Mac Pro Ship Dates.

[Mr. Mister]

Because most people don't want to install bits and pieces themselves, even on a pro machine.

And you may think it's so damn stupid, and I primarily listed it as an example, but anyway... my Mac Pro is coming with the first drive upgraded to a 500GB. Why? Because I operate three computers at any one time. One is a desktop, which will shortly be the Mac Pro, and the other two are laptops - a PB/MBP and a Windows laptop.

So, as you see, outside of the Mac Pro, I will have no use for a SATA drive. So, rather than buy a 160, swap it out and stick in a new 500, I'll have a 500 delivered, buy three more 500s, and not be left over with a useless 160.

Firstoff, installing a hard drive on the Mac Pro is probably easier than adding RAM and almost as easy as opening the computer. The things screw onto the little trays and slide in. There is no futzing with cables or ANYTHING, it's so extremely easy.

You do realize that you can have different-sized hard drives installed in your computer, right? So in the scenario I was talking about, you'd end up with the 250GB that you could use as your system drive, and then the 160GB that you could, for example, put extra files on, put stored video on, put your iTunes music library on, etc and thus save more space on your 250GB. So essentially, for $15 more, you're getting 410MB of total system storage versus 250.

 

[Mr. Mister]

My Mac Pro is listed is "CANNOT be cancelled" ... my credit card is showing the amount as being billed ... oh dare I hope?

You are going to tell us everything about this right now. What's your config, when did you order, etc?

 

[macgeek2005]

I'm on the phone with apple right now. They are changing my hard drive size to 160GB.

 

[macgeek2005]

They have to be on the same order. There is no turning back, young padawan.

BTW, did you happen to get that hard drive wisdom from me?

Yeah I might have... hehe.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Yeah, remarkably I thought up that wisdom after placing my order and didn't want my date to slip.

So tell me whether you're successful or not and I'll definitely consider doing so for myself.

 

[macgeek2005]

Yeah, remarkably I thought up that wisdom after placing my order and didn't want my date to slip.

So tell me whether you're successful or not and I'll definitely consider doing so for myself.

DON'T DO IT!!! STOP RIGHT THERE! SPARE YOURSELF!!

Okay, so they CANCELLED my Mac Pro, and ADDED a new one into the order with the 160GB hard drive.

Ship date is one week later!!!!! And how much did they take off the price? $13.00. WHAT?????

Edit: They accidentaly gave me a wireless keyboard and mighty mouse. The nice guy on the phone when I called back, cancelled my order AGAIN, and fixed that, and he asked me if I'd like a $50 credit on my next purchase, and I said that I'd like to talk to a managment representative, and recieve more than $50, considering that my ship date was pushed back by a week, and I had to cancel and reorder twice, and deal with a stupid girl who didn't know anything, and misinformed me.

Edit 2: But now my Mac Pro can't be Cancelled!!!?!?!?!?!?! Is this good?? Could it be shipping soon after all?

Edit 3: I talked to the managment representative, and he upgraded me to Standard Overnite shipping. While this is nice, it poses a problem for me, because I was going to order my moniter shortly before the Mac Pro ships, but I can't know enough in advance, when it's gonna ship. I can't afford overnite shipping for the moniter, so I just have to guess what date is a week before the Mac Pro is gonna ship.

I'm really pissed about this. This stupid girl missinformed me. I would not have canceled and reorderd. If there is any apple worker or manager reading this right now, please make it your duty to cleanse the apple offices of morons.

God, I hate cheesy american girls.......... they have no brains. Even at apple!

Edit 4: GAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! CURSE YOU! CURSE YOU! AND ALL THE MISERABLE IDIOTS OUT THERE!!!!!

Edit 5: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! I called again, to see if I can add the moniter to the order and have them ship at the same time, and I got another bimbo!!!!!! What is with my luck today? Or maybe all the people working there are dumb blonds!!!

 

[Mr. Mister]

I had a suspicion that's how they'd handle it. Call and complain.

 

[macgeek2005]

I had a suspicion that's how they'd handle it. Call and complain.

They gave me overnite shipping. I think they expect that to satisfy me..

I'm on the phone with them right now, adding the ACD to the order. The dumb bitch on the phone now says that she can make it so that they ship at the same time, but I have a feeling she's gonna Cancel the Mac Pro, and redo an entire order....... I'd cry if she did.....

edit: Whew. She says that she can't have them ship at the same time, because they're coming from different places. I was actually relieved, because that eliminated any chance of her ****ing up my order.... They seriously need to reconsider who they hire there.

 

[kered22]

Boy this is really turning out to be interesting.

At least you got the overnight shipping Macgeek.

 

[macgeek2005]

Boy this is really turning out to be interesting.

At least you got the overnight shipping Macgeek.

phht. I'm gonna have to order the moniter within a few days, to ensure that I get it before the computer. For all I know, the computer might be shipping soon. If the X1900XT's are really becoming available this week, the estimated ship date might become totaly irrelevant.

However, My Mac Pro still says "Estimated Delivery date: October 3rd", even though I have overnight shipping.

It should say "September 27th" since my Estimated ship is "September 26th".

The next time I call apple, if I get a dumb bitch, who's like "Hellooo there siirrrr, Mayy I pleeassee haveee yoouuuurrr orrdeerr numbbeerr??", i'm gonna say "Can I please be transfered to a MALE representative?", and if she asks "Why?", i'll say "Because all the women who work here are dumb bitches", and i'll see what she has to say to that. If she's more or less open minded, she'll say "Yeah I know. I'll transfer you, one second please".

 

[Mr. Mister]

"Waiting in line for your X1900 XT-equipped Mac Pro" is not a concept Apple officially acknowledges nor are their representatives going to have it in mind when they change your orders. So although you're understandably pissed, you shouldn't be angry at the reps since they are most likely not computer enthusiasts themselves and don't understand (if this is even the way it works, which we don't even know) that by changing your order they're placing you further back in the shipping queue. The "estimated ship" is probably something to disregard anyways; I have a feeling that once the ATI cards become available they'll be shipping all of the orders out in a few days regardless of when you ordered.

 

[Renovatio]

You are going to tell us everything about this right now. What's your config, when did you order, etc?

Ordered 23 Aug, with ATI and Bluetooth/Airport expected ship date of 21 Sep. Somewhere above I posted a screen capture of my "Cannot Be Cancelled" page. Fingers crossed!

 

[macgeek2005]

"Waiting in line for your X1900 XT-equipped Mac Pro" is not a concept Apple officially acknowledges nor are their representatives going to have it in mind when they change your orders. So although you're understandably pissed, you shouldn't be angry at the reps since they are most likely not computer enthusiasts themselves and don't understand (if this is even the way it works, which we don't even know) that by changing your order they're placing you further back in the shipping queue. The "estimated ship" is probably something to disregard anyways; I have a feeling that once the ATI cards become available they'll be shipping all of the orders out in a few days regardless of when you ordered.

Oh, I know that they are shipping them all within a few days. I fully expect my Mac Pro to ship by the end of this week, and to arrive sooner than it would have, had this mess not happened.

I think it's good that it happened, because it gave me overnight shipping. The estimated ship date is simply 4 weeks from the date of purchase. Absolutely meaningless. The AirPort card said 2 to 3 weeks one minute, and 3 to 5 days the next. The minute the X1900XT card changes from 3 to 4 weeks, to 3 to 5 days, all the computers will ship within a week.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Ordered 23 Aug, with ATI and Bluetooth/Airport expected ship date of 21 Sep. Somewhere above I posted a screen capture of my "Cannot Be Cancelled" page. Fingers crossed!

Did you use default shipping or something special? I think I remember hearing that they typically ship the next-day people out first.

 

[Trippy Jr]

Firstoff, installing a hard drive on the Mac Pro is probably easier than adding RAM and almost as easy as opening the computer. The things screw onto the little trays and slide in. There is no futzing with cables or ANYTHING, it's so extremely easy.

You do realize that you can have different-sized hard drives installed in your computer, right? So in the scenario I was talking about, you'd end up with the 250GB that you could use as your system drive, and then the 160GB that you could, for example, put extra files on, put stored video on, put your iTunes music library on, etc and thus save more space on your 250GB. So essentially, for $15 more, you're getting 410MB of total system storage versus 250.

I'm aware how easy it is, I've already done it on my brother's Mac Pro. Since he has the luxury of cabling his house... my point, however, is that there are a lot of people that are not confident enough to do it, or happy doing anything with their £2000+ machine. It's really the same thing when people say "why buy a PC when you can build one for half the price?" A lot of people just do not want to.

And yes, I'm well are I can mix HDD sizes. But I will be ramping up to 2TB of storage very quickly (I have 1600GB of stored files already), so it will just be a case of me ordering 3 more 500s.

As I said before, I have no use for a 160GB outside of the Mac Pro, which has very little re-sale value. It's much simpler for me to buy a 500 straight off the bat, for not very much money anyway, and then pay for three more.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Ah, what I'm doing is selling my 250GB to a friend for $50 and then buying two of the newer-model 250GB Seagates on Newegg.

 

[Renovatio]

Did you use default shipping or something special? I think I remember hearing that they typically ship the next-day people out first.

Just default shipping. However, ordered using my student discount from the Education store--U.S.

 

[macgeek2005]

Before I even turn on my Mac Pro, i'm moving the 160GB to slot 3, and putting in 2 320GB's in slot's 1 and 2. Then i'm booting up on the software CD, wiping the 160GB drive, and installing the OS on the first 320GB.

 

[Mr. Mister]

I did everything you [Renovatio] did with less reconfiguration and an earlier order date, so they must be doing them randomly. Whatever, I think I'll be getting mine soon!

CAN'T WAIT!

 

[kered22]

Just default shipping. However, ordered using my student discount from the Education store--U.S.

They sometimes upgrade to free overnight, I think some of the first batch of dual 3Ghz MacPros got it.

 

[iGary]

Before I even turn on my Mac Pro, i'm moving the 160GB to slot 3, and putting in 2 320GB's in slot's 1 and 2. Then i'm booting up on the software CD, wiping the 160GB drive, and installing the OS on the first 320GB.

You are probably going to have to turn it on to boot from the CD.

 

[macgeek2005]

You are probably going to have to turn it on to boot from the CD.

Hahaha, sorry about that. I meant I'd turn it on, and then put the CD in... hehe.

 

[Mr. Mister]

Hold on a minute, Renovatio, did you chose to ship all of your purchases together? I'm thinking that maybe the reason you can't cancel the items individually is because you've specified this and not that your Mac Pro is close to shipping? Then again, all those other items are in "ships same day" supply, so maybe not?

Anybody got an opinion or experience with this?

 

[Renovatio]

Hold on a minute, Renovatio, did you chose to ship all of your purchases together? I'm thinking that maybe the reason you can't cancel the items individually is because you've specified this and not that your Mac Pro is close to shipping? Then again, all those other items are in "ships same day" supply, so maybe not?

Anybody got an opinion or experience with this?

No, they are ship seperately as they become available. Got my iPod this morning and my 30" screens are due to arrive any minute. So, I don't think this is why.

I wish someone else had something similar to what I have showing up ... then I would be more assured it wasn't just some random fluke or something

 

[Mr. Mister]

No, they are ship seperately as they become available. Got my iPod this morning and my 30" screens are due to arrive any minute. So, I don't think this is why.

I wish someone else had something similar to what I have showing up ... then I would be more assured it wasn't just some random fluke or something

I'd call Apple and ask what's going on for the sanity of us all.