Thunderbolt Display Shipped?

[Rynology]

Received shipping notification on 9/16 and UPS still shows "A UPS shipping label has been created. Once the shipment arrives at our facility, the tracking status--including the scheduled delivery date--will be updated."

Was hoping this would have at least updated today!

 

[DW58]

I enquired yet again while in the Aberdeen AS this morning, still nothing known and not expected before the end of this week at least

 

[Toonbay]

I would have thought stores have them now that pre orders are being shipped / delivered. I think the stores have them but have just not been giving the go-ahead as yet to start selling.
Newcastle store rep 2 weeks ago said they would have them in last week.
When i asked yesterdat, different rep went to ask someone at genius bar and then went into the back as if to check they were there but then came back out and said nothing as yet but i do think they have them.... just a hunch

Anyway im hoping mine ships soon, still says deliver by 23rd so thats this friday

 

[rdowty]

This is crazy. The web store is showing 3-5 day shipping and the retail stores don't have any?

 

[hefeglass]

I am starting to wonder if the slow rollout of this display is due to a technical issue of the Thunderbolt technology – perhaps a rush to market. It is as if they are taking random samples of their inventory and shipping them to a handful of customers as a quality control check. We see all of the 11th hour software updates trying to get it right – are they clocking the bus down?

wow...clock the bus down?

are you kidding?


you realize that this tech has been around for several years..its been tested and tested....and there are several people and reviewers that have gotten their ATDs and from what I have read...there is not a single problem with them..

shipping issues arise...thats most likely the issue here..

 

[bobbytallant]

This is crazy. The web store is showing 3-5 day shipping and the retail stores don't have any?

Yeah I went in to my local Apple store today and they said they have not heard a thing about them. They advised to come back later this week... I guess I'd be more pissed if I had placed an order months ago like many on here. Either way I guess we're getting closer!

 

[Apple Expert]

Hope to get this soon!!

 

[MCV]

Still waiting... no change to status. All this waiting is starting to piss me off.

 

[aforty]

I got the shipping notification on Saturday but the UPS tracking page still says that they have not yet received it (so only the label was created). Anyone else?

 

[Toonbay]

Nope at least you got shipping notification , i keep logging in now and again but mines still stuck in processing....... think i just need to step back, this thing will come by end of week!! hopefully

 

[aforty]

Must... keep... refreshing... UPS...!

 

[KP Nuts]

the run-around...

Frustrated, very frustrated.

 

[macbook123]

Mine is being held indefinitely at the nearby UPS shipment center. I can't pick it up unless Apple authorizes it. It's all kind of sketchy...

 

[Rynology]

 

[paulisme]

FYI for those of you thinking about pre-ordering from Amazon: I had ordered the Thunderbolt display through Amazon, but I just spoke to a support representative and was told that it won't ship until November. Since Apple is now shipping within 3-5 days, I canceled my Amazon order and ordered from Apple instead.

 

[Toonbay]

FYI for those of you thinking about pre-ordering from Amazon: I had ordered the Thunderbolt display through Amazon, but I just spoke to a support representative and was told that it won't ship until November. Since Apple is now shipping within 3-5 days, I canceled my Amazon order and ordered from Apple instead.

WTF!! November thought i had long wait!!!!

 

[paulisme]

WTF!! November thought i had long wait!!!!

Well, I just placed my pre-order Friday night. I'm not sure when those who pre-ordered earlier will get theirs.

 

[dlimes13]

Just spoke to MacMall and the ETA has been pushed back to 9/26 for them to get them in stock, so another week + shipping


Now this is giving me time to contemplate whether I should just cancel my order (haven't been charged still), and just get the Cinema Display on eBay for around $700-$800 and have it this week.

Any thoughts? I mean now that I think about it, I get:
-Excellent cable management (All in a Thunderbolt Cable)
-A FireWire 800 (I don't use)
-A Gigabit Ethernet Port (I can plug into my MBP)
-Another Thunderbolt port
-A FaceTime HD Camera (vs. iSight?)

All for around $250-ish more?

It almost doesn't seem worth it if the previous generation I can snag for $700-$750.

 

[Rynology]

Some activity at least!

 

[Toonbay]

And the wait goes on, hoping this would move status today, oh well always tomorrow

 

[macbook123]

Some activity at least!

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Oh no, my condolences for it being in the jaws of UPS now. Mine has been sitting at the local UPS facility for 4 days now and there is no movement in sight.

 

[Toonbay]

Oh no, my condolences for it being in the jaws of UPS now. Mine has been sitting at the local UPS facility for 4 days now and there is no movement in sight.

sorry to hear that mate, so near, wonder what hold up is there??

 

[dubAdub]

Apple are telling me to ignore the messages on the UPS website. Fingers crossed it will show up tomorrow.

 

[macbook123]

sorry to hear that mate, so near, wonder what hold up is there??

I think UPS just sucks. There really is no good reason why they'd let it sit there forever. They've done it before though.

 

[richlee111]

Just spoke to MacMall and the ETA has been pushed back to 9/26 for them to get them in stock, so another week + shipping


Now this is giving me time to contemplate whether I should just cancel my order (haven't been charged still), and just get the Cinema Display on eBay for around $700-$800 and have it this week.

Any thoughts? I mean now that I think about it, I get:
-Excellent cable management (All in a Thunderbolt Cable)
-A FireWire 800 (I don't use)
-A Gigabit Ethernet Port (I can plug into my MBP)
-Another Thunderbolt port
-A FaceTime HD Camera (vs. iSight?)

All for around $250-ish more?

It almost doesn't seem worth it if the previous generation I can snag for $700-$750.

This is exactly what I did. Found an ACD on Craigslist and bought it for $750. Also, the guy I bought it from just got it in May, so its still new.

Now back to your decision making question. I have the current Air and MacBook Pro, and IMO, right now, you do not gain that much more w/ being able to run Thunderbolt instead of the Mini DisplayPort & USB.

The 2 things that I will really miss w/ not having the Thunderbolt display is 1) Gigabit ethernet 2) Being able to run 2 cables w/ the Thunderbolt instead of 3

In the case of the Air, you still have 2 cables snaking on either side w/ both the ACD and the Thunderbolt display. Ethernet would be nice for sure.

As for the firewire and Facetime camera advantage, they are nice to have, but not dealbreakers. I don't have any firewire peripherals, and they generally cost more. As for HD vs regular def camera, its just for video conferencing/chatting. The regular isight camera quality is still quite good imo.

As for thunderbolt stuff, where are they? My guess is that we will not see these peripherals go mainstream until the second half of next year at the earliest. And when they do hit the market, they will be expensive initially. Until the PC market adopts Thunderbolt, this stuff will go for a premium.

Lastly, picking up an Apple refurb or used ACD right now is a great buy if you want an Apple display. I bet if you try to sell the ACD a year from now, you can probably still sell it for little less then the current price, then pick-up the Thunderbolt display for not much of a loss. Keep in mind that there is still a big base of Macbooks, iMacs, Minis, and Mac Pros that only take the mini displayport.

BTW, last year when the ACD was introduced in the summer, it did not get shipped out by Apple until the fall as well

Good luck to everyone who's waiting.