[GRAFF]

I've had my new G5 for just a few days now, but I already have to say "goodbye" to iMac.

Turns out that Apple messed up and sent me a G5 with only 512mo RAM instead of the 1Go that I ordered. I called Apple, who quickly admitted to a screw-up. I expected that they would simply send me the missing RAM, but instead they need to take back the entire machine and replace it was a correctly configured one.

I guess I'm back in the queue again.

[YYZ]

Delivered late this afternoon. That's about two and a half days for delivery. Terrific.
I can't say enough about the new imac. I'm blown away. Just writing this on my G4, the old screen is dark, grainy, small. The 20" is absolutley stunning. Dead quiet too. Solid, not tippy at all.
Fast, everything opens quick. And switching from OS 9 to X is great, so many new things to explore. Well worth the wait, and the bucks.

[Pierre B.]

Originally posted by YYZ:
And switching from OS 9 to X is great, so many new things to explore.

What was your previous Mac? And welcome to MacOS X, it is really great .

[powertoburn]

I just called 10/7 11:30AMPST My iMac is now in process - I was told it should ship within the next 12-24 hours.

Originally ordered 9/11 with estimate ship date 10/12.

20" BT Airport card 160G 512

Once, it ships I will let you guys know

[AliP]

My G5 iMac is out for delivery this morning, luckily my girlfriend is working from home today so she will be able to sign for it. i wish i didn't have to go to work.
KRO
Ali P

[powertoburn]

My iMac shipped 10/8 with estimated arrival 10/13

From Shanghai, China to Los Angeles, CA USA

[AliP]

It has arrived although my girlfriend had to chase the TNT lorry up the road in her socks as she was in the shower when he called. It is a thing of beauty but not as beautiful as my girlfriend She is standing over my shoulder as i type.
KRO
Ali P

[PEHowland]

Originally posted by AliP:
It has arrived although my girlfriend had to chase the TNT lorry up the road in her socks as she was in the shower when he called. It is a thing of beauty but not as beautiful as my girlfriend She is standing over my shoulder as i type.
KRO
Ali P

Any chance of a photo of your girlfriend in her socks? Sounds more interesting than yet another photo of an iMac on a desk.

[UnixMac]

I ordered my mom the new iMac with the 1.6 G5 about a week ago. How is the back order/delay looking on these machines? I had to wait close to 3 month for my G5, so I just don't wana go thru that again!

Anyone order theirs about a week ago? what's your estimate for shipping date?

Thanks

[Joona]

I wonder whats going on_ I want me mac.

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[AliP]

Originally posted by PEHowland:
Any chance of a photo of your girlfriend in her socks? Sounds more interesting than yet another photo of an iMac on a desk.

I will ask but don't hold your breath, or anything else for that matter
KRO
Ali P

[Joost]

Originally posted by Joost:
My first order, placed 09/01/2004 per Apple's US style date format, has missed its estimated ship date of 10/04/2004.

17/1.8/1GB/160GB/SD/BT/HK

No word yet from Apple on when it might ship.

Starting to get PO'ed. Sure all will be forgotten once it's here, but still...

For those in Asia/those still waiting on long lost custom 17-inch iMacs, I just received word that both my orders (1 September, 11 September) shipped simultaneously.

The courier is Bax Global. I can't get Bax's tracking system to work, but Apple promises delivery to HK in three days. We'll see.

[powertoburn]

My iMac arrived: Here is the shipping details:

Originally ordered: 9/11 - estaimate ship date was 10/12
FedEx estimate I would receive it 10/13 it shipped 10/08

Config: IMAC20/1.8G5/512/160G/SD/BT/APX/LL

Oct 12, 2004_
9:24 AM Delivered _SAN MARINO, CA_
8:19 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery LOS ANGELES, CA_
7:58 AM At local FedEx facility LOS ANGELES, CA_
5:02 AM In transit LOS ANGELES, CA_
3:01 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN_Departed location_
1:04 AM Int'l shipment release INDIANAPOLIS, IN_
12:42 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN_

Oct 11, 2004_
4:16 PM In transit ANCHORAGE, AK_Departed location_
7:13 PM In transit INCHEON KR_
7:13 PM In transit INCHEON KR_
2:34 AM In transit SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH_Departed location_
12:36 AM In transit SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH_

Oct 9, 2004_
11:30 PM At local FedEx facility SHANGHAI CN_

Oct 8, 2004_
2:25 PM Picked up SHANGHAI CN_Future delivery requested_
2:25 PM Left origin SHANGHAI CN_
9:52 AM Package data transmitted to FedEx; package not in FedEx possession _

[Joost]

Originally posted by Joost:
For those in Asia/those still waiting on long lost custom 17-inch iMacs, I just received word that both my orders (1 September, 11 September) shipped simultaneously.

The courier is Bax Global. I can't get Bax's tracking system to work, but Apple promises delivery to HK in three days. We'll see.

Well, credit the couriers, the iMacs made it here in 48 hours.

That's not counting the 40-plus days it took Apple to make 'em...

But, finally, they're home!

[Squidgy]

I got my BTO 20" a week ago. Ordered 9/24 (delivery by 10/25), shipped 10/5, received 10/7.

[alternate_bit]

BTO iMac 20" bluetooth & wireless keyboard / mouse. everything else stock.
purchased today, estimated shipping 11/12.

[edinburghmac]

Originally posted by Squidgy:
I got my BTO 20" a week ago. Ordered 9/24 (delivery by 10/25), shipped 10/5, received 10/7.

You lucky thing! I ordered my BTO 20" 9/17 (shipping by 10/15) and I still haven't heard anything - I was sure I'd hear something by today, even if it was that they have to put my estimated shipping date back!

[PEHowland]

Wish my iMac would ship. History so far:

- 6 Sept: Ordered from NL online store, told would ship on or before 4 Oct
- 4 Oct: Told would ship on or before 8 Oct
- 8 Oct: Told would ship on or before 15 Oct
- 14 Oct: Told would ship on or before 22 Oct

Why can't Apple just be honest, instead of stringing me along, week-by-week? Guess they think I might cancel my order and buy something else if I knew the truth...

[Squidgy]

This was an Apple Educational Store institutional purchase, maybe these are prioritized?

[PEHowland]

Originally posted by Squidgy:
This was an Apple Educational Store institutional purchase, maybe these are prioritized?

No. So was mine, my wife's a teacher.

[edinburghmac]

Originally posted by PEHowland:
No. So was mine, my wife's a teacher.

So was mine, in fact it was an Apple Higher Education order - so it should have had HIGHER priority

Phoned Apple today and just received an E-mail back

As per our conversation earlier today, I am corresponding to you via email. I have raised your question internally and I have been advised that these iMacs are due to ship at the end of next week

Still haven't seen any change in my Online Order Status - I couldn't care less about 'these iMacs' - mine is a BTO, I'm just interested in 'my iMac'.

[discotronic]

I received an email from Apple today. I ordered my 17" 1.8GHz with the BT keyboard + mouse option. Placed order on 10-1-04 and it shipped today. Delivery scheduled for 10-20-04. A 2 week wait isn't bad at all.

[edinburghmac]

Originally posted by discotronic:
I received an email from Apple today. I ordered my 17" 1.8GHz with the BT keyboard + mouse option. Placed order on 10-1-04 and it shipped today. Delivery scheduled for 10-20-04. A 2 week wait isn't bad at all.

Lucky you, I just received an E-mail from Apple telling me that my BTO 20" iMac G5 (BTkbrd+mse) ordered 9/17, due to ship today 10/15, now isn't due to ship until 10/27! To say I'm p****d off is an understatement. I know I'm not the only one here who has had their delivery put back but to wait 4 weeks and then be told the day it's due to ship that you have to wait another 12 days(+ the actual delivery time which could be a week plus) is a lot to take. I'm going to sleep on it over the weekend but am seriously considering cancelling the order - at the quickest it looks as though I'd have to wait just a week shy of 2 months in total.

[edinburghmac]

OK, OK, I take it all back. After sleeping on it over the weekend and resigning myself to waiting an extra 3 weeks or so, what should happen but I received an E-mail today from Apple to say that my 20" iMac G5 BTO has shipped.

I also just received a call from my credit card company to check that the transaction was kosher. According to the online shipment status the order was picked up from Shanghai at 18.00 on 10/17 (GMT) - it should have shipped on 10/15, so 2 days late isn't too bad at all - strange that the online status didn't update till after I recived the E-mail (10/18). Can't wait for it to get here!

[kokkao]

Ordered my 20" (std Ram, BT pack) 8/10/04 - despatch is quoted on or before 5/11/04, but I'm hoping a little earlier which seems to be the usual.

[UnixMac]

is there a higher demand on the 16 vs the 20"?? Has anyone gotten a 16" delivered quickly yet?

Thanks

[neilio]

It looks like Apple is deleting the shipping status threads over on their discussion boards (understandably), so here's an update on mine that I had originally posted there:

20" / BT / Airport Express / 160G HD / 256mbs RAM
Ordered: October 1st
Shipped: October 22nd
Toronto, Canada

A week early - pretty exciting. Now let's see how long it takes to get here...

Neil

[Twiztedjeckel]

My 20" 256mb Bluetooth machine is was ordered on 10/3/04 and is suppose to ship on or before 11/3/04-we'll see about that one.

[edinburghmac]

Well, my new iMac G5 20" BTO finally arrived this morning (originally ordered 9/17) - very much worth the wait!(even if it has been one day short of 7 weeks to arrive)

[neilio]

My 20" (info posted above) made it as far as Memphis, and went through customs ("Int'l Shipment Release"), but then stopped moving a couple of days ago.

I called FedEx and they're doing a trace to find out the whereabouts. It was estimated for delivery today by 12PM; I have a feeling that's not going to be happening. Sigh.

Neil

[kokkao]

Well - I've just had the despatched email !!!! 6-7 business days to finally arrive! And they've beaten the projected date by 7 days.

[Twiztedjeckel]

4 Business days out from my estimated ship date and no word about any kind of early shipping yet. I'm not convinced it'll even go on its ship date. I really want to transfer all my stuff from my old Sawtooth 400 G4 over to it and sell that friggen thing already.

With the new Apple store opening in Syracuse the 6th of November I may find myself carrying one home with me if they actually have any in stock and mine hasn't shipped yet and gets pushed back.

[UnixMac]

I never even got an email, just happened to check my web tracking info, and it showed my system shipped from China 3 days ago.. now in Wisconsin. ETA is still Nov 2.

[neilio]

My iMac arrived this morning. Woo-hoo!

No pixel problems, and very quiet, without the whine issue that some people had been complaining about. My only complaint is it isn't as huge of a speed jump as I had expected, but it's still a beautiful machine... I'm pleased.

Again, this was a 20" with BT, AirPort Extreme, and stock ram and hard drive. I then put 2G of OWC ram in it. Shipped to Toronto.

Neil

[Twiztedjeckel]

Just got confirmation this morning, Saturday the 30th that my 20" BT machine shipped from Shanghai at 1:16pm and should arrive this friday the 5th in NY. WOOHOOO!

[exiva]

my iMac got pushed back till november 10th. only reason they should give was a component was on backorder!

[UnixMac]

My mom said it showed up last night at 6pm! Ordered it (1.6/17") exactly 1 month ago, blue tooth and 1GB are the only options.

Now, I gotta fly out to Cali to hook it up (all one wire! )

[CaseCom]

I ordered a BTO 17-inch/1.8 GHz iMac (1 GB RAM, Bluetooth keyboard bundle, AirPort Extreme) on 11/5. Estimated shipping date is 11/15.

[B_2]

I ordered a 20" iMac with a few options on the 22nd of September from a major apple dealer (Jigsaw UK) and it still aint bloody arrived?

I find it difficult to understand why it should take this long.

a FUSTRATED B_2

c'mon apple get ya bloody fingers out.