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New i7 2.93Ghz Owners Thread
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Not to be a jerk but is this an owners thread or soon to be owners where's my traking thread?
Not to be a jerk but is this an owners thread or soon to be owners where's my traking thread?
For the new i7 owners make sure that the black border on the bottom is connected onto the aluminum part. Mines wasn't and it shows this golden part and I'm gonna call Apple tomorrow.
Firstly congratulations to troutspinner. Well done, I've never smoked but working in healthcare i know how difficult it is. Keep it up.
Back to this, I only ordered the i7 cause of the small price difference, the i5 would have done nicely.
But now this waiting is killing me. Hopefully it'll be worth it.
Q about tracking : my EDD says 10Aug but the last line "transit to customer" has been on 5Aug since Tuesday when it was shipped. What does that 5Aug mean.
Yea its today and now I can't sleep.
Back to this, I only ordered the i7 cause of the small price difference, the i5 would have done nicely.
But now this waiting is killing me. Hopefully it'll be worth it.
Q about tracking : my EDD says 10Aug but the last line "transit to customer" has been on 5Aug since Tuesday when it was shipped. What does that 5Aug mean.
Yea its today and now I can't sleep.
Valid point.
Sounds like we'll all be owners by next week.
Then we can start discussing hardware.
Ordered my on July 31st, shipped out Aug 3 and Fedex show's it's out for delivery today!
Looking forward to playing with it after work. Bought it for my wife.
i7 with 4 GB of RAM , 1 TB. Additional 4 GB of RAM on it's way from Crucial.
What country are you? I ordered mine on the 29th and still no tracking info and delivery is scheduled for the 10th
What country are you? I ordered mine on the 29th and still no tracking info and delivery is scheduled for the 10th
It just got delivered!!!! I'm actually in Cupertino, CA. Just a couple miles away from Mr. Steve Jobs.
Transfering from an older Mac
I got my i7 today and began transferring my files from my old macbook pro via FireWire 800. Will it really take 4 hours to transfer 400 GB? It's seems a bit long for firewire
I got my i7 today and began transferring my files from my old macbook pro via FireWire 800. Will it really take 4 hours to transfer 400 GB? It's seems a bit long for firewire
I've just been through the same, it took about 3 to 3.5 hours to transfer about 400gb on FW800, I just played Forza and kept checking the countdown
Zero problems with it so far, the trackpad is fantastic it just works, I can't believe how normal it feels.
I'm looking forward to getting my monitor arm to fit it to but I'm going to need some longer cables for my time machine and other external drives, had to switch one of my drives from fire wire to USB as the new machine is only equipped with the one fire wire port, thats the only downside so far.
Well technically we do own our iMacs since we already paid for them, they just haven't arrived at our homes yet
Anyway I ordered my i7 the 31st, got the shipping confirmation last night which says "Delivers by the 9th." It's coming from Newark, CA, does that mean my iMac was made in CA? That's close to Union City which I saw others got theirs shipped from. Well hope it comes quickly since I'm down here in the southern part of the state (OC)
Mine arrived today. The only issue I have is a very minor bit of flashlighting on the bottom right which is barely noticeable when the screen is black. Other than that minor detail, the screen is solid, much like the rest of the computer.
My previous iMac was a 20" white iMac with a Core 2 Duo processor, so this was a major upgrade. Completely satisfied with the purchase.
My previous iMac was a 20" white iMac with a Core 2 Duo processor, so this was a major upgrade. Completely satisfied with the purchase.
I ordered mine on 8/1 and it finally switched over to "Prepared for Shipment" yesterday afternoon. I expected it to be shipped today. What the hell? Anyone else in the same boat as me?
Edit:
Finally switched over to shipped, 3 hours after Fedex scanned it. Maybe I will still get it by Saturday.
Edit:
Finally switched over to shipped, 3 hours after Fedex scanned it. Maybe I will still get it by Saturday.
Hot
One thing I notcied with my 2.93 i7 BTO is the fact that is very, very HOT!!! even when only going on youtube for an hour or two... but other than that it has been a great machine...
One thing I notcied with my 2.93 i7 BTO is the fact that is very, very HOT!!! even when only going on youtube for an hour or two... but other than that it has been a great machine...
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.
troutspinner
Congratulations on the new iMac.
An even bigger congratulations on stopping smoking. I smoked for a little over 13 years. I have now been stopped for over 3 years. I cant even begin to tell you how much healtier I am now. You will have occasional cravings for many months but one thing is they get easier by the day. It's all down hill from here on in.
No way! Mine ordered on the 29th still no news!
I guess youre in the UK?
Where did you get your UPS info from?
Request to owners:
Can you please run Speedmark 6 and Cinebench-Tests? Would be much appreciated! I can then add the results to the "How much bang for my buck?"-Analysis.
Can you please run Speedmark 6 and Cinebench-Tests? Would be much appreciated! I can then add the results to the "How much bang for my buck?"-Analysis.
Hey there, yes in the UK. I got my confirmation from apple with the order number, checked Apples website where i got the UPS tracking number. From there, onto the UPS website and it tracks as out today for delivery. Both the Apple and UPS websites have todays date as delivery (I was told on the phone 14th, apple website has "original" as 9th but "amended" as today!)
impressed, especially as I have just posted out my mac mini today which I sold to purchase this!
Damn you're so lucky! Mine is an i7 with 8gb, free iPod Touch and Apple Care. I don't get why mine (and many others) are taking so long!?