[silverbullet]

You are correct, it is a customized congifuration
It's not really that "custom" persay
It doesn't have racing stripes down the side or engravings
anything thats not default.

[terigox]

you mean... no side skirts or custom decals?!?!

[schalliol]

Originally Posted by zac4mac

Finally!!! My 2.0 w/ 100GB 7200rpm HDD has left China and is on its way.

Schalliol - call Apple and make sure your upgrade order isn't stuck in the system. Mine was and so I dropped back to a 2.0 last week and it just shipped..
The rep said the request to go to 2.16 was sent, but no answer was ever received..

Original order 1.83 jan 10@11:15am PST
upgraded order to 2.16 right after speed bumps announced
Dropped back to 2.0 after talking to reps again 2/21

Interesting. I hope this isn't the case. Since est ship is tomorrow I'll probably wait to see. When you got yours "stuck" did the Apple Store show it as a 2.16 or 2?

[nusqax]

sweet im shipped!

ordered on the feb 5th, shipped on feb 28th. original ship date was march 3rd.

heres my config:
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo/256MB
2GB 667 DDR2- 2x1GB SO-DIMMs
100GB Serial ATA Drive@7200rpm
SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
BkLit Keyboard/Mac OS
Airport Extreme Card&BT

hope that helps for those still waiting.

[n8236]

zzz.....this 3-4 week wait is driving me awall lol. But if I assume it ships in 3 weeks and that one week has past since my order, it's only another 2 unbearable weeks.....ahhhhhhhhhh

[Jimmy2gig]

Hi All!

Glad to hear more people are starting to receive their MBP's now. Just got my shipping confirmation this morning! Can't wait to get my hands on it

I ordered the 16th of Feb from Sweden, got an estimated shipping date of March 22nd. I had officially ordered the 8th of Feb but Apple screwed up my order. This should be good news for European orders that haven't shipped yet, they are coming guys!

This is my order:
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo/256MB
1GB 667 DDR2- 1 SO-DIMM
100GB Serial ATA Drive@7200rpm
SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
BkLit Keyboard/Mac OS-S
Airport Extreme Card&BT-S

+ Apple Care

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MacBook Pro 2.0 (shipping!) PowerMac G5 1.6 Ghz, PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5, iPod Video 60 Gb.

[Peabo]

Originally Posted by Jimmy2gig

Hi All!

Glad to hear more people are starting to receive their MBP's now. Just got my shipping confirmation this morning! Can't wait to get my hands on it

I ordered the 16th of Feb from Sweden, got an estimated shipping date of March 22nd. I had officially ordered the 8th of Feb but Apple screwed up my order. This should be good news for European orders that haven't shipped yet, they are coming guys!

This is my order:
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo/256MB
1GB 667 DDR2- 1 SO-DIMM
100GB Serial ATA Drive@7200rpm
SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
BkLit Keyboard/Mac OS-S
Airport Extreme Card&BT-S

+ Apple Care

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MacBook Pro 2.0 (shipping!) PowerMac G5 1.6 Ghz, PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5, iPod Video 60 Gb.

I hope so! I originally had an estimated ship date of february 7th when the top model was 1.83ghz. Then 28th February when they upgraded it to 2.0ghz, and now March 20th having changed it to 2.16ghz (in the UK, they don't let you amend your order if you pay with a debit card as the amount is charged as soon as you order it).

[Jimmy2gig]

Originally Posted by z0ne81

I hope so! I originally had an estimated ship date of february 7th when the top model was 1.83ghz. Then 28th February when they upgraded it to 2.0ghz, and now March 20th having changed it to 2.16ghz (in the UK, they don't let you amend your order if you pay with a debit card as the amount is charged as soon as you order it).

I had originally ordered Jan 26th with a business leasing deal through Apple's Financial department but the order got stuck somewhere and nothing happened for two weeks. I have a feeling that after a few internal mistakes that they have pushed my order up the list a little. I know of 3 other friends who ordered in January that have also recieved the shipping info yesterday/today so your's should be coming very soon too

[zac4mac]

"When you got yours "stuck" did the Apple Store show it as a 2.16 or 2?"

Mine always showed the 2.0, that's why I kept asking the reps what was going on. "Show details" always showed a 2.0.

Z

[Jimmy2gig]

Originally Posted by zac4mac

"When you got yours "stuck" did the Apple Store show it as a 2.16 or 2?"

Mine always showed the 2.0, that's why I kept asking the reps what was going on. "Show details" always showed a 2.0.

Z

I originally ordered the 1.83 Ghz model, seems that when my credit approval was ok'd they simply forgot to let Apple Store know that everything was ok to go... Doh!

[schalliol]

Since mine did show the upgraded 2.16, I guess it didn't get stuck in the same way at least. Now that today is shipping day (may have passed it if you consider the time in Asia) I've emailed me rep to find out what's up. Has anyone who pre-ordered in Jan and upgraded to the 2.16, other than me, not gotten a notification?

[myrddincox]

Originally Posted by schalliol

Since mine did show the upgraded 2.16, I guess it didn't get stuck in the same way at least. Now that today is shipping day (may have passed it if you consider the time in Asia) I've emailed me rep to find out what's up. Has anyone who pre-ordered in Jan and upgraded to the 2.16, other than me, not gotten a notification?

Well - I did not upgrade (just stuck with the 2.0) - but I ordered on Jan 12 and still have NO word on shipping.

[terigox]

Houston we have shipment!!!

I ordered an original 1.67, which was upgraded to the 1.83 with 1gb of ram.... and it is shipping out today!!! Ohhhh happy day!!

Those that had the free option, about how long did it take to get in your posession? Was it just 2 or 3 days?

Yay!!!

Edit: BTW my order was placed Jan 30th at about 7:17am PST

[BroadwayTJ]

Originally Posted by terigox

Houston we have shipment!!!

I ordered an original 1.67, which was upgraded to the 1.83 with 1gb of ram.... and it is shipping out today!!! Ohhhh happy day!!

Those that had the free option, about how long did it take to get in your posession? Was it just 2 or 3 days?

Yay!!!

Edit: BTW my order was placed Jan 30th at about 7:17am PST

That's great I'm excited for you. I too am getting the MBP 1.83 with 1gb of ram. I upped the hard drive to the 100 and also ordered a modem. Will that slow the order does anyone think? I placed my order on Feb 8th. This waiting is driving me nuts. I'm reading now that several stores have gotten deliveries. Arrgh.

[terigox]

Originally Posted by BroadwayTJ

That's great I'm excited for you. I too am getting the MBP 1.83 with 1gb of ram. I upped the hard drive to the 100 and also ordered a modem. Will that slow the order does anyone think? I placed my order on Feb 8th. This waiting is driving me nuts. I'm reading now that several stores have gotten deliveries. Arrgh.

Well, I thinkt he fact that you ordered Feb 8th, say, 9 days after my order, perhaps you will ship late next week sometime In theory anyway

[zac4mac]

On shipping times - my Book left China yesterday morning and is at the Boulder depot right now. I'll pick it up in a few hours, as I have to take some parts for my Harley to the shop that is down the street from the depot.
I'll post after I get it and see if I can put drooool into words..

Z

[d4rkm4c]

Another shipment notice for a 1.83!!! ordered on Feb. 4th and it shipped today!

[mattekelly]

just received a shipment notification this morning.

originally ordered a 1.67 w/ 100gb 7200hd on Jan 28, 2006 at 07:04 PM PST with an original ship date of 2/24. Was upgraded to the 1.83 and ship date changed to 3/8 (to add even more credibility to Timetheus' theory). As of this morning, in transit in Shanghai!

[d4rkm4c]

Mine actually shipped on the original ship estimation, Feb. 28th, after being changed to march 8th. That theory doesn't hold for me..can't wait to get my hands on it..

zac4mac - did you pay for overnight shipping or is everyone's shipping the same regardless of how much they paid? I have standard shipping on mine..wondering if might might make it as fast as yours did..

[jhonizzle]

just got shipment notification today, should be here next week

[hmp]

Does the shipment notification show up on the order status page as well? Or is it an email?

I ordered January 25th (1.67->1.83ghz) model...wondering why it's not showing up as anything on the order status page.

Original ship date was Feb. 24th, now March 8th.

[Freeway Fritz]

Well, my Feb 1 order just shipped. Expected delivery is on Friday Mar 3.

Originally ordered a 1.83 with a 120 gb hard drive upgrade, then the processor was upgraded to the 2.0 and the shipping date was changed to today, Feb 28. Then I decided on Feb 15 to upgrade the processor to the 2.16, and the shipping date was pushed out to Mar 3.

So it left 3 days early and is expected here one week before I expected it.

BTW, I checked my order status this morning and it was still giving me the option to cancel the order!

[schalliol]

Mine is finally being prepared for shipment (so I'm told). The Apple Store is down right now so I can't check online. (I called)

[zac4mac]

Here it is... first post on the new MBP. Keyboard feels nice and crisp, backlight is waayyy cool, especially after I destroyed an Apple keyboard several years ago installing an electroluminescent sheet under the keys... I'm kind of surprised I'm able to access the internet thru our industrial grade firewall. Tyco corporate has a lot of paranoia.

Hang in there everybody waiting, this little monster is worth the wait. The fit of the lid could be a little better, but make no mistake, this is a beautiful Mac.

Thank you, Santa Steve

Z

[silverbullet]

Yay mine shipped!
Ordered Jan 24th CTO (1.67---->1.83) 1GB ram and 7200 100GB HDD
It shipped today and apparently missed the cut off
It's going to toronto canada
think it will arrive by friday?

[Timetheus]

YES!!!!!
FINALLY!!!!!

Mine shipped Today!

1.83 with 100GB 7200RPM, and 512mb RAM (I have the RAM to upgrade it with already here)!

Ordered on Jan 25th around noon.

I think the neighbors actually heard me shout when I saw the e-mail.

BTW, I only ordered the standard free shipping, and my estimated arrival is March 3rd (Friday) according to Apple (I live in Iowa). Hopefully FedEx agrees.

Apparently my "nine day" theory wasn't too far off.

[ryanbrown345]

I got mine today!1.8 512mb. I had it ordered through apple.com and wasn't going to ship till march 27th but my local mac store got one in today! so I canceled my order and I have it today! It is amazing! No problems! I love it!

[mramella]

My story,

Had a 1.83 ordered from the apple store online estimated delivery March 28th.. Today I walked into the Denver store and they had a 2.0 for sale.. I bought it and cancelled my online order!! The lady mentioned they were getting about 3-4 a day.

[onlykaria]

Originally Posted by mramella

My story,

Had a 1.83 ordered from the apple store online estimated delivery March 28th.. Today I walked into the Denver store and they had a 2.0 for sale.. I bought it and cancelled my online order!! The lady mentioned they were getting about 3-4 a day.

yeah i am walking to the soho nyc store tomorrow first thing in the morning.

i want the 1.83 w/ the 120gb HDD but if the have the 2.0 with the 100 or 120gb hdd then i will get that.

[n8236]

Wow, they're only shipping out the late Jan / early Feb orders? dang......i guess the Feb 21st order won't be here for awhile, boooo. Too bad I ordered through Apple's ADC so i got my stock 2.0ghz for $2170 shipped and taxed and can't use that price at my local Apple Store.

[schalliol]

Jon Unhappy:

While yesterday I was told that it was being prepared for shipment, I find this today. Perhaps it will ship today or tomorrow, but this is frustrating. I ordered JUST after the keynote ended (I think one person here ordered before I did) and elected to do the 2.16, yet they didn't hit the new ship by date provided of 2/28.

Has anyone else who had an order in just after the keynote not yet received a shipment notification? What about people who ordered units even later? This is the first I know of Apple going beyond the estimated time following the special announcement which brought the upgrades in. Any one else shown Apple going over the date?

[jhonizzle]

i ordered the 2.0Ghz 2-3 weeks after the keynote, and mine got shipped on sunday. Don't know why, it would take yours more time.....

[terigox]

*Gasp* Today is the day my friends
" 8:43 AM

On FedEx vehicle for delivery "

Yay!!!!! Such a happy day... (I hope it works )

My order was on Jan 30th for anyone that wants to know, Shipped Feb 28, from Shanghai, arrived in Virginia 1 day later!!!


Edit:

@schalliol, that really sucks You upgraded the hdd, and that is all though right? I wonder what would be holding it up?

[schalliol]

Just arrived in my mailbox:

APPLE FINANCIAL SERVICES

Thank you for placing your Apple Store Order WXXXXXXX

We need your response to continue processing your order.

Due to an unexpected delay, we are unable to ship the following
item(s) by the last date you were quoted:

Z0DF, MBPRO 15/2.0 CTO
will now ship by Mar 08, 2006
and deliver by Mar 13, 2006

If you prefer, you may change or cancel your order anytime before it
is shipped. If you cancel your order, you will receive a prompt
refund.

If we do not hear from you or we cannot ship your order by the revised
date above, we are required by federal law to cancel your order and
issue a prompt refund, and we will do so.

Please inform us of your intentions by choosing one of the following
options and replying by email to <[email protected]>:

My order number is ____________________.
__ YES. Please continue processing my order.
__ NO. Please cancel my order and issue a prompt refund.

Alternately, you may call us at 800-676-2775 ext-56500,
Mon-Fri 7am-10pm, Sat-Sun 9am-6pm (Central).

We encourage you to visit http://www.apple.com/orderstatus or
http://store.apple.com/ and click the "Your Account" button to view
the status of your order.

We appreciate your business and apologize for any inconvenience this
delay has caused you. Thank you for shopping at the Apple Store!

[terigox]

Originally Posted by schalliol

Just arrived in my mailbox:

Wow.... I wonder what that means??? Does anything look different in your order?

[schalliol]

Just the image above. Shows the delayed date. It confuses me that they want my response. They should assume I want to continue unless I cancel. It's been near;y 2 months, would I likely want to cancel for a week delay. Also, I womder if they lied when they said yesterday it was gettiing prepared for shipment, or whether this info isn't told to the ordering dept.

[dec]

Originally Posted by terigox

*Gasp* Today is the day my friends
" 8:43 AM

On FedEx vehicle for delivery "

Yay!!!!! Such a happy day... (I hope it works )

My order was on Jan 30th for anyone that wants to know, Shipped Feb 28, from Shanghai, arrived in Virginia 1 day later!!!

Ya know I have to say, and this goes for all of you in the states.. I hate you all
Mine left shanghai on the 22nd and I still dont have it, latest estimate says this friday. My fault for living in Dublin i guess

[darcybaston]

Due to an unexpected delay, we are unable to ship the following

That's crummy.

I ordered a 1.8GHz on Feb 6 with 7200 rpm drive. Original ship date was Feb 28.

When the cpu bump happened, the ship date was pushed to March 3rd.

I got the email today from Apple that it has shipped and is estimated to arrive on the 6th, despite having paid for 2 day shipping. I'll ignore that and just watch the Fedex thing update to get a better clue. It shipped from SHANGHAI CN.

[darcybaston]

I'm very excited about my wife's MacBookPro finally shipping. She's also very excited about it which invigorates the husbandly smile. She's got a printing of a couple pages of a MacWorld Zinio magazine hanging above her desk.

She's a recent convert. When I moved from an iBook to a Powermac, she ditched her Compaq, took posession of the iBook and has enjoyed it ever since. Yay! I don't have to fix her damn Windows anymore! The iBook doesn't suit her needs though, so we had to order something new. She'll be using the MBP for writing, blogging, managing her photography and playing World of Warcraft with me. Fun!

Originally Posted by John123

The word you are looking for is "its," not "it's." "It's" is a contraction that means "it is." There is no other meaning for "it's." "Its" is a word that indicates posession -- which would be the correct word to use in both of the cases above.

I quit participating in newsgroups because of this sort of driftwood. Here it is again, inviting me to wince. If only MacNN had a spelling/grammar forum, the mods could move educational posts into it.

[silverbullet]

Just the image above. Shows the delayed date. It confuses me that they want my response. They should assume I want to continue unless I cancel. It's been near;y 2 months, would I likely want to cancel for a week delay. Also, I womder if they lied when they said yesterday it was gettiing prepared for shipment, or whether this info isn't told to the ordering dept.
__________________

My advice would be to call Apple directly and talk to them about this, for some reason it reminds me of those Scam e-mails used to get personal information.

I doubt thats it, but its a little fishy...

[John123]

Originally Posted by darcybaston

I quit participating in newsgroups because of this sort of driftwood. Here it is again, inviting me to wince. If only MacNN had a spelling/grammar forum, the mods could move educational posts into it.

Sweet Jesus -- I'm sorry for stirring up such a consternation. It was the same error -- repeated -- and the guy admitted he should have known better. I had no idea World War III would erupt out of it. In retrospect, I wish I'd PM'ed him. My objective was not to be a dick but rather to make a small effort to raise the post quality to a sixth grade level. Obviously that was a mistake, and you can rest assured it won't happen again. I'm as happy as you are to discuss the computer side of things. I really didn't think a single correction of a glaring grammatical error would de-rail a thread (and continue to de-rail it days after no one was talking about it anymore...)

[terigox]

Hey everyone, just on a happy note, I received my Macbook 1.83 about an hour ago I've been charging, downloading updates and installing since then and I'm loving it! Not a piece of problem so far!

We're a match made in heaven I hope everyone else gets their soon!!!!!

[Borman]

I ordered on:
Feb 7, 2006 at 01:53 PM PST

And it shipped yesterday. Still estimated for Friday. Though until yesterday, it said shipping the third, here by the 10th. Im so excited. My first real Mac experience time! Whooo. 2 more days, 2 more days

[schalliol]

Anyone else get a 2.16 after that inital batch a few got?

[d4rkm4c]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you Borman. I'm hoping it will make it by tomorrow because I've heard of a lot of people's coming a day earlier than FedEx's estimation. It will be here soon enough

[terigox]

Originally Posted by d4rkm4c

Yeah, I'm in the same boat as you Borman. I'm hoping it will make it by tomorrow because I've heard of a lot of people's coming a day earlier than FedEx's estimation. It will be here soon enough

Fedex rocks... thats all I have to say

[Borman]

If it does, then whohoooo. I know fedex is great though, so I hope it does. Plus, theres a possibiliy of no school tomorrow (Im a senior in HS, this is my college laptop heh), so that would be beyond great.

I forgot to say, mine is a stock 2.0ghz config.

[Rumz]

Originally Posted by terigox

Hey everyone, just on a happy note, I received my Macbook 1.83 about an hour ago I've been charging, downloading updates and installing since then and I'm loving it! Not a piece of problem so far!

We're a match made in heaven I hope everyone else gets their soon!!!!!

If apple’s order fulfillment pace is about on par with how many orders they were receiving, it looks like if I’m lucky mine might ship in a week or so, as I ordered it on Feb. 14 (after canceling a Jan. 10 order). I hope it does ship next week! Man I counted down the days until Feb 15 only to cancel and re-order a 2.16 the day before. No one to blame but me for the extra waiting time I wonder if I ordered a Mac Mini if it would arrive before the MacBook Pro....

[n8236]

-_- Apple needs to stop saying "shipping now" on their MBPs, damn false advertising, lol. But I bet there won't be a back order for their Ipod Hi-Fi ahahahaahah

[BroadwayTJ]

Originally Posted by Borman

I ordered on:
Feb 7, 2006 at 01:53 PM PST

And it shipped yesterday. Still estimated for Friday. Though until yesterday, it said shipping the third, here by the 10th. Im so excited. My first real Mac experience time! Whooo. 2 more days, 2 more days

Wow, I ordered mine the day after you did and look ...
ORDER DATE: 02/08/06 - 03:20 PM Pacific Standard Time
Ship Date: Mar 9, 2006 Delivery Date: Mar 16, 2006 ... sure hope it's shipped earlier like yours.