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xGrape · Oct 4, 2003, 08:06 AM

I ordered mine only a couple hours after its release, and it's still in Taiwan...

It shipped on Thursday, and yesterday (Friday) I got a mail from Apple telling me:

"We are happy to advise you that your order is now in transit. Unfortunately
we are experiencing a small delay of approximately 3-4 working days ( in
addition to our original quote of 3-5 working days) on this shipment."

Tracking...

h_m_c · Oct 4, 2003, 09:18 AM

3 more days for my BTO 12"er,

80GB config....

I have been with mac since my dual 500 MHz days.... can't wait to try out that dual bootable hack...

xGrape · Oct 4, 2003, 12:14 PM

For those of you who already got your new 12" PowerBook - were they BTO models or just the default ones? Also, anyone from Europe got their BTO orders?

I feel so left out in the cold...

Draco · Oct 4, 2003, 12:23 PM

Woowhoo! It shipped, my BTO order (80gb drive). Currently in Taiwan, being shipped via FedEX.

I was certain I was going to get delayed again.

bfurtado · Oct 4, 2003, 12:28 PM

Got my 12" PB Friday. Here are the details

Ordered Rev A Sept 6
Ship Date Sept 23

Order Upgraded Sept 16
Ship Daye Sept 25

Sept 25 - Order Delayed
until Oct 3

Shipped Sept 30
Arrived Oct 3

And this is my first PB and my first mac EVER!!!! I Love it!

Oh yeah, its a stock PB with Airport Extreme Card

michael_on_mac · Oct 4, 2003, 02:07 PM

Originally posted by xGrape:
For those of you who already got your new 12" PowerBook - were they BTO models or just the default ones? Also, anyone from Europe got their BTO orders?

I feel so left out in the cold...

Then what the hell are you doing in Norway?! (Golden october here, 20 deg C

)

Well, I'll tell you when my BTO arrives - check back in a few week's time

Best, Michael.

eza · Oct 4, 2003, 03:30 PM

Got the sweet message last night, now:

Shipped Via FedEx, 10/4, ETA 10/8

Originally posted by eza:
Got the dreaded message last night, now:

PBG4 12.1/1GHZ/256/80/CMBO/AP/BT/LL
will now ship on or before 10/09/2003

Maybe it is the 80GB hard drive.

h_m_c · Oct 4, 2003, 05:59 PM

somebody with and 80GB hard drive BTO 12" please run xbench with Energy Saver's performance = Highest.... from what I understand, the disk test should be higher because of a more dense hard disk area.

THANKS!!!

h00ligan · Oct 4, 2003, 09:01 PM

yah i would be really interested in seeing a mini al with 1 ghz, 80 gig drive and 768 ram..

i already benched on with all that but no 80 doh.

my ti is so close to breaking 100 but no love. 98 is the highest it will go.

AC Rempt · Oct 5, 2003, 12:01 AM

My 12 combo with AE and my iPod have finally arrived, and all is incredible. I love this machine.

The iPod came Thursday, after a week, and my PB came on Friday in the morning. A quick session with Carbon Copy Cloner, and I'm all good.

Sigh, I love Apple.

Raz.ca · Oct 5, 2003, 01:10 AM

Ok, after calling fed-ex and shelling out for the special super ultra saturday shipping, I finally got my 12 PB

Its so nice

I threw Panther on it and it runs great, just typing and stuff I get ~5hrs of battery life no problem. Got 2.5 just earlier installing things like a madman and all sorts of stuff, this is a great machine, I will however have to get used to the keyboard. Its very different from my pc keyboard. Especially the delete key is and enter key are slightly off to what im used to, but I am sure I will adjust. as I mentioned earler, I already got my ipod

This is real cool now. I take back whatever negative vibes I had towards apple, this is truly a wonderous machine (512 mb ram, and a 60gb hd, as well as AE and that sort of stuff) Im real happy

YAY!

Ok, me out.

qvr · Oct 5, 2003, 10:33 AM

Checked my shipment statuspage for the millionth time and my PB is now in Luxembourg!

Arrive Terminal LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU 05 Oct 2003 07:37

Only few more days!

xGrape · Oct 5, 2003, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by qvr:
Checked my shipment statuspage for the millionth time and my PB is now in Luxembourg!

Only few more days!

Same here! Just arrived in Luxembourg today! Whoooo. Only, I will need to get it in the coming week, or I'll have to wait another 3 weeks to pick it up. It's being sent to my home address, and well, most of the time, I'm at this school...

Crush · Oct 5, 2003, 11:19 AM

Originally posted by qvr:
Checked my shipment statuspage for the millionth time and my PB is now in Luxembourg!
Only few more days!

Wow! I bet you might get it tomorrow afternoon already! Should be Tuesday at the latest, since you're in Helsinki. Unless you have any accessories to be added to your order in Lux? You're not going to leave your house until it gets there, right?

Mine's still in Taiwan, not even cleared customs yet, probably being a weekend and all..

So envious of you and xGrape, still hoping to receive mine next week...

Keep us posted!

urban · Oct 5, 2003, 12:50 PM

MY PB HAS SHIPPED!!

btw, what does IP distribution mean?

bpd115 · Oct 5, 2003, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by urban:
MY PB HAS SHIPPED!!

btw, what does IP distribution mean?

I too have recieved my shipment notification and tracking number...

WOOHOO

urban · Oct 5, 2003, 07:55 PM

Service Type IP Direct Distribution

What does this mean?

Fedex doesnt have an estimated delivery date.

gator · Oct 5, 2003, 10:18 PM

Originally posted by urban:
Service Type IP Direct Distribution

What does this mean?

Fedex doesnt have an estimated delivery date.

http://www.fedex.com/us/customersupp.../faq/ipdd.html

What is FedEx International Priority DirectDistribution?
FedEx International Priority DirectDistribution (IPD) is a contractual service that allows a shipper to send multiple pieces from a single location in an origin country to multiple recipients in a single-destination country.

urban · Oct 5, 2003, 11:42 PM

thanx.
i guess there will be a lot of happy 12" owners in the next couple days.

Crush · Oct 7, 2003, 01:34 AM

Bump.

Gnaaah, teh wait is killing me...

All the items in my order are now "picked up", but no further dev. yet. I suppose them all must arrive in Luxembourg terminal to be combined in one box, eh? For European orders, that is.

The "preciousss" one is still in Taiwan, since being picked up on Saturday morning... or maybe they haven't updated the page yet..

Any news, anyone in Europe?

qvr · Oct 7, 2003, 01:45 AM

Originally posted by Crush:

The "preciousss" one is still in Taiwan, since being picked up on Saturday morning... or maybe they haven't updated the page yet..

Any news, anyone in Europe?

Mine's currently in Liege, Belgium.
I can now track it via TNT's system and it will probably arrive tomorrow. (2 days from Lux)
I also noticed that Apple's tracking page updates with one day delay, so yours might already be in Luxembourg.

Crush · Oct 7, 2003, 01:56 AM

Originally posted by qvr:
Mine's currently in Liege, Belgium.
I can now track it via TNT's system and it will probably arrive tomorrow. (2 days from Lux)
I also noticed that Apple's tracking page updates with one day delay, so yours might already be in Luxembourg.

Heh, I refreshed the page again and now it's showing it left Taiwan terminal at 06 Oct 2003 13:30 GMT, so who knows...

Did you get a separate TNT tracking number? The ones at Apple's site don't work at TNT's...

qvr · Oct 7, 2003, 02:04 AM

Originally posted by Crush:

Did you get a separate TNT tracking number? The ones at Apple's site don't work at TNT's...

It starts working once your package gets handed over to TNT. It'll be the reference number in their tracking system.

StevenWRX · Oct 7, 2003, 02:26 AM

My first post! Woohoo!!

Hi Everyone, I ordered my 12"PB 10-01-03

The wait is driving me insane! However the expected ship date is On or Before 10-10-03... Almost there.... ::sigh::

From your experience, is their a chance it would ship early??

Also is it possible for them to have installed Panther, since I read in another post that it has gone gold...????

oh well, have a good one...

xGrape · Oct 7, 2003, 05:55 AM

The Logitech MX500 mouse was the first item to arrive in Lux. - from Holland. Then the PB - from Taiwan. Oh well, still waiting for the Creature speakers and carrying case though...

Any possibility that these latter are sent direct from Lux. and thus not showing up - or are they to be sent from Holland too? It stinks to wait a week extra, only for some peripherals

bpd115 · Oct 7, 2003, 09:38 AM

WOOHOO it's on the delivery truck!!

My wireless mouse and svideo adapter arrived yesterday and my

12inch/80 gig/airport extreme/256 on the truck...I'll post pictures and impressions tonight.

Draco · Oct 7, 2003, 10:09 AM

Yeee! Just got mine this morning. FedEX came before I had to leave for work, so now I get to play with it! It's charging on my desk next to me. It's dead sexy. How pathetic, never thought I'd get this excited over a computer.

neill · Oct 7, 2003, 11:01 AM

Man, I'm jealous!! I ordered a 15" the 17th of sep. and still haven't received it... sucks. But anyways, I congratulate all you new 12" owners.

Please post your impressions!! I'm still curious to now how well apple has adressed the problems of the first generation 12" powerbooks. Is heat still a problem when running the processor at full speed? My brother had a rev. A 12" and it really got HOT some times. He's thinking of going back to the 12" if the "heat problem" has been adressed.

So far I've just read a handfull of "first impressions" and they vary, from "no heat at all" to "still really hot".

eza · Oct 7, 2003, 11:14 AM

Delivered, 10/7, 8:47am.

Recapping: Ordered 9/19, Original Ship by 9/30, pushed to 10/9, shipped 10/4, arrived 10/7.

It's gonna be a long day at work.

Originally posted by eza:
Got the sweet message last night, now:

Shipped Via FedEx, 10/4, ETA 10/8

qvr · Oct 8, 2003, 04:51 AM

Got mine yesterday, a day earlier than what TNT predicted. This is just an awesome thing!

The screen is great, no dead pixels, no white spots. It does get warm if used heavily, but not too warm, definitely not hot.

I love it!

Crush · Oct 8, 2003, 05:46 AM

Originally posted by qvr:
Got mine yesterday, a day earlier than what TNT predicted. This is just an awesome thing!
The screen is great, no dead pixels, no white spots. It does get warm if used heavily, but not too warm, definitely not hot.

I love it!

Great! I told you so on Sunday, didn't I!

Only mine's been delayd for another 3-4 days, or so according to the email I got from Apple yesterday. And no progress on the shipment status page either: all items picked up, and pbook departed terminal after clearing customs in Taiwan on Monday...

You didn't have any other items in your order, right? Next time I'm going to order just the computer on one order, and leave any other items on a separate order. This is agonising, this waiting. *S*I*G*H*

Congrats again, though..!

xGrape · Oct 8, 2003, 06:05 AM

Mine just left Luxembourg yesterday, at 10.06

Oh well, still not trackable through TNT...

dr-marlboro · Oct 8, 2003, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by xGrape:
Mine just left Luxembourg yesterday, at 10.06

Oh well, still not trackable through TNT...

tnt tracking does not very good I asume. mine isn�t in the tracking too,

hope to get it soon, i need my pb12 for work

kaibutsu3 · Oct 9, 2003, 02:08 PM

order through apple UK EDU store 12"/60GB/APX and ipod 20GB on 2/10
shipped on the 9/10 via TNT Nederland B.V

apple's shipment tracking is down at the moment, i will try again later.

any of you guys knows roughly how many days is it going to take to reach the UK?

can't wait

so excited!!

Simon · Oct 10, 2003, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by dr-marlboro:
tnt tracking does not very good I asume. mine isn�t in the tracking too

Yep. To all you guys in Europe that are getting the PowerBook through TNT: Forget TNT's tracking. IT SUCKS!

We had a big order going through the AppleStore a couple of weeks ago and the TNT tracking info proved to be absoluetly worthless. The info is

a) wrong, i.e. the locations are not accurate and don't fit with the corresponding time

b) far from real-time. Normally the info got updated with a delay of 24-48h

If you get TNT tracking numbers forget the tracking page. Instead call the AppleStore, ask them where the stuff is exactly and give them a lot of sh!t for the TNT tracking info.

Also, the TNT tracking number the AppleStore gives you can't be used to track on th TNT tracking page. It only works on the AppleStore tracking page...

Keep your heads up. It will arrive finally.

StevenWRX · Oct 10, 2003, 05:39 AM

ordered 12" BTO on 10-1

shipped via fed ex 10-8

"should" arrive 10-13 by 1030am

its in alaska right now...

Simon · Oct 10, 2003, 05:43 AM

This is ridiculous.

I ordered on 9/16 and I am still waiting for it to ship.

Can I send my shrink's bill to Apple?

StevenWRX · Oct 10, 2003, 05:45 AM

OMG! woohoo! it just got into Indianapolis, IN. 10-10-03 2:14AM

Im shocked it cleared customs that quick! Soo far, FEDEX is doin a great job!!!

Thank you Apple for not shipping mine via Airborne..

xGrape · Oct 10, 2003, 08:08 AM

Mine is in Norway, and has been for the last 24 hours. Too bad it didn't arrive today. Now, it'll probably be here Monday. Too bad I'm leaving Sunday and won't be home for another 3 weeks... man I hate TNT!!

StevenWRX · Oct 10, 2003, 10:30 AM

Originally posted by StevenWRX:
ordered 12" BTO on 10-1

shipped via fed ex 10-8

"should" arrive 10-13 by 1030am

its in alaska right now...

OMG, it just got here 10-10-03 8:30AM

From Taiwan to Texas in 2 days! Thank you FedEX!!!!!!

kaibutsu3 · Oct 10, 2003, 10:44 AM

lucky you

why doesnt Apple use FedEx for delivery to the UK!!!!

xGrape · Oct 10, 2003, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by kaibutsu3:
lucky you
why doesnt Apple use FedEx for delivery to the UK!!!!

Good question. Lets all send hate-mail to TNT.

8 days since mine left Taiwan, and it still ain't here. I'm not worried though. This is normal...

pinkjelly · Oct 10, 2003, 02:26 PM

mine hasn't shipped yet... it's supposed to ship today...
*fingers crossed*

kaibutsu3 · Oct 10, 2003, 05:52 PM

Originally posted by xGrape:
Good question. Lets all send hate-mail to TNT.

8 days since mine left Taiwan, and it still ain't here. I'm not worried though. This is normal...

8 Days!! damn, i thought i will get mine next week

i guess i will keep

until i get mine, it's just too much for me!!!

Quinn · Oct 10, 2003, 06:25 PM

Just got email from Apple.

Order date: 26th Sept.

I should have it on or before the 6th November!

Come on guys. What the hell.

Its not BTO, its a 12" combo shipping to Italy.

The Italy Store STILL says 5-7 build time for new orders.

I have to wait til Monday to ring as well as they are only open Mon-Fri.

pinkjelly · Oct 10, 2003, 06:52 PM

got email from apple. ship date pushed back to 10/23.

was supposed to ship today. ordered on 10/1.
i'm cancelling my order and heading over to my local apple store...

pinkjelly · Oct 11, 2003, 01:21 AM

just got another email - it's shipped!

estimated arrival 10/14

Crush · Oct 13, 2003, 05:43 AM

Finally my precious is "out for delivery" today. It shipped on the 4th Oct.

I can't wait to get home from work and start waiting for the delivery...

Just hope it's gonna be alright...

Quinn · Oct 14, 2003, 01:03 PM

As an update to my last post, my PowerBook which was due for shipment on or before 6th November, shipped today!

From what I read here, it looks like it takes 10 days to get from Taiwan to Europe :-(

At least its on its way. The tracking number I was given. Will that work on the TNT tracking page? Its 800260xxxx. Or do I just rely on the Apple status page? I know TNT tracking is useless but at least I will have some idea of where it is...

pinkjelly · Oct 14, 2003, 01:46 PM

it's here!!!
i've yet to open the box though, since i have to do some homework before class... but i will when i get back