The packaging is twice the weight of the system. Almost 30 pounds total, iMac is about 8.
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2021 iMac order thread
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The packaging is twice the weight of the system. Almost 30 pounds total, iMac is about 8.
Finally got charged for blue 8/8 16/1tb with a june 1-8 window.
My local store has silver 8/16/1Tb iMacs in stock!!! Ugh. Now I want to go pick one up and be able to decide if I keep it or the purple one coming on Monday lol.
Have until today to decide if I wanna activate the return window for my iMac 8gb ram. Have a 16gb on order for 22nd June delivery and I have an extra 14 days to return my current one once I open the return period, so that would take it up to the 17th.
Decisions to make. All in all, I’m happy with how the 8gb ram one has performed especially since I’ve been editing a few 20/30 minute wedding videos.
Decisions to make. All in all, I’m happy with how the 8gb ram one has performed especially since I’ve been editing a few 20/30 minute wedding videos.
No updates, still in "Processing." I'm beginning to think Apple won't make their delivery window. 
Okay i got lucky today! I order the iMac 24 green 16GB RAM last week and the estimated arrival is around July 13-20. Today I checked the stocks in Apple Australia and to my surprise, there’s one blue 16gb ram 1TB in an Apple store near me!
Highly recommend checking stocks online!
just picked them up and now on my way home. Can’t wait to setup this bad boy
Highly recommend checking stocks online!
just picked them up and now on my way home. Can’t wait to setup this bad boy
No updates, still in "Processing." I'm beginning to think Apple won't make their delivery window.
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Same here
Once the honeymoon is over, Apple is going to get some grief about this. What were they thinking. The box and the shipping probably adds at least $100 to the cost.
I am aggrieved because I need to ship one outside the USA, and the cost of shipping an additional 20 lbs of packaging is about the same as buying a ticket and throwing it in a suitcase enclosed in bubblewrap. I just hate all the crap of air travel these days.
Awesome! The iMac was delivered today! 🎉 I was expecting June 7 to be the delivery date. Time to set it up tonight!
Huh, strange… Mine got thru without any problem. Good luck noblesse.
Good luck for the delivery!No updates, still in "Processing." I'm beginning to think Apple won't make their delivery window.
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Packaging always adds to the cost of shipping, and though Apple's rather exuberant approach to the box this time is a bit over the top in my view, they really aren't responsible for those who have a have a need to re-ship outside the original market.
I don't know for sure their costings, but with the contracts they have had with people such as UPS and FedEx in the past, it's not even remotely close to think the packaging adds $100. Not to them, thus us as the intended customer. Our costs to ship the product on to where we want it to go is a different matter, of course - but that's not Apple's fault, it's ours because perhaps we're choosing to buy for someone else. I've done this in the past, and even for a laptop the cost can hurt!
In most instances, I think it best to buy where you can find the stock. If Apple are slowest with the model you (or anyone else) wants, and it can be found elsewhere faster, then buy from there instead of Apple. It doesn't make any difference to the product, warranty or support.
Yes!
If you want a stock iMac, look at Best Buy, Microcenter, Amazon, etc..
If you want a CTO/BTO iMac (different keyboard, trackpad, ethernet, 2TB) then wait for an Apple.com order like we all did (3-4 weeks) for our semi custom configured iMac...
Yes. The only caveat is if, like me, you wish to do a trade-in ... then I'm sticking with Apple either way. I know you can sell a machine yourself or through eBay but I like Apple's recycling program.
Is that what they call the on-line method for the Apple Trade In ... Phobio service? It just said Apple Trade In on the emails. When I was purchasing the machines they had the selection option for a trade in. Selected that, bought the M1 mini and traded in my previous mini. They sent a box and I FedEx'd the old mini back ... they then credited my Apple account. I did the same for my old iMac.
My delivery date is June 9 -16 however my iMac left Shanghai Wednesday the 2nd and made it to my town in the US on the 4th but is ironically stuck in the Fedx hub just 8 miles from my home now with an expected delivery next Tuesday the 8th.
Per the shipper, there are no delivery options for this shipment such as me changing the delivery to a customer pickup at the hub, etc. Go figure....
Per the shipper, there are no delivery options for this shipment such as me changing the delivery to a customer pickup at the hub, etc. Go figure....
At least yours is in the US. I have the same window, “shipped from Shanghai” on the 2nd, but it’s been sitting in Shanghai ever since!
My purple 8/16/1 iMac arrived last night to my great surprise! I never got a notification from UPS but the delivery guy called me and waited for me to rush home from a run 😅
Don’t mind the mess of cables, I still need to organize everything!
Don’t mind the mess of cables, I still need to organize everything!
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