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nMP Available to ship: 5-6 weeks

My system arrived today. The UPS guy kinda slammed it on its side on the wall near in front of my house. I could hear a loud thud.

The foam inside the box was also broken from it. Thank goodness the machine doesn't have a mark on it, and work really well so far. The only sound in my room with it is the light hum of the external HDD's inside the cabinet in my desk.
 
I called again today. No information. Nothing. Ordered Feb 15th, still 'Processing"

I hate the wait game, especially when people are receiving their who ordered WEEKS after I did.
 
N19h7m4r3 said:
My system arrived today. The UPS guy kinda slammed it on its side on the wall near in front of my house. I could hear a loud thud.

The foam inside the box was also broken from it. Thank goodness the machine doesn't have a mark on it, and work really well so far. The only sound in my room with it is the light hum of the external HDD's inside the cabinet in my desk.
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They kind of have to anticipate rough shipping, and I suspect that careful packing helps when it comes to negotiating contract shipping rates. I used to regularly ship things to a publisher where overnight coast to coast shipping was often marked as less than $5 on their account number. I'm not sure why it was displayed at all. Anyway that was Fedex, not UPS. Fedex usually charges more though.
 
Given the delay in shipping the nMP, imagine having Fedex break yours during delivery...that would be the worst.
 
McTaste said:
Given the delay in shipping the nMP, imagine having Fedex break yours during delivery...that would be the worst.
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That is unlikely. The packing foam serves a purpose. If the box hits a hard surface, it experiences a very fast change in velocity. The internal contents experience a slower change due to the foam being in place. It is there to absorb shock. If boxes were never dropped during shipping, they could cut down on packaging in both materials used and total volume.
 
Jim-H said:
How many out there waiting for a particular shipping timeframe before ordering?
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Sounds like anyone waiting is not certain they want to purchase and are using the delay as an excuse. If you ordered when Apple began accepting orders you'd probably have it by now. Just saying....
 
IGregory said:
Sounds like anyone waiting is not certain they want to purchase and are using the delay as an excuse. If you ordered when Apple began accepting orders you'd probably have it by now. Just saying....
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Not so. My current oMP is still allowing me to do my job but it's getting a bit long in the tooth. This is the longest I've ever gone without buying a new computer (the reason I went MacPro from iMac). However I'm not an early adopter so am happy to let the delivery times come down to 2-3 weeks at which time I'll order mine. By this time, new Thunderbolt equipment will be available, new choices for monitors etc

No excuses for not buying now - I'm just in a position where I can make the transition to a new computer when my criteria are matched rather than having to join a long queue.
 
thekev said:
They kind of have to anticipate rough shipping, and I suspect that careful packing helps when it comes to negotiating contract shipping rates. I used to regularly ship things to a publisher where overnight coast to coast shipping was often marked as less than $5 on their account number. I'm not sure why it was displayed at all. Anyway that was Fedex, not UPS. Fedex usually charges more though.
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McTaste said:
Given the delay in shipping the nMP, imagine having Fedex break yours during delivery...that would be the worst.
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The foam certainly did do its job. The main issue I had was the computer box didn't have any padding, or even rough paper similar to what amazon uses inside the brown shipping box.

There was nearly a 2inch gap all round, and the Mac Pro box could be heard bobbing, and sliding around inside. They should just have crammed some scrap paper in there.
 
IGregory said:
Sounds like anyone waiting is not certain they want to purchase and are using the delay as an excuse. If you ordered when Apple began accepting orders you'd probably have it by now. Just saying....
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I have capable computers to get my work done, so not in any rush to get it. But you are right, if I was more certain I would have already ordered it. Since my main workstation is a PC, the move is a little more complicated than just a basic upgrade.

Also the wait allows any issues from a new product to work themselves out, more TB devices and 4K monitors to become available, and developers to make some advances in their OpenCL implementation.
 
Today my status changed to : shipping. (To Switzerland)
Ordered the 25th of february. Maxed out (but 12GB RAM). Apple Business order.
 
Please tell me if your nMP will work as good as expected

MSF said:
Today my status changed to : shipping. (To Switzerland)
Ordered the 25th of february. Maxed out (but 12GB RAM). Apple Business order.
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I have received also a Shipping information and I am like you in Switzerland (Basel).
My configuration is not the same: 6 core, 1 TB, D500 and, as you did, 12 GB.
Would be grateful to you when you receive it, for a quick info if no bugs are shown like for instance unexpected noise.
Where will you buy the additional RAM?
 
I was wondering for everyone who had a custom config mac pro is theirs shipping from china? i thought all were from US
 
Mine is finally preparing for shipment! Ordered 12th of March, so just below 4 weeks!

6-core/16GB/256/D700s.

Europe order, Sweden. Hope to get it before the weekend!!
 
My shipment is from Australia>China>Hong Kong
 

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Couldn't wait and ordered 6 mac pros back at the end of Feb.

3.7GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5
12GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC - 3X4GB
512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage


We went from "on allocation" to April ship date. Still waiting :)
 
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