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List of Members Waiting for their Macbook Air to Ship and Arrive and Photos!

pgharavi

pgharavi

macrumors 6502
Nov 25, 2004
308
229
I'm one of the people who got stuck w/ the Monday ETA for the stock system.

I just got off the phone w/ FedEx and the lady wasn't so hyped about my chances of getting this thing on Friday instead of Monday (no surprise). So I asked about Saturday delivery and I got a big "maybe" and it "depends" but then I asked if there was anything I could do to have it happen and then she said there is a $12 fee for Saturday delivery and she said that IF it was there by Saturday morning they would make a delivery attempt. So I gave her my CC#!

I have no idea if this will work. If it does, I'm gonna call up Apple and make them refund me. heh.
 
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aiongiant

macrumors 6502a
Aug 8, 2006
542
0
sweet my superdrive just shipped!

Shipped on: Jan 31, 2008 via PUROLATOR COURIER, LTD
MACBOOK AIR SUPERDRIVE-GEN

Shipment Date:
31 Jan, 2008
Delivers by:
05 Feb, 2008

awesome will arrive same time as my macbook air via fedex hehe lets see whos faster
 
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JtheLemur

macrumors 6502a
May 13, 2002
696
384
Well, I guess any movement is good movement. My 1.8/SSD order from the 28th just switched up. The 'Book itself used to be listed with a product number - that is, NOT as "CTO." Now, it has switched to CTO with a CTO-style product number (Z0FS).

The other thing? It used to have a ship-by date of Feb. 19th - along with the CTO change, the ship-by date changed to the 22nd. Bleh!
 
fishkorp

fishkorp

macrumors 68030
Apr 10, 2006
2,536
650
Ellicott City, MD
got my ethernet adapter and superdrive this afternoon, with nothing to plug them into of course :) thanks for the tip about Saturday delivery, i might call FedEx and see if they can bump mine up if possible. mine still says "in transit" from China though, not even in Alaska yet.
 
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Herbminke

macrumors newbie
Jan 29, 2008
16
0
Go Plane go!

I hope the plane gets to Alaska soon. I see Indy and Memphis have winter weather issues tonight too! Keeping my fingers crossed for Friday! :)
 
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queuecipher

macrumors member
Jan 20, 2008
52
0
Congrats to everyone who has the received their MBAs (or at least have them on the way)!

I unfortunately ordered a 1.6/80 on the 21st. What is the most recent date for someone that has gotten a "prepared to ship"?
 
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rittchard

macrumors 6502
Aug 12, 2007
351
46
Snuck out of work to pick mine up, box was at the door and small enough to fit inside a small rainproof drawer we keep outside.

Just a few quick impressions:

As mentioned, it's hard to aptly describe the thinness and "feel" - I think you just have to check it out. It's nothing short of amazing. You can read the numbers on the dimensions a million times but that doesn't really convey the true look and feel. Whether it's actually useful in the long run is obviously a question for the future, but there's no denying this is an engineering marvel.

The screen is gorgeous, I haven't had time to test it with a movie or anything, but the intro screen looked spectacular. Boot up time felt quite a bit slower than my iMac (I have the low end new one) but general performance thus far (just web browsing) seems very zippy.

The keyboard is every bit as good as described; typing on it right now feels great. I'd wager to say it feels more solid and for some reason even more spacious than the thin thing that came with the recent iMacs. I absolutely love the touch gesturing. I don't know exactly how it works on the standard MBs, but navigating a page with a touch pad never felt easier. Scrolling with 2 fingers is very cool, and I like the zoom in on text with the same iPhone zoom gesture. I don't know if the older models allow you to scroll up and down as well, but I know all the old touch pads I'd used in the past were nowhere near this useful.

Only complaint so far: it seems to be warming up rather quick and the fan is louder than I expected it would be. Of course the hard drive is extremely quiet so I guess that balances it out.

Sadly I need to get back to work but I plan to spend a good portion of tomorrow playing around and trying out some games and such.

Good luck to all in getting their units asap!!!
 
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