[RangerJoe]

My girlfriend recently purchased an iBook (her first apple product). Took me a long time to convince her, haha.

Anywho, we have to go back to school (in another city) in about 2 weeks (I have to go there earlier to help out for orientation). I was hopeing to be able to receive the notebook before August 26th. The estimated shipping date for the iBook is August 31st.

Is there anyway I can get apple to speed up this process? Also, is it likely for apple to ship their products before the estimated shipping date?

btw, I ordered from the apple canada online store (don't know if it makes a difference), on the 9th of August.

Thanks

[ghporter]

In my experience, the estimated shipping date is VERY pessimistic. When we bought our iBook this past January, it ARRIVED a couple days before the estimated shipping date!

A four or five day difference isn't out of the question-you could get the machine before you leave. Once you get the tracking number, watch the package's progress online. It's amazing! Except for the time and date differences (the iBook is built in Taiwan) you'll see very fast progress.

[RangerJoe]

awesome! thanks just wanted to hear some stories