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kaz7777 · Oct 10, 2003, 11:02 AM

Hello Guys, I was hoping that the lucky recipients of long anticipated G5's each day would drop a note letting the rest of saps know:

1. when it came in.
2. when it was ordered
3. the Configuration

It would be a big help to us still in wait. There seems to be a concenses that the shipments have reverted to a trickle.

Best

k

phantomac · Oct 10, 2003, 11:13 AM

Stock Dual G5 via Apple Store Europe

Ordered: Oct., 1st
Shipped: Oct., 6th
Arrived: Oct., 9th

Crucial UK delivered the additional RAM next day to Germany for only 7 �. Great service!

giantsuper · Oct 10, 2003, 11:16 AM

My Dual G5 shipped yesterday (10/9). It was ordered 10/3 and was scheduled to ship 10/20. It was a stock machine with the exception of the removal of the Super Drive (didn't need a DVD burner). Not sure why it shipped so soon. We have a discount with Apple through my work. Could this b2b relationship possibly have something to do with it?

I was actually having second thoughts about the purchase and was going to cancel my order this morning, but it's too late now. Anybody need a Dual G5?

mrchin · Oct 10, 2003, 12:56 PM

Mine just shipped yesterday as well. Ordered on the 1st. Can't wait. Should be arriving by the 16th. Though my Cinema and Applecare arrived 2 days after the order placement.

At least, I've got a nice display for my quicksilver for now.

phantomac · Oct 10, 2003, 01:58 PM

I guess there's plenty of G5s shipping now and it's become so common that most people don't report it anymore.

Xaaron Swiftblade · 04:20 PM

Ordered 8/28
Was supposed to ship 10/10
At midnight of 10/10 the date changed to 10/28
Apple can expect a nasty call tomorrow

(Stock configuration Dual 2 ordered through ADC btw)

otter2 · Oct 12, 2003, 02:49 PM

ordered 10-1
G5 1.8
ATI 9600
Combo
recieved 10-11

Bbazzarrakk · Oct 12, 2003, 04:22 PM

Ordered 7/30. Shipped 10/12.

2 x 2.0 G5
9800 Pro
2 Gigs RAM
250 Gigs HD
no modem/bluetooth/airport
Z-680 5.1 speakers

Baz

kaz7777 · Oct 12, 2003, 04:35 PM

Hey Baz,

Was 10/12 your initial ship date? or did it get bumped?

kaz

Originally posted by Bbazzarrakk:
Ordered 7/30. Shipped 10/12.

2 x 2.0 G5
9800 Pro
2 Gigs RAM
250 Gigs HD
no modem/bluetooth/airport
Z-680 5.1 speakers

Baz

Bbazzarrakk · Oct 12, 2003, 05:17 PM

I got bumped to 10/24 when they missed 10/9, which was the original.

Is your date coming around?

My best wishes for speedy shipping to all those still waiting. I know it was a LONG road.

Baz

triplezoom · Oct 12, 2003, 08:03 PM

1.6 CTO with Combo Drive, Bluetooth, and ATI 9600.

Ordered 9/29
Shipped 10/2
Received 10/8

docman · Oct 12, 2003, 09:19 PM

Originally posted by Bbazzarrakk:
Ordered 7/30. Shipped 10/12.

hi baz,

i don't think your machine has arrived yet, but if/when it does, can you tell us what version of OS X comes on it? hoping that the line has been switched to panther/10.3...

cheers..

Bbazzarrakk · Oct 12, 2003, 10:03 PM

hi baz,

i don't think your machine has arrived yet, but if/when it does, can you tell us what version of OS X comes on it? hoping that the line has been switched to panther/10.3...

cheers..

Will do, but don't get your hopes up. I seriously doubt it has changed. It'll change post release, I believe.

Baz

kaz7777 · Oct 12, 2003, 10:25 PM

Ya my box is supposed to ship on 10/14; ordered 8/19. My Config

DUAL 2
9800
BT MODULE

I have a feeling it'll get bumped. That drives me nuts, as I was just in the Apple store, and they had tons of stock dual 2s. It really irks me that way apple is handling it. I understand, that the Apple stores have been a good move for them, and that they want to have stock on hand for potential switchers, but it sucks that they are burning the pre-order people, whom are most likely the loyal return customers. Its really irresponsble, that people have been waiting for monthes while others can walk into a store and buy a machine. To make matters worse, the apple reps on the phone insist that orders are being filled first come first serve. Its times like this that I think the PC guys have a point, aleays throwing the lack of competition in our face. We love Macs so we are at the mercy of Apple. Punished for our loyalty. Drag. Sorry. had to vent.

Craigyk · Oct 12, 2003, 11:34 PM

Ordered mine 10/10
Said it would ship 10/24
But actually shipped the next day, 10/11

Stock+Airport+Bluetooth

kaz7777 · Oct 15, 2003, 11:16 AM

This Sucks. My machine (ordered 8/19) was supposed to ship yesterday; but it was bumped. It really pisses me off, because as we all know the stores are stocked. I told that to the rep when I called yesterday, and he said he'd talk to his supervisor about expediting my machine. I think it was BS though. We'll see. Wish me luck.

k

metfoo · Oct 15, 2003, 12:20 PM

ordered - 10/12/03
shipped - 10/13/03
recieved - 10/15/03

Its sitting at home waiting for me!!!

just a base 1.6GHz. i got a great deal on it (20% off retail)

spider610 · 01:01 AM

Dual 2Ghz G5

Ordered: 8/1/03
suppose to ship: on or before 10/15/03
I got an e-mail saying it's going to ship by 10/28/03 today (10/15), and then got a shipped notice an hour later saying it's been shipped.

By checking the order status page, the status keep switching back and forth between "shipped" and "open".

Apple's online store is very confusing.

Still don't understand why some people got their machine so fast, some got upgrade from ground shipping to 2nd day or Priorty overnight... mine is like a roller-coaster ride. 2 and a half month of wait, they left me feel that even I spend well over $4000 for a machine, they don't really care about my money.

Even now, I still praying that my computer will arrive as said. I hope the G5 will arrive before my patient ran out, otherwise I will cancel my order and who knows when will I decided to buy a new computer.

Bbazzarrakk · Oct 16, 2003, 06:49 PM

Daulie finally arrived today. Sorry, no Panther. Unfortunately, I'm packing to move in seven days, so there's not much point in setting it up yet... <cries>

Baz

kaz7777 · Oct 17, 2003, 10:56 AM

My Machine is schedualled to arrive today. it shipped out 10/15 after Apple missed my 10/14 ship date and received an angry phone call. Now to determine weather its a good Idea to set up my machine. With Panther just a few days away, it would suck to push and pull all this data around, only to do it again in a week.

SlimHades · Oct 17, 2003, 08:18 PM

Finally got the email today. Shipped today, and they bumped me up to Saturday delivery! Figures I'll be in LA most of tomorrow!

ss1 · Oct 17, 2003, 10:30 PM

I ordered my CTO G5 1.6 on the 13th of October. I'm still waiting for it to be delievered. I also ordered a 1 gig of RAM for it from cruical which came 2 days later...

ss1.

RyanG3 · Oct 17, 2003, 10:45 PM

On October 3rd I ordered a Dual 2 Gig with Radeon 9800 Pro, 250 HD, BT, AE. Said it was to ship on or before Oct 17th, got an email today (17th) saying it was bumped to on or before Oct. 29th.

zac4mac · 04:07 PM

Ordered CTO thru local CompUSA, started late Aug, final "official" order date was 9/15 with a "by 10/31" shipping date.
Shipped out on the 15th(Wed) and is 40 miles North of me at FedEx's depot(today's Saturday). Will be delivered Monday!!!!

G5 DP
9800
AE
BT
iSight
+1GB RAM
3G iTrip

Gotta get some goggles and a 5-point harness for my chair.

Magicite · 06:46 PM

I ordered a Dual 2 GHz machine CTO base + BT + AE.

Order Date: Wednesday, 10/15 @ 10:00AM CST
Ship Date: Saturday, 10/18 @ ~3:00PM CST
ETA: Monday, 10/20 Before 3PM CST

I ordered from the Developer store, however, so that might explain why my machine shipped so early.

Edit: Fixed G5 ETA from breaking the rules of time-space . . .

Love Calm Quiet · Oct 19, 2003, 06:39 AM

Quote:
_______________
Ship Date: Saturday, 10/18 @ ~3:00PM CST
ETA: Monday, 10/10 Before 3PM CST
_______________
Surpassing the speed of light, eh?
Who care about benchmarks if the G5 can move like that in REAL WORLD?

realeyz · Oct 19, 2003, 07:11 AM

G5DP 9800 BT 0.5TB

Ordered from powermax on 23 Sep. Was quoted 10 days.

Was informed that machine shipped from Apple on Thurs 16 Oct. I will pick up the machine on Mon or Tue depending on when it arrives. I have 3GB additional crucial RAM to fill the remaining slots.

I shoulda bought a stock machine. No more custom orders.

sarcastro · Oct 19, 2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by Magicite:
I ordered a Dual 2 GHz machine CTO base + BT + AE.

Order Date: Wednesday, 10/15 @ 10:00AM CST
Ship Date: Saturday, 10/18 @ ~3:00PM CST
ETA: Monday, 10/10 Before 3PM CST

I ordered from the Developer store, however, so that might explain why my machine shipped so early.

This is a silly question, but where can I find the ETA for my shipment? When I go to my Order Status at Apple Store Online, it only shows the Ship Date. It lists the carrier as "Same Day Right Away" but I can't find any info on that carrier to track my package.

billybob128 · Oct 19, 2003, 05:31 PM

This is a silly question, but where can I find the ETA for my shipment? When I go to my Order Status at Apple Store Online, it only shows the Ship Date. It lists the carrier as "Same Day Right Away" but I can't find any info on that carrier to track my package.

you are lucky to get that i havent had an oob date for mine just add the estimated ship time to the ship date

Dual 9800 ae
ordered: 1/10
shipped: dont get me started
recieved: i think the enterprise just took off...

samslaves · Oct 20, 2003, 06:28 AM

BTO Dual G5 via Apple Store Europe as an ADC Student Member

Ordered: Oct., 3st
Shipped: not yet
Arrived: not yet

Now October 20th... Hey! If someone knows the guy who is assembling it please wake him up!
Hoping to receive a G5 with a good power supply.

Sam

oivindi · Oct 20, 2003, 09:48 AM

Ordered Dual G5 (stock), student ADC member.

Ordered: Thursday afternoon (16. Oct.)
Shipped: Saturday morning (18. Oct) from Ireland.

Expected to arrive in "2-5 business days" (it�s going to Norway).

In other words, I could get the Dual less than a week after ordering. Now, that would be outstanding...

Going from a Powerbook G3 Pismo 400MHz to a Dual G5 2Ghz. Yes, I will be wearing a seatbelt.

/Oeivind/

axlepin · Oct 20, 2003, 05:21 PM

Ordered Aug 13, en route as of this moment...and on-track for Delivery on Thursday.

At this moment, I'm quaking with glee...and really looking forward to doing more prodigious work on a truly killer mac.

axle

jackbee · Oct 20, 2003, 06:01 PM

Gee.... My shipping date which was today 10/20 just got bumped to 10/30. It's a CTO with ATI 9800 pro and BT. I called Apple and they say earliest date it shows is 10/28. I will be out of the country on business trip starting 10/27.

I guess I have to cancel the order if it doesn't ship by 10/25. What a waste of time it has been! Should I just cancel it now and order stock from 3rd party? They all seem to have some in stock.

My order date was 9/12 BTW.

ourisman · Oct 20, 2003, 06:27 PM

advantages ordering from a third-party retailer:

(1) save CA sales tax

(2) often get free RAM

GaelDesign · Oct 20, 2003, 06:44 PM

I ordered a stock Dual G5 from Apple on October 7, and it shipped on October 10 (Friday). Pretty nice. I live in Santa Rosa, CA, and it was coming from Sacramento, so I got it the following Tuesday (last week) via free ground shipping.

It's probably taking longer for BTO shipments to arrive compared to basic stock orders.

Jared

rlmorel · Oct 20, 2003, 10:05 PM

Grrr. Apple shipped my new G5 via Fedex Ground, even after I called them a month ago and updated it to 2nd Day. Now, I have had to go through Fedex Water Torture.

I ordered my DP G5 on 9/4. Here is what my Fedex tracking looked like:

Oct 20, 2003
5:00 am
On FedEx vehicle for delivery_
WORCESTER, MA_

Oct 18, 2003
1:24 am
Arrived at FedEx sort facility_
WORCESTER, MA_

12:15 am
Departed FedEx sort facility_
HARTFORD, CT_

Oct 17, 2003
5:43 pm
Scanned at FedEx sort facility_
HARTFORD, CT_
_
11:51 am
Arrived at FedEx sort facility_
HARTFORD, CT_

Oct 14, 2003
10:53 am
Departed FedEx sort facility_

SACRAMENTO, CA_
5:21 am
Scanned at FedEx sort facility_
SACRAMENTO, CA_

Oct 13, 2003
11:05 pm
Package information transmitted to FedEx_
SACRAMENTO, CA_

12:00 am
Customer-Loaded Trailer Picked Up_
SACRAMENTO, CA_

I took the day off from Work today (granted, I had other reasons) but I stayed around the house all damned day, by 8PM, no Fedex. Do you think I was ready to kill?????????

Camali · Oct 21, 2003, 12:07 AM

Ordered Sept 27

got an email today (10/20) saying that it shipped and will arrive tomorrow (opted for next day delivery 10:30 a.m.---we'll see)

Dual G5
250gb HD
512mb RAm
9800 Pro
Blue Tooth
Airport

now I have to buy more RAM and hard drive.

zac4mac · Oct 21, 2003, 09:27 AM

Got a call from the FedEx guy yesterday just after noon. He wanted to make sure I wanted him to leave "this new high power Apple G5" unattended on my front porch. Early day off and the new duallie is up and runnin.
What a beautiful machine. Everybody should buy at least one.

ss1 · Oct 21, 2003, 10:51 AM

Got an email from Apple saying that my G5 has been shipped. Looking forward to acutally getting it!

ss1.

jasonsRX7 · Oct 21, 2003, 11:28 AM

Stock 1.6 G5 via Fedex standard overnite

Ordered: 10/20/03
Shipped: 10/20/03
Arrived: 10/21/03

Just got it set up and I'm loving it so far! This is the first new mac I've ever purchased, and opening it was like opening a work of art. I'm quite impressed.

Camali · Oct 21, 2003, 11:36 AM

My G5 arrived at 10:00! I opened it up but I have to leave to work

!

However after work I'm going to have to setup my sis-in-law's iMac that came in yesterday afternoon, so I won't be able to setup my G5 until Saturday (which is fine since I can install Panther that day)

Anyway, I'm freaking EXCITED!

rlmorel · Oct 21, 2003, 11:41 PM

WOOHOOO!

Got it! Argh. Damn Fedex screwed the pooch on this, but I chased em all around the state and finally got it tonight! What a great computer!

Unplugged all my STUFF from my DP G4500, plugged it all into the DPG5, put in the RAM, additional drive, and...it all just works right off the bat! Ya gotta love it!

Only thing I couldn't use was my two USB PCI cards. They don't fit. Oh well.

WEEEEEEEEEHHAAAAAAAA!

exsilio · 01:45 PM

Stock DP 2.0 G5 via Fedex standard overnite.

Ordered: 10/20/03

Shipped: 10/21/03

Arrived: 10/22/03

Quoted time was 5-7 business days.

1 GB RAM on the way.

osxisfun · Oct 22, 2003, 02:56 PM

anyone's g5 have panther inside?

exsilio · Oct 22, 2003, 04:11 PM

sadly...no Panther.

Just got my DP today and it had 10.2.7

jasonsRX7 · Oct 22, 2003, 04:32 PM

Originally posted by osxisfun:
anyone's g5 have panther inside?

I called the local Apple store before I got my G5 and asked when Panther would be shipping on new systems. FWIW, I was told that they would begin installing 10.3 on new systems in production AFTER the release.

Pidd · Oct 22, 2003, 06:23 PM

Originally posted by sarcastro:
This is a silly question, but where can I find the ETA for my shipment? When I go to my Order Status at Apple Store Online, it only shows the Ship Date. It lists the carrier as "Same Day Right Away" but I can't find any info on that carrier to track my package.

Canadian shipments are sent from California to Toronto, Canada, I think. Once in Canada they are shipped by ground by Same Day Right Away.

Their website is

www.sameday.ca

from this website you can enter your tracking number (begins with SVA) to findout where your computer is, once it reaches Canada.

My order G5 1.8 shipped Oct 18 by ground and it still hasn't made it to Canada yet. I was given a 8-10 business day time for delivery once shipped. Should have it for Halloween.

sarcastro · Oct 22, 2003, 07:58 PM

Originally posted by Pidd:
Canadian shipments are sent from California to Toronto, Canada, I think. Once in Canada they are shipped by ground by Same Day Right Away.

Their website is

www.sameday.ca

from this website you can enter your tracking number (begins with SVA) to findout where your computer is, once it reaches Canada.

My order G5 1.8 shipped Oct 18 by ground and it still hasn't made it to Canada yet. I was given a 8-10 business day time for delivery once shipped. Should have it for Halloween.

Thanks for the info and the url. It seems mine hasn't gotten across the border yet either. Rats.

oivindi · Oct 23, 2003, 11:46 AM

Wow! It�s here! My very own Dual G5!

Ordered last Thursday from Apple Store Norway, arrived this morning from Ireland.

Wow!

But did I get scared! When I tried accessing the Superdrive the tray wouldn�t come out. It seemed to bump against the case, and so I had to open the G5 to check the drive. I could clearly see that it was too high to properly come out of its shell.

Got really depressed. Tried fiddling with the drive to no avail. Called Apple, they referred med to service center, got an appointment to deliver it for repair tomorrow. Five day wait. Sigh...

BUT, did a final check to see if I coudn�t get the Superdrive loose to perhaps adjust it in some way. Nope, completely stuck. Then, when I had really given up, I put back the two "handles" holding the Superdrive, when I heard a small "clonk" sound. Bam! The Superdrive had fallen into place. Oh, joy! :-D

Everything works like a charm now. What a machine. So quiet, probably so fast, but haven�t checked it yet.

Will order more RAM. Maybe an LCD-display.

This is gonna be sweet...

/Oeivind/
happy camper!

RyanG3 · Oct 29, 2003, 12:15 AM

Still waiting...