I was wondering the same thing. Heck a week later and getting it a week earlier. WTF. No offense but dang that sucks.
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No clue. I supposed Apple is doing everything in bulk?
Anyway I think I will wait one more week and go get the MBP for now. My trusty G5 2.0Ghz is still working ok except when it comes to running Motion in HD then it is crawling. .
I just ordered mine this morning.
2.8 Octo
8800GT
Canon Printer
2 500GB Seagate HDD's, Office 08, DVD Drive from Newegg
Ships by 2/25
Delivers by 2/29
The funny thing is that all the other goodies I got from Newegg + printer will arrive way before the computer gets here.
The wait begins...
2.8 Octo
8800GT
Canon Printer
2 500GB Seagate HDD's, Office 08, DVD Drive from Newegg
Ships by 2/25
Delivers by 2/29
The funny thing is that all the other goodies I got from Newegg + printer will arrive way before the computer gets here.
The wait begins...
I ordered mine last night... This is true, your items from Newegg may arrive earlier than your Mac Pro, but I don't think it will be way earlier. Word from the Apple rep I spoke to is that the chips are arriving the first week of February and thats the reason for the hold. I've also heard that from a couple others as well here on the forums. No telling when they will actually ship, but I suspect when they do, it will be no later than the week of Valentine's day when they ship everyone's units.
Just a thought.
I ordered mine last night... This is true, your items from Newegg may arrive earlier than your Mac Pro, but I don't think it will be way earlier. Word from the Apple rep I spoke to is that the chips are arriving the first week of February and thats the reason for the hold. I've also heard that from a couple others as well here on the forums. No telling when they will actually ship, but I suspect when they do, it will be no later than the week of Valentine's day when they ship everyone's units.
Just a thought.
I certainly hope so. According to UPS and FedEx, all the other goodies will be here by Wednesday.
Yeah, me too. My 16gs of OWC memory and my 2tb hard drives are threatening to stand on the nearest freeway off ramp holding "I'm homeless---will work for PC" signs soon.
Yeesh. I've got a suggestion. When the MacPros with 8800GT's finally ship, how about a poll with this question:
For those who ordered the MacPro w/8800GT within 2 weeks of release, if you had known then what you know now, would you have:
1.) Bought & waited anyway
or
2.) Bought w/ATI 2600 & planned to later pay for the 8800GT from Apple, basically paying a modest greater cost yet getting your system much faster.
I'm not entirely sure what I'd have done, but it'd be interesting to see where the votes would fall.
Richard.
For those who ordered the MacPro w/8800GT within 2 weeks of release, if you had known then what you know now, would you have:
1.) Bought & waited anyway
or
2.) Bought w/ATI 2600 & planned to later pay for the 8800GT from Apple, basically paying a modest greater cost yet getting your system much faster.
I'm not entirely sure what I'd have done, but it'd be interesting to see where the votes would fall.
Richard.
I figure I'm not only waiting for the 8800. I'm waiting for any possible hardware and ROM revisions, and a pre-installed 10.5.2, which will hopefully make my shiny (expensive) box better outtathebox. I think that too is worth waiting for.
I was initially waiting simply for the 8800GT over the craptastic 2600xt. However, as time has passed and new owners have been posting various problems, I feel better knowing that the Mac Pro will possibly ship with 10.5.2 and will "just work" out of the box.
I didn't wait
I wanted the 8800, but was unwilling to wait so I bought the stock everything model - I ordered on the 8th, received my new mac pro on the 9th and have been happily using it ever since. I love this machine! I will order the 8800 when it's readily available. It costs more this way and that hurts, but ultimately worth it to me.
I wanted the 8800, but was unwilling to wait so I bought the stock everything model - I ordered on the 8th, received my new mac pro on the 9th and have been happily using it ever since. I love this machine! I will order the 8800 when it's readily available. It costs more this way and that hurts, but ultimately worth it to me.
I waited, then didn't.
I probably never would have considered buying a Mac Pro if my perfectly adequate PowerMac G5 (2003) hadn't died on me just before Christmas, forcing me to use my old G4-450 (1999) as my main box. So, I ordered the stock Octo with the 8800GT on Jan 11. My delivery date was Feb. 21.
On Feb 1, I decided I couldn't wait anymore. I canceled my Apple order and took advantage of the $200 tax savings and $150 rebate at Amazon on the stock model ($2784). It'll be here on 2/6. I also saved 10% there on AppleCare.
The same day I ordered the 8800 GT card from Apple. Estimated ship is 5 weeks, but I'm pretty sure it will be here sooner. If later, that's fine too.
All day yesterday I was second-guessing my decision because of the high incidence of problems being reported with the 2600XT. But, the worst case scenario is that I'll have to put up with the oddities of the 2600 for no longer than it takes for the 8800 to arrive.
The bottom line is that I'll have a back-up video card if the 8800 croaks, I can get some work done sooner rather than later, and I saved $240. No doubt I'll quickly spend that on another 4GB of RAM.
I probably never would have considered buying a Mac Pro if my perfectly adequate PowerMac G5 (2003) hadn't died on me just before Christmas, forcing me to use my old G4-450 (1999) as my main box. So, I ordered the stock Octo with the 8800GT on Jan 11. My delivery date was Feb. 21.
On Feb 1, I decided I couldn't wait anymore. I canceled my Apple order and took advantage of the $200 tax savings and $150 rebate at Amazon on the stock model ($2784). It'll be here on 2/6. I also saved 10% there on AppleCare.
The same day I ordered the 8800 GT card from Apple. Estimated ship is 5 weeks, but I'm pretty sure it will be here sooner. If later, that's fine too.
All day yesterday I was second-guessing my decision because of the high incidence of problems being reported with the 2600XT. But, the worst case scenario is that I'll have to put up with the oddities of the 2600 for no longer than it takes for the 8800 to arrive.
The bottom line is that I'll have a back-up video card if the 8800 croaks, I can get some work done sooner rather than later, and I saved $240. No doubt I'll quickly spend that on another 4GB of RAM.
Also worth pointing out, being an ADC Select member, it was a no brainer for me as to which option to take. That means waiting since I get a better savings with the 8800gt + Mac Pro than buying separately as I only get one hardware purchase a year with the select membership.
Sure, there are times I wish it was here *now* but in 2 more weeks when it is finally in my hands, the wait won't have mattered at all. Now, if this was my only business use computer, it would be a different story. I'd go with the 2600 or Quadro for immediate access to the machine. But, since it's not my only machine, I can afford to wait.
Sure, there are times I wish it was here *now* but in 2 more weeks when it is finally in my hands, the wait won't have mattered at all. Now, if this was my only business use computer, it would be a different story. I'd go with the 2600 or Quadro for immediate access to the machine. But, since it's not my only machine, I can afford to wait.
I'm glad I ordered on the 10th of Jan
Man looking at some of the later dates makes me more depressed...
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Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
2GB (2x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 16x SuperDrive
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE
WIRELESS KEYBD/ OS X
Country Kit
Ships by: Feb 15
Delivers by: Feb 21
Man looking at some of the later dates makes me more depressed...
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Two 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeo
2GB (2x1GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
320GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb
One 16x SuperDrive
APPLE WIRELESS MIGHTY MOUSE
WIRELESS KEYBD/ OS X
Country Kit
Ships by: Feb 15
Delivers by: Feb 21
I ordered my machine configured with the 2600, but I also ordered the 8800GT at the same time. That was the day after release.
Fortunately, I got my computer two days later. My ship date for the 8800GT is March 7th!!
Well probably not hardware changes full-out. But say that a new firmware for the SuperDrive comes out. Or they get a newer batch of Hard-drives that end up being better.. Or they get a shipment of a slightly newer revision of motherboards...
All slim chances, and we probably won't see any performance differences, but I'm just saying that waiting for Apple to configure your machine with the 8800 is probably a more sure-fire way to go than getting the first ones out the door and sticking an 8800 in it. Which is why I didn't go with Amazon.
precisely my situation too, 10 days. I already have 2 disks and 2 sticks of ram I am waiting to put in. It is going to be SOOOO sweet.
That's an interesting point.
I'm in pretty great need of a machine, and I've been debating pulling the trigger on one tonight, and just putting the 8800 in later.
Don't know if it's worth it to wait or not. I thought 10.5.2 Seed was all good. What's the deal?