Xenious said:
Xenious, wasn't yours supposed to ship today? I remember asking you about it in the other imac thread. Have you received a shipment confirmation or any other communication from apple?
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WHERE oh Where is my updated iMac?
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Xenious, wasn't yours supposed to ship today? I remember asking you about it in the other imac thread. Have you received a shipment confirmation or any other communication from apple?
aafuss1
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Still 3-5 business days shipping for the iMacs's, eMacs-same business day shipping . I'm still at loss about why the eMac hasn't been updated along with the PMG5/iMac's - the first hasn't been revised since last April , so after the iMac is updated, we may see a eMac rev, or perhaps it'll be axed
CaptainCaveMann
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I feel your pain! The spousal unit and I just decided to replace the aging emacs in the office with 6 new iMacs and another one to replace the brown g4 iMac at home. I wouldn't be so anxious about the update if my window of financial opportunity wasn't going to disappear next friday. If we don't buy now we wont have another moment of financial bliss until october.
Oh well, **** it, **** happens. they will get updated when Apple is damn good and ready and theirs not a ****ing thing we can do about it.
Oh well, **** it, **** happens. they will get updated when Apple is damn good and ready and theirs not a ****ing thing we can do about it.
Uh, interesting contribution, but the fact that you bought one three weeks ago isn't connected in any remote way to whether or not they'll be updated soon. 😉rkphoto said:
Specs
I am in the same boat as you all. Anxiously awaiting the next iMac release that I will almost surely purchase.
So do tell - what do you think will be changed/added/upgraded on the next release?
I am in the same boat as you all. Anxiously awaiting the next iMac release that I will almost surely purchase.
So do tell - what do you think will be changed/added/upgraded on the next release?
vouder17 said:
I don't have the specs in front of me, but not only do you get the extra inches, but also double the hard drive, if not something else. That 80GB won't hold much these days. - I will defintately be going for the 20 inch with bluetooth and everything, airport exress, and upgrade to 768MB RAM.
topgunn
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vieoray said:
Vieoray, any update on the shipping status of your iMac since today is the 24th?
Yesterday I predicted that we would see iMac updates today and seeing how tomorrow is now today and still no iMac updates, I am now officially discredited. Bummer. Don't believe anything else I say.
dejo
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rsamo said:
Unless you have tons of music, heaps of images or are storing lots of video (and maybe a few other uses I'm forgetting), I think 80GB holds quite a bit.
Maybe MacBytes should do a poll of how much HD storage you have, how much is used, and how much is for pictures/audio/video. I think the results would be pretty interesting...
its the 24th and not a peep. last week they sent the 'your order will be delayed' email overnight, so im expecting much the same when i wake up tomorrow morning. now i just wonder how much longer it will be pushed back. somebody else on this board is in the same situation, i think they ordered theirs on the 11th, if i remember correctly. i would be interested to know if that one shipped out, we had the same estimated delivery date and the same delay.
the day isnt over yet, maybe they will ship it. i will update if they do or if they don't.
the day isnt over yet, maybe they will ship it. i will update if they do or if they don't.
also i have seen a few discussions on the apple site on the iMac boards of people saying they ordered within the past two weeks and none of them have shipped either. weird.
crawdad62
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dejo said:
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That pretty much sums up WHY 80GB's isn't very much room now. I have 300GB in my Powermac and I'm using well over a 100 right now. If I'm doing any video work that number will be over one half.
I plan on upgrading to a 250GB drive in the iMac and ordering a 250GB external FW drive.
Exactly I import video from my camera which is use and make movies/dvds. My iPhoto Library is over 10 GB as is iTunes and you want to have backups of all your essential things such as movies and pictures incase of a bad update such as iPhoto 5, which has really ruined a lot of peoples libraries. I have a 160gb external harddrive and a 80 gb iMac. The iMac is completely maxed out and the external is getting close. =(
crawdad62 said:
I almost gave in tonight and bought an imac 20" at the apple store here at biltmore in phoenix. I need this computer pretty bad for mass amounts of freelance work this weekend, but I could probably get by using a friends machine. I really do hope the bump comes out early next week though.
Needless to say, I have been monitoring this thread pretty closely. I am interested to see what people say about their shipping times tomorrow. I have a feeling that apple was going to release the imac bump this week, but held off for some reason.
On another note, I didnt have a very pleasant experience at this particular apple store, which maybe part of the reason why I did not buy the imac. The store seemed messy and very cluttered. The actual display imacs I was looking at had finger prints all over looked very dirty. The staff was standing around talking to each other and were not very helpful to waiting customers. It was disappointing to say the least.
I hope they get their act together, it pains me to see a company I hold in such high regard lower their customer's purchasing experience. 🙁
Needless to say, I have been monitoring this thread pretty closely. I am interested to see what people say about their shipping times tomorrow. I have a feeling that apple was going to release the imac bump this week, but held off for some reason.
On another note, I didnt have a very pleasant experience at this particular apple store, which maybe part of the reason why I did not buy the imac. The store seemed messy and very cluttered. The actual display imacs I was looking at had finger prints all over looked very dirty. The staff was standing around talking to each other and were not very helpful to waiting customers. It was disappointing to say the least.
I hope they get their act together, it pains me to see a company I hold in such high regard lower their customer's purchasing experience. 🙁
here's the update. "due to an unexpected supply delay, your order will now ship on or before 3/02/05." i have to reply to this one or they cancel my order.
so to review, i ordered on 2/14 (really 2/13 pacific time) and it said "will ship in 1-3 business days." on 2/18 the order was delayed to on or before 2/24. and now delay until on or before 3/2.
argh. anybody else order one in the last couple weeks and it hasnt shipped?
so to review, i ordered on 2/14 (really 2/13 pacific time) and it said "will ship in 1-3 business days." on 2/18 the order was delayed to on or before 2/24. and now delay until on or before 3/2.
argh. anybody else order one in the last couple weeks and it hasnt shipped?
MacSA
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I wouldn't be surprised if the iMacs are not updated for many months. All of Apples computers have had very long update times recently...the Powerbook, the eMac, which hasnt been updated in 318 days, Powermacs are also overdue for an update.
I think the same may be true of the iBook too - with Powerbooks receiving very minor processor updates there really isn't any where for the iBook to go without treading on the Powerbooks toes.
I think the same may be true of the iBook too - with Powerbooks receiving very minor processor updates there really isn't any where for the iBook to go without treading on the Powerbooks toes.
topgunn
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crawdad62 said:
The reason updates are slowing down is not because Apple is an iPod company and it has forsaken the Mac. The G4 is an older technology that is reaching the end of its life in personal computers. There is only so far you can push any given technology and aside from dual core G4's, they have been pushed about as far as they will go. G5's on the other hand are a very new technology and IBM, like AMD and Intel, had many more problems than were expected when they transitioned to 90nm technology. Now that yields are increasing, we will likely see more and faster G5's as the year goes on.
Apple does not want to put a G5 in the mini just yet and the Powerbook isn't quite ready for a G5 and even moreso the iBook so these product lines are stuck with the G4. The Powermac has the fastest available G5's currently (so far as we know for sure) and it can't be updated until they are able to push past the 2.5GHz barrier without the use of liquid nitrogen or a wind farm. Who knows the status of the eMac? That leaves the iMac.
Why would Apple not update its most renown computer line when it has the technology to do so readily available. Sales of its professional lines are already in the toilet so why send the iMac with them?
vieoray said:
Same for me (order 2/11, new ship 3/2).
I did not recieve an email update at all, but when i spoke with apple last night they asked if I would like my order put on "infinite wait." (A scary term) Which means that after 3 delays it is not cancelled. They said that the "3-delay-cancel" rule was government mandated. No idea how much of that is fact.
Dont Hurt Me
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A high end G4 mated to a decent GPU still makes for a great machine. Give the mini the Fx5200 and you have a Great little gadget, Yank the darn Fx5200 out of the iMac and stick in a modern Gpu and again a great machine for consumers. Emac is dead apple was rumored to have made another production run as to not have the same fiasco as they did when the iMac G5 was intro'd so while waiting on Macmini's so they wouldnt be out of Emacs. My bet is Faster and cheaper iMacs in the next month or two,Emacs gone by summers end, they then can kick out that 9200 out of mini and use fx5200 in about 9 months 😀 . If iMac gets a modern GPU ill sell my Quicksilver 1.4 & 17" crt studio display. Patience patience..........topgunn said:
Artful Dodger
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rkphoto
Quote:
Originally Posted by dejo
Hmm. I don't see the connection between being able to buy an iMac three weeks ago and them not changing anytime soon. Care to elaborate, rkphoto?
Steve Jobs would never be so cruel as to update a product three weeks after I dropped 2 grand+ on the unrevised iMac.
Yes, Yes, it happened to me when the iMac got its first change after the flat panel lcd. 15 days to be exact 😎
Quote:
Originally Posted by dejo
Hmm. I don't see the connection between being able to buy an iMac three weeks ago and them not changing anytime soon. Care to elaborate, rkphoto?
Steve Jobs would never be so cruel as to update a product three weeks after I dropped 2 grand+ on the unrevised iMac.
Yes, Yes, it happened to me when the iMac got its first change after the flat panel lcd. 15 days to be exact 😎