. For example, I was thinking about something and happened to have a text selection and was idly expanding and contracting it with the mouse. Slowly the fans spun up to a slightly higher speed. I stopped and said something like "oops, sorry...".
The machine is very fast. Some things you might expect to be CPU intensive, like UT2003, don't seem to tax it at all -- the fans mostly run at the lowest setting, or the next one above. I guess the graphics card is doing most of the work.
BUT, if you want hear how loud it *can* be, try running the Apple hardware diagnostics. It turns on all fans at full speed, and the machine sounds like a vacuum cleaner.
On the ordering/delevery front, I also ordered another one for work (ordered a few days after the keynote), and that one hasn't shown up yet, and just got pushed back to "On or before 10/29".
[I had thought it was 09/29 when I posted, but now I see it's 10/29.]
Originally posted by Genie
They seem to be coming in regularly now.
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Is this like geek porn? I mean, yeah there's weird porn for everyone, but i mean..."ooohh, shes putting in the ram, oh baby 4ghz"
I just called my reseller and was told that mine will most likely be shipping next week.
Good news!
Good news!
Hey, no fair!
No, not about your computer... you got 150 pix of you and the new machine, and your fellow got to hold the camera? That's not right!
How about a few (not 150 please) of him with your new monster?
No, not about your computer... you got 150 pix of you and the new machine, and your fellow got to hold the camera? That's not right!
How about a few (not 150 please) of him with your new monster?
UK Applestore logistics
Mine shipped on the 23rd according to UK Applestore, however, like others on this forum, because I ordered a few other things at the same time (Display, iSight, etc) - the machine itself is stuck in some depot waiting to be joined by the other items! These, according to my tracking page, have been in Holland for two days just sitting there - whilst the G5 sits in a UK depot near Heathrow. The carriers just tell me that its Apple I should contact, whilst Apple UK simply dont answer emails (phoning is difficult from work).
Never again will I purchase direct from Applestore UK - the simple art of logistics has passed them by - next day delivery hasnt quite reached these backward parts and the great art of customer care is sadly lacking too.
Mine shipped on the 23rd according to UK Applestore, however, like others on this forum, because I ordered a few other things at the same time (Display, iSight, etc) - the machine itself is stuck in some depot waiting to be joined by the other items! These, according to my tracking page, have been in Holland for two days just sitting there - whilst the G5 sits in a UK depot near Heathrow. The carriers just tell me that its Apple I should contact, whilst Apple UK simply dont answer emails (phoning is difficult from work).
Never again will I purchase direct from Applestore UK - the simple art of logistics has passed them by - next day delivery hasnt quite reached these backward parts and the great art of customer care is sadly lacking too.
I live in Cork (can see the factory from my living room window), but I remember buying a Mac and it shipping to Paris, then back to Cork to me. Bizarre...
Mike.
At the moment you can't really find them anywhere but on the Apple Store. But then that delays your orders.... especially on the new PBs. Everyone is also complaining about those 1GB sticks price on the Apple store, but then again it's the only way to get them. And in that respect, the prices are not that ridiculous...Originally posted by Genie
Oh- I actually put 512's in cause I couldn't find gigabyte sticks for the G5- anybody know where to find them?
Re: swedish shipment 7-10 days!
I felt like I was watching a shampoo commercial.Originally posted by freddiecable
genie: what are you doing with your hair?