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When is your MP shipping?
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Well throughout my Mac owning life, it has seemed that the "Pro" computers (esp. Desktops) do ship faster.
Saying that mine's coming through a replacement scheme which is, from what they said it's a different distribution chain.
Admin said they'll email me the legal forms tomorrow (I had to give them my CC number as the broken one is still here with me, so they're shipping the new one first) and I'll have a specific date. I do hope it's faster I've lost the cost of a new 8 core MP in missed work already!
do they usually ship earlier than the expected date on the site? if i remmeber correctly, one year my MBP shipped a little earlier came to me as a very pleasant surprise! 
I'm hoping this will happen again as I need it quick! I'm just stuck with my circa 2005 powerbook g4... whats that?!?!
I'm hoping this will happen again as I need it quick! I'm just stuck with my circa 2005 powerbook g4... whats that?!?! 
What are the specs of your dead machine, and the specs of what Apple are sending you in replacement? Just curious how generous they are.
Yea, I'm curious too.
Edit: Well, my Photoshop CS5 Educational version just shipped unexpectedly, which I had tagged on with my MP for special educational pricing. It had an original shipping date of Aug 29, and never even entered the "preparing for shipment" phase.
I know Photoshop and Mac Pros are two completely different products, but it gives me hope that Apple's shipping estimates are lenient. Hoping that Mac Pros start shipping this week!
Apple store just emailed me about the BTO Mac Pro I ordered last night and said:
Ship date: 2010/08/24
Delivery date: 2010/08/28 (standard shipping)
This is for the 6-Core, 8GB RAM, and 5870, and I'm located in Japan.
So it originally said 7-10 days to ship, but now it's two weeks. Not sure why but I'm not fussed. It'll get here when it gets here.
Ship date: 2010/08/24
Delivery date: 2010/08/28 (standard shipping)
This is for the 6-Core, 8GB RAM, and 5870, and I'm located in Japan.
So it originally said 7-10 days to ship, but now it's two weeks. Not sure why but I'm not fussed. It'll get here when it gets here.
Not that it's a huge difference, but they do say 7-10 business days, which would explain the timing.
EDIT: Oh, and my 6-core 3.33GHz, ATI 5870 (everything else stock) is:
Ships: Aug 23
Delivers: Aug 26
I guess with the new ipods coming out this month or next that they need to get rid of the old ones.I wonder if they came out this month would we be able to upgrade them? I'm assuming not.
So I guess the rumors about these MP's not being ready till early September were pretty much spot on.
I ordered my mac pro last night with 8gb iPod. The order totalled 4074, but I only had 2900 in my account. I spoke with 2 reps and they said it's ok because they only withdraw money when item ships, however since iPod ships immediately they would take that 200$ or so out first, then the remaining 3800$ or so when mac pro ships. This morning I got an email saying that my card was rejected, so I went to the bank and put the rest of the money needed on my account in cash. When the teller gave me the go I hit the retry card button on apple website, and then they took all of the mac pro money out! So I wonder if that means it shipped???
Essentially, it will hit your "available balance" right away for the entire order, but the cost of the Mac Pro won't go through completely until they ship it on the 23rd.
Just got mine too! And I hope that means it will get here early!
I talked to an Apple rep over chat the other day and they said that they generally over estimate their shipping dates and the MP will probably arrive before the estimated delivery date.