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New i7 2.93Ghz Owners Thread
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Tracking delays
So it's been 5 days since I've gotten a fedex tracking update that said my iMac left California. It's supposed to arrive to me on the east coast tomorrow. Starting to worry...
So it's been 5 days since I've gotten a fedex tracking update that said my iMac left California. It's supposed to arrive to me on the east coast tomorrow. Starting to worry...
Same position for me. Ordered day 1. Shipped CA on the 29th. Last tracking update was June 30 leaving Sacramento, CA at 10:02 AM. From then until Aug 1 it said the next scheduled update was Aug 1. That came and went and the message disappeared. Scheduled for delivery tomorrow in Manhattan. We shall see if it makes it. Hopefully it was just missed on the scan on the truck at whatever stop it made on Aug 1.
Yeah I don't think fedEx always scans packages into it's system. As long as there isn't any inclinent weather delays we should have our new iMacs tomorrow.
Ordered on Sunday. Still stating "not shipped yet." Getting bummed because I was off this week and hoping to have it to play with over the weekend.
I did order it with AppleCare, so I'm wondering if that's the reason the tracking system isn't connecting the two. A few pages back (I think on this thread) someone mentioned that Apple's system doesn't track well if a machine was ordered with AppleCare until they're merged in the system.
Still says expected delivery between Aug 5 and Aug 10, though. Do they have Saturday delivery?
/feel like a little kid waiting for his new toy!
I did order it with AppleCare, so I'm wondering if that's the reason the tracking system isn't connecting the two. A few pages back (I think on this thread) someone mentioned that Apple's system doesn't track well if a machine was ordered with AppleCare until they're merged in the system.
Still says expected delivery between Aug 5 and Aug 10, though. Do they have Saturday delivery?
/feel like a little kid waiting for his new toy!
Apple doesn't monitor the tracking information after they ship out their products. Once the box leaves apple, its in either UPS' or FedEx's tracking system. As for the AppleCare, if you order a Mac with AppleCare it is automatically enrolled and there is no sign up required. There isn't a separate package for applecare
I just called and asked since I was in the same dilemma. When getting a package over FedEx Ground, they don't always "check in" at every location. You should start seeing tracking updates at around 3PM or 7PM on the day before the package's arrival.
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I know it's tracked thru FedEx/UPS... but my order is still listed as "not yet shipped." Apple's quote was 2-4 days before ship; today is day #4. I was just hoping it would be more on the 2 days side than the 4 days
I ordered my 27" i7 w/8GB on 8/1. Would have loved to go with a SSD, if it was just a little bit cheaper..... Mine was to be shipped in 1-3 days and this is day 3. So, I hope it ships today, the wait is killing me........
I have a MacBook Pro for work, but this is the first Mac that I am purchasing myself.
I have a MacBook Pro for work, but this is the first Mac that I am purchasing myself.
My 27", 2.93 i7, 8GB (2x4), 2TB +256SSD, MagicTrackPad + MagicMouse + Battery Charger arrived a few minutes ago. Assembled in the US, not China. All packaged very nice with keyboard, trackpad, mouse, CDs and battery charger all in the same accessory box. Unfortunately, they only packaged two of the six rechargeable batteries. There was space in the accessory box provided for them, but they forgot to put them in. A quick call to Apple resulted in another Battery Charger being sent out and I get to keep the "old" one. Yeah! Still scared to turn it on, but when I do, hopefully it will last as long as the 15" 800 MHz, 768 MB, 60GB-HD, flat-panel iMac it's replacing. Take care!
Wow! Now that'll be a big change. Can't imagine how you'll feel even just turning the thing on!
Ok... So I just found this forum and after seeing that geekbench score of 9882 I CAN'T WAIT to pick up my iMac 27" i7 with 8gb of ram this afternoon!
I am a full time photographer and for the past three years I have been working on a 17" Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16 ghz, 2gb ram with a Geekbench score of 1,420!! I think I am going to see a drastic improvement in speed and get far more time back after sifting through, editing and exporting thousands of wedding images.
Can anyone confirm a vast improvement in RAW rendering speeds in Lightroom?? Would love to know.
Can't wait to get home with it and fire it up for the first time!
The i7 is a monster.. I'm sure you will be amazed by the RAW rendering speeds..
Mine is arriving tomorrow!Yes, quite a feeling, pulling that Ethernet cable out of the old 15" flat-panel, slipping it into the new iMac and pushing the power button. Besides initially trying to figure where the HD icons were, it seems to be flawless. No yellow tinge, bleed, noisy hard drive or dog whistle. In fact, my dog was sitting next to me when I tested for that and didn't even twitch an ear! Take care!
Just received shipping notice on mine (i7 w/ 8GB RAM, 2TB HD, 256GB SSD, batteries/recharger, trackpad). Scheduled to arrive on Friday! Can't wait.
Copying all my stuff on to the Drobo now in preparation for the swap. Going to do a clean install of everything and probably re-install the OS when the machine arrives to remove all the extra languages, useless printer drivers, asian language fonts, Rosetta and other stuff I'll never use, especially since space will be at a slight premium given the "small" 256GB size of the boot drive.
Copying all my stuff on to the Drobo now in preparation for the swap. Going to do a clean install of everything and probably re-install the OS when the machine arrives to remove all the extra languages, useless printer drivers, asian language fonts, Rosetta and other stuff I'll never use, especially since space will be at a slight premium given the "small" 256GB size of the boot drive.
Isn't that what you're supposed to get? According to the iMac customization page, under "Apple Battery Charger" when you click "Learn More":
I feel dirty....but it feels so good!
I just pulled the trigger or I guess I should say hit the "Place Order" button on a new i7. Nothing fancy, just the 2.93 with 4gb ram and 1 tb hd. Of course I did the upgrade shipping because I am impatient.
I really have no reason to have it except for personal want as I already use a Dell i7 2.66 with a 24" screen and a MacBook. I figure I can consolidate to just 1 machine and sell the others to recoup the cost.
The real justification that made me pull the trigger tonight though is that I have just completed day 14 of quitting smoking. I call this my reward to myself. The money I will save over the next year will pay for the machine alone.
I was a smoker for 25 years. The most I have ever quit before was for 2 days and I cheated at that. Now, I have found a renewed life, after being smoke free for 6 days I realized I could never smoke again due to the benefits I have experienced. I can now breathe! I can sleep! I am back on skates and playing hockey! Now at 14 days without a puff, I get an urge a couple of times a day but it is no longer unbearable. I simply tell myself that it will pass, and it does.
So, I guess my post was to say that I am just excited to announce that I no longer smoke. The iMac is just a selfish reward but if I ever get the urge that just cannot be passed, I'll just jump on my new toy to forget about it.
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I just pulled the trigger or I guess I should say hit the "Place Order" button on a new i7. Nothing fancy, just the 2.93 with 4gb ram and 1 tb hd. Of course I did the upgrade shipping because I am impatient.
I really have no reason to have it except for personal want as I already use a Dell i7 2.66 with a 24" screen and a MacBook. I figure I can consolidate to just 1 machine and sell the others to recoup the cost.
The real justification that made me pull the trigger tonight though is that I have just completed day 14 of quitting smoking. I call this my reward to myself. The money I will save over the next year will pay for the machine alone.
I was a smoker for 25 years. The most I have ever quit before was for 2 days and I cheated at that. Now, I have found a renewed life, after being smoke free for 6 days I realized I could never smoke again due to the benefits I have experienced. I can now breathe! I can sleep! I am back on skates and playing hockey! Now at 14 days without a puff, I get an urge a couple of times a day but it is no longer unbearable. I simply tell myself that it will pass, and it does.
So, I guess my post was to say that I am just excited to announce that I no longer smoke. The iMac is just a selfish reward but if I ever get the urge that just cannot be passed, I'll just jump on my new toy to forget about it.
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