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new 8 core orders - delivery dates
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I placed the order on 3/3, the ETA is between 3/12 and 3/16.
Mine is octo w 2.26 ghz.
I originally orderered with 12 Gb of memory, but the ETA was 3/27!
I changed the order on 3/4 to stock 6 Gb, and that removed the delay.
I ordered 16 Gb ram from macsales.com for $289 plus shipping, saved over $100 from Apple's pricing. Let's see what macsales.com will offer as a rebate on the old memory.
Mine is octo w 2.26 ghz.
I originally orderered with 12 Gb of memory, but the ETA was 3/27!
I changed the order on 3/4 to stock 6 Gb, and that removed the delay.
I ordered 16 Gb ram from macsales.com for $289 plus shipping, saved over $100 from Apple's pricing. Let's see what macsales.com will offer as a rebate on the old memory.
I remember you were panicking about the 8 core mac pro andi think you ordered just a month or two ago the previous gen mac pro.
What did you end up doing?? Did you sell the mac pro? And I assume you ordered the 2.66ghz nehalem?
^ This.
By the way, sorry for being off topic. but how do I go about selling my nearly new ram back to OMW? Do you ship it first? or do you order new ram and then send them a return ship with the old ram?
OWC... go to otherworldcomputing.com and on the buy RAM page, there's a link to their RAM buyback program... you get $5 each for apple 1gb sticks and $20 each for apple 2gb sticks.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Customized_Pages/Framework.cfm?page=rebatecenter.html#macpro
if it doesn't go right to the memory rebate part,
+ F "Memory From Mac Pro"and as for going 2.93, it's 10% faster but i think you made a good choice by not spending an extra thousand dollars right now.
i know you've said in the past that productivity is your primary concern and that convenience is worth a premium to you, but even though there's a slightly more powerful machine out there, my opinion is that the 2.66 is not substantially less capable than the 2.93. the machine you've ordered will be more than solid enough to hold you over to the next performance bump.
i'm kind of ticked... i ordered immediately after they became available Tuesday morning and didn't realize that the RAM would hold it up that much. i feel like i should call the dev store monday morning and get it changed to 6gb. i had been hoping to sit on 8gb (4x2gb) until i could find 4 reasonably priced 4gb sticks for a total of 24gb.
getting the new machine that soon, even with the RAM hassle, would make for an excellent spring break indeed-- i've been waiting for the new machine to master a couple dvd's, catch up on some graphic design work that i've been putting off, and finish mixing a film for a friend. no better way to break it in.
getting the new machine that soon, even with the RAM hassle, would make for an excellent spring break indeed-- i've been waiting for the new machine to master a couple dvd's, catch up on some graphic design work that i've been putting off, and finish mixing a film for a friend. no better way to break it in.
ordered 3rd, delivery 11-18th
took the free standard deliveryno expedited shipping as I didn't feel like dropping another 66$ + tax
2.26 base config + wifi
took the free standard deliveryno expedited shipping as I didn't feel like dropping another 66$ + tax
2.26 base config + wifi
Funny i did the same thing - saw that it pushed the date out so far and backed off - adding ram should not take that long to do. im gonna order ram from either OWC - http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Mac-Pro-Memory - or - transintl - http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=2765&RequestTimeOut=500 - far as
macsales rebate is $5 for 1gb and $20 for 2gb
I think the ram upgrade slowed you down. I upgraded everything cept the ram even extra optical drive [dont ask me why] and got 4-6 day pre for ship
i ordered my octo 2.26 with 4870 on mar 4 and delivery estimate is mar 17-20 (7-10 business days)
without the 4870, delivery estimate is 6-8 business days
that's all here in singapore
without the 4870, delivery estimate is 6-8 business days
that's all here in singapore
I will hopefully be ordering mine next week... i envy those who are getting them before me....
2.93 ghz x 2
6 gb ram (gonna order 16 gb from macsales)
640 gb + (1 or 2 x 1 TB HDD ordered 3rd party) wanna get a 256 gb ssd boot drive
if anyone knows where i can get a 256 gb SSD (really fast) for a boot drive for less then 700ish id appreciate it
but prob wont be able to afford it now.
ATI graphics card
24 in led cinema display (wanted a 30 ... but not out yet)
and 2 superdrives
if all goes well ill be ordering some time next week
lol hope it wont take too long to get parts and the comp itself ... guess ill be hearing tons about it from this forum community before i receive it.
2.93 ghz x 2
6 gb ram (gonna order 16 gb from macsales)
640 gb + (1 or 2 x 1 TB HDD ordered 3rd party) wanna get a 256 gb ssd boot drive
if anyone knows where i can get a 256 gb SSD (really fast) for a boot drive for less then 700ish id appreciate it
but prob wont be able to afford it now.
ATI graphics card
24 in led cinema display (wanted a 30 ... but not out yet)
and 2 superdrives
if all goes well ill be ordering some time next week
lol hope it wont take too long to get parts and the comp itself ... guess ill be hearing tons about it from this forum community before i receive it.