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No Movement on UK/European Orders yet.
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No one is saying that your's was not a CTO and was made in Texas.
We are just saying that some CTO seems to be "made" in China (not full assemble).
I thought I was crazy when I heard "China" I don't have anything against it), it just sound weird.
To be honest, during the long wait I often thought if production was in China would there be such a wait
I have a 12c financial calculator made in the USA in 1980. Still works the same as new although the case is falling to pieces! Wonder what it's worth on ebay.
I love Apple kit designed and made in the USA but not if that means a near two month wait for delivery. Put it together in China and cut the long wait!
I love Apple kit designed and made in the USA but not if that means a near two month wait for delivery. Put it together in China and cut the long wait!
That makes zero sense. And in the words of Judge Judy....if it doesn't make sense, then it isn't true.
My order placed on December 28th has apparently just shipped. And whilst apple have provided me with a delivery reference, they have failed to give me a tracking number. Typical really. Also no information about the delivery company.
Does anyone know who delivers the Mac Pro in the UK?
Thanks
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Does anyone know who delivers the Mac Pro in the UK?
Thanks
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What was your order?
Still Processing on my 19th Dec order of a Hex, 512, D700 grrrrrrrr
You could phone em, just say "Get me a person" when the automated voice kicks in.
Received mine yesterday, its UPS. A Whole bunch (including mine) were delivered to the UK yesterday. They are currently say in Birmingham. However i received shipping notification 10 days ago so yours may not be in that batch.
Keep an eye on your order as it will likely update over the course of today
Mine is a 12Core, 64GB, 1TB, D700
The lack of tracking number is the most annoying part. This changed status overnight - so i presume it will be overnight when the tracking info comes over.
Mine shipped last night, but won't be arriving at my doorstep until March 10th(!), new status more waiting..
Mine was shipped 18 february, it says tracking available in 24h but I've got no info until the 24 february. Talk to the Apple Store about the problem and then they mail me the tracking number. Estimated delivery for today!
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Cuss like a sailor
Many robo-call machines are programmed to escape to an operator when they hear expletives. Give it a good string of NSFW swear words and you'll probably get a human pretty quickly.
Many robo-call machines are programmed to escape to an operator when they hear expletives. Give it a good string of NSFW swear words and you'll probably get a human pretty quickly.
Ha, knowing my luck it would be a real person that sounds like a computer generated voice!
Heck, i'm US, and an early January order, and it still says "shipping Feb". Meanwhile, half of the corner computer shops have base models in stock. It's quite annoying now.
If I could find a good cMP someplace for the right price, I would go for that.
If I could find a good cMP someplace for the right price, I would go for that.
Wonder why it's so random, there doesn't seem to be an ordered queue.
Edit: Unless its because they have more 1TB SSD than the 512's
Edit: Unless its because they have more 1TB SSD than the 512's
Base Mac Pros in stock at 3rd tier computer shops?
If true those Mac Pros come from the same factory as yours will. That probably largely just means they got their orders in before yours. If it is some non normal authorized Apple retail business then more than likely this is simply a speculation play and their orders were in as soon as they could order. They are simply out to ride the launch bubble shortage. Authorized Apple retailers more than likely got their initial orders in before Apple even opened the website to individual customers. Those that completely sold out of their initial order in a day or less probably got in 2nd , 3rd, orders before January.
Annoyed at them waiting as long or perhaps longer than you did?
There are still limited pockets of some limited configs left. B&H has a base entry model:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Mac-Pros/ci/12517/N/4110474297
[ B&H has gone from tagging things like Apple of "feburary" and "march" to 4-6 weeks. So their expectations appear to be that there is just a line to stand in for now. Simply more folks ordering still than those being made. ]
1. Because it is extremely likely there isn't a single queue. If it is not a single queue it isn't going to look like a single queue.
$100-10M/year customers/partners are not likely sitting in the same queue as folks who order a $4-6K machine every 3-4 years.
To a smaller extent which base configuration mutating can play a factor ( it is a diferent queue with a different base allocation of resources ).
2. The configurations being ordered are random. Again more than likely Apple ordered parts on a non random distribution. (extremely doubtful they were in throwing darts at a board to pick how many D300 , D500 , and D700 to order).
At the other end there is a broad spectrum of folks with have waiting longer than normal, some with new projects that unexpectedly outstripped their Mac Pro, speculators looking to game the launch shortage , an EU market that was capped 10-11 months prior for any new-from-factor configuration , etc. etc. etc. The likelihood of what the initial wave or two ordered show some consistent broad range biases is pretty small.
When the speculators and abnormal upgrades drop out they'll have more of a coherent base from which to base a stream of just-in-time orders that actually matches are more coherent demographic set.
deconstruct60, I understood about 15% of that, your writing style looks like it goes through this http://www.csgenerator.com
haha, don't mean to be rude pal and joking aside, I can see that enterprise customers get priority orders but I'm basing my info on this forum where other one-off users are getting their custom machines randomly regardless of order date.
Just for giggles, here is my csgenerator version...
haha, don't mean to be impudent pal and japing aside, I can optically discern that enterprise customers get priority orders but I'm predicating my info on this forum where other one-off users are getting their custom machines arbitrarily regardless of order date.
The source of the enterprise customer and these custom orders are not decoupled. It is the same source. Those enterprise orders impact the other streams. Saying "I'm ignoring the demand issues of this part of the market" for the supply issues of a subsegment of the same supply source is like searching for something on the street by only staying close to a single light pole.
Although in spots you can weed it out (e.g. 12 GB RAM setting) the base config they are coming from is generally not listed on these spreadsheets.
Some spots can see folks are coming from Edu or employer discount streams.
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Highly suggestive of corner stores engaging in speculative Mac Pro supply market due to the "opportunity" to earn some extra revenues. Take some profits/credit from the main business and temporarily use them on a Mac Pro don't really want. Just purely a mark-up and sell play. I suspect these are at prices higher than Apple retail right? ( one-off used can be "bought but now don't want" systems, but multiple brand-new in the box are different play. )
Just wanted to drop a comment here to say that my order just went from processing straight to Dispatched. Ordered on 2nd Jan, delivers 3rd March!
6 core / 64gb / 1TB / D700
The first 6 weeks seem to fly by, whereas the past 2 it's gotten a lot more tedious to wait. Nearly over though, thank god.
6 core / 64gb / 1TB / D700
The first 6 weeks seem to fly by, whereas the past 2 it's gotten a lot more tedious to wait. Nearly over though, thank god.