iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2020) Order Thread

[JennaG]

I'm wondering if they are letting things sit from out of country for a couple days due to COViD19....that's the only thing that makes any sense to me....patience. Prime has spoiled us.

For sure! My memory upgrade arrived within 24 hours of me ordering from Amazon.

I was thinking the same thing on letting them sit because of Covid, and maybe only things coming from Europe since @stolen. is getting theirs today and it came from Shanghai.

Who knows... I will *try* to be patient.

 

[snowtrooper1966]

Nice!

 

[Kes.Siebring]

Order Placed:August 4, 2020
Still processing.... is that normal ? Never had such experience before. BTO.

 

[antiga]

Order Placed:August 4, 2020
Still processing.... is that normal ? Never had such experience before. BTO.

I would say you're one of an unlucky few if you were a 4th order and haven't moved to shipping yet. At least if we are only using this thread as a metric.

 

[RyanXM]

Order Placed:August 4, 2020
Still processing.... is that normal ? Never had such experience before. BTO.

I would call Apple and see what if they have any additional information. Did you order anything out of the ordinary? 8TB SSD? 128GB RAM?

 

[jonthegeologist]

Update #4

Spec: i9, 10core, 1TB, 10Gbit, 5700XT, 8GB Ram (Bought 3rd party, will be 128GB)
Ordered: 5 Aug
Prepare to ship: 13 Aug
Money taken: 17 Aug
Shipped 17 Aug
ETA either 21 or 24 Aug depending on which bit of the Apple system you look at

Coming from Cork, Ireland so should be quick (assuming it doesn’t go via Cologne as other iMacs have done)

 

[minik]

Mine seems to be leaving Shanghai, China on 08/17/202 6:46 P.M. and en route to US.

 

[Gmouse]

I guess mine is slow... Ordered 8/11, but not supposed to arrive until 9/2-10...sigh... I'm getting 128 GB RAM from OWC.

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display​

With the following configuration: Nano-texture glass 3.6GHz 10-core 10th-generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz 8GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory Radeon Pro 5700 XT with 16GB of GDDR6 memory 2TB SSD storage Gigabit Ethernet Magic Trackpad 2 Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad - US English Accessory Kit​

 

[jonthegeologist]

Update #4

Spec: i9, 10core, 1TB, 10Gbit, 5700XT, 8GB Ram (Bought 3rd party, will be 128GB)
Ordered: 5 Aug
Prepare to ship: 13 Aug
Money taken: 17 Aug
Shipped 17 Aug
ETA either 21 or 24 Aug depending on which bit of the Apple system you look at

Coming from Cork, Ireland so should be quick (assuming it doesn’t go via Cologne as other iMacs have done)

Well, that‘s good: ETA updated to end of day 19 Aug — 2 days early.

 

[boramilrn]

Ordered 8/6. There is a charge from Apple pending on my credit card since 8/14. Order has been sitting in "Processing" status the whole time, no change. Expected delivery was 8/21 through 8/28 from the get-go, no change to that either.

10 core i9
8GB RAM (I have a 128 GB upgrade kit from OWC sitting here waiting)
1TB SSD
Radeon 5700 XT
10Gb Ethernet
Standard glass (not the nano-glass)

 

[antiga]

Wonder how/if the charge shows up on the Apple Card when it's about to ship for those who chose the 0% over 12?

 

[macbro08]

Out of curiosity, why are so many people getting the 10th gen i9 instead of the i7? Is the performance really guaranteed to be better regardless of application?

Due to the higher clock speed of the i7, I would think that for the vast majority of users it would be more suitable rather than having the extra 2 cores of the i9.

 

[mlsusa]

Order Placed:August 4, 2020
Still processing.... is that normal ? Never had such experience before. BTO.

I ordered on the 5th and am still at Processing.

I seem to recall this happening when I ordered the late 2012 iMac. I ordered a 3TB Fusion Drive model when it was first announced. It lingered at processing for 3-4 weeks and I gave up and cancelled. Said eff it and said I'll stick it out with the 2007 iMac I had at the time. I tried again a few months later, maxing out the CPU and GPU and getting the largest SSD offered, and it shipped out within a week of ordering.

 

[lcseds]

Mine seems to be leaving Shanghai, China on 08/17/202 6:46 P.M. and en route to US.

Go figure. Mine finally left Shanghai but instead of US bound, it is on it's way to Osaka. FedEx.

 

[oneafour]

hmm left my new iMac running overnight and noticed this morning that it shut down on its own. Looks like it gave a kernel panic and shut down! how many days after delivery do I have if id like to return it?

 

[jonthegeologist]

Out of curiosity, why are so many people getting the 10th gen i9 instead of the i7? Is the performance really guaranteed to be better regardless of application?

each to their own of course, but I do a fair amount of video/stream creation and editing so I was keen to get as many cores and as much GPU as I could afford. This will be my workhorse first the next 3-4 years so the investment felt safe, regardless of AS.

 

[stoster38]

I received my iMac today!! Will be doing Migration Assistant later today. Can’t wait to see the performance improvements going from a HHD to SSD!

 

[stoster38]

What’s going on with UPS from China? Anyone else getting very slow movement? Shipped on the 12th from Shanghai and is only in Japan as of this morning.

My iMac was in Shanghai as of the 12th & I got it today

 

[stoster38]

I wanted to ask what, if anything, people are buying, accessory-wise, to complement their iMacs? Docks, hubs, software, etc?

 

[Mikeeee]

My order status just changed to "Preparing To Ship". Original order date was Aug 12. Delivery date is still Sept 4 - 14.

This reminds me of going to a doctor appt. where they shuffle you to multiple waiting rooms until you finally see the doctor 2 hours later.

 

[rubenhas]

Ordered 8/6. There is a charge from Apple pending on my credit card since 8/14. Order has been sitting in "Processing" status the whole time, no change. Expected delivery was 8/21 through 8/28 from the get-go, no change to that either.

10 core i9
8GB RAM (I have a 128 GB upgrade kit from OWC sitting here waiting)
1TB SSD
Radeon 5700 XT
10Gb Ethernet
Standard glass (not the nano-glass)

I'm guessing that it has something to do with the 10gb ethernet, because I placed my order on the 13th with otherwise same specs, and my order is preparing to ship.

 

[triangletechie]

hmm left my new iMac running overnight and noticed this morning that it shut down on its own. Looks like it gave a kernel panic and shut down! how many days after delivery do I have if id like to return it?

14 days usually. I had 2 KP errors over the first 3 days plus multiple freeze ups. Already sent mine back.

 

[tillsbury]

I'm guessing that it has something to do with the 10gb ethernet, because I placed my order on the 13th with otherwise same specs, and my order is preparing to ship.

Not sure about that, mine has 10GbE and although it was originally scheduled for 21-28th it went to Shipped (from Shanghai) on 10th and was delivered (in NZ) on Saturday 15th.

 

[antiga]

Ordered 8/6. There is a charge from Apple pending on my credit card since 8/14. Order has been sitting in "Processing" status the whole time, no change. Expected delivery was 8/21 through 8/28 from the get-go, no change to that either.

10 core i9
8GB RAM (I have a 128 GB upgrade kit from OWC sitting here waiting)
1TB SSD
Radeon 5700 XT
10Gb Ethernet
Standard glass (not the nano-glass)

You are my order twin. We have literally the exact same order and we both ordered on the same day with the same original estimate and same current status. Please let me know if you see a status change and I will do the same!

I’m in Florida.

 

[RyanXM]

I’m excited for you!

meanwhile...

Still nothing for me...the UPS Hub in Louisville must have a ton of things to inspect...