The "I just bought/ordered/got/shipped my new/refurb MBA" thread, [Merged]

[leowyatt]

Ordered: 15/12/2010
What: MBA Ultimate 13"
Where: Apple Store UK (apple.com/uk/thesore)
To: Liverpool GB
Estimated delivery: 20/12
Status: In Transit

16/12/2010 4:30 A.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) DEPARTURE SCAN
16/12/2010 12:35 A.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) EXPORT SCAN
15/12/2010 9:08 P.M. (KOELN (COLOGNE), DE ) PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
15/12/2010 2:00 P.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) DEPARTURE SCAN
15/12/2010 11:12 A.M. (CN) ORIGIN SCAN
14/12/2010 10:48 P.M. (CN) BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

EDIT: I've changed the dates because they didn't make sense :/

 

[psirix]

Ordered BTO 11 and 13 Ultimate.

Delivered at 4:52 PM ET to Michigan - WOOOOOOHOOOOO

Shipped Monday 12/13 delivered 12/15. WOW!

Mine would have been delivered at 1:19 PM ET to Michigan as well but I was at work...grr! Hopefully I'll be home tomorrow. Otherwise, very impressed. My CTO MBP took ~8 days to arrive previously.

 

[intervenient]

I bit the bullet on the 11.6 inch Air after my MacBook kicked the bucket a few weeks ago (during finals week, no less). I went with the basic $1000 Air, due to me not using too many programs, and not wanting to shell out more money for the 2GB extra RAM, although it remains to be seen if I will be missing it or not. It finally arrived today, and here's some first impressions:

The Good:
* A lovable tiny. Small enough to carry around from class to class without a hitch, and large enough to be able to have an internet window and a text document up at the same time.
* Build quality. People say Apple computers are expensive. They fail to realize that what you're making up for in specs, you're making up with a wonderfully designed product. I'll take all metal over plastics any day.
* Snappy app opening. Several times have I blankly opened a program and zoned off waiting for it to open, only to realize it was already opened. Awesome.
* Video. Runs without a hitch from Netflix and Hulu, something I was really worried about.
* Battery. I've seen a lot of people complaining about the battery, but I don't understand it. I'm at 90% right now, and the computer is estimating another 6 hours.
* Noise. I bought a $600 Gateway computer during finals week, that I absolutely LOVED. Big screen, 4GBs of RAM, 2.4 GHz i3 processor and a Blu Ray player. However, it made an extremely loud high pitched noise. I could not live with it. The Air is completely silent, except if you put your ear right up to it.

The Bad:
* For me, web browsing. I'm not sure yet if it's just my internet connection at my folks' house which has previously been a little slow in the past, but loading up pages is kind of a pain sometimes. Scrolling becomes jittery, and it takes a while for things to load up. Again, the most logical problems is our WiFi, but it's a little worrisome at this point.

Overall: 8/10 for me. It is a little expensive, and if the browser abilities remain the way they are, I will not be happy, but otherwise a fantastic product. I love the SSD, the lack of noise, and the overall feel of the machine.

 

[zen]

Ordered: 15/12/2010
What: MBA Ultimate 13"
Where: Apple Store UK (apple.com/uk/thesore)
To: Liverpool GB
Estimated delivery: 20/12
Status: In Transit

16/12/2010 4:30 A.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) DEPARTURE SCAN
16/12/2010 12:35 A.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) EXPORT SCAN
15/12/2010 9:08 P.M. (KOELN (COLOGNE), DE ) PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
15/12/2010 2:00 P.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) DEPARTURE SCAN
15/12/2010 11:12 A.M. (CN) ORIGIN SCAN
14/12/2010 10:48 P.M. (CN) BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

EDIT: I've changed the dates because they didn't make sense :/

Is your coming by UPS? My UPS tracking is a bit confusing - no delivery date is given, yet Apple claim delivery tomorrow (to Cheshire). My tracking was updated this morning to show a departure scan from Incheon, Kr.

 

[zen]

...and just arrived in Almaty, Kazahkstan. Getting closer, I think! Delivery tomorrow? UPS is still showing as delivery date unknown while Apple haven't changed from Friday.

 

[leowyatt]

Is your coming by UPS? My UPS tracking is a bit confusing - no delivery date is given, yet Apple claim delivery tomorrow (to Cheshire). My tracking was updated this morning to show a departure scan from Incheon, Kr.

Yeah mine is coming by UPS. I've got a delivery date on the apple page where which says Monday 20th December. Mine is currently in ALMATY but hasn't left yet.

Here is the latest on mine;

12/16/2010 2:20 P.M. (ALMATY, KZ) ARRIVAL SCAN
12/16/2010 12:14 P.M. (INCHEON, KR) DEPARTURE SCAN
12/16/2010 10:00 A.M. (INCHEON, KR) ARRIVAL SCAN
12/16/2010 7:23 A.M. (SHANGHAI, CN) DEPARTURE SCAN

 

[zen]

Yeah mine is coming by UPS. I've got a delivery date on the apple page where which says Monday 20th December. Mine is currently in ALMATY but hasn't left yet. Though according to the time zone +6 hours it should have left nearly 3 hours ago.

Why do you think it should have left three hours ago?

 

[leowyatt]

Why do you think it should have left three hours ago?

It shouldn't have. I misread arrived and thought it had arrived and was on the way out Not it was sat in Almaty

New update

12/16/2010 12:20 P.M. (KOELN (COLOGNE), DE) PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
12/16/2010 4:59 P.M. (ALMATY, KZ) DEPARTURE SCAN

 

[Deshke]

Ik ordered mine Mondag night and they received my payment an hour ago
(wire transfer , the slow way)

Now i guess they began assembeling the Macbook Air for me but the apple site says it is going to be delivered on December 27 of December 28


wel... thats kinda late :s

 

[zen]

It shouldn't have. I misread arrived and thought it had arrived and was on the way out Not it was sat in Almaty

New update

12/16/2010 12:20 P.M. (KOELN (COLOGNE), DE) PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
12/16/2010 4:59 P.M. (ALMATY, KZ) DEPARTURE SCAN

Same here - our Macbooks are on the same plane!

 

[leowyatt]

Same here - our Macbooks are on the same plane!

My status now says:

Status: Exception

Exception
Your shipment is currently within the UPS network; however, an unforeseen event has occurred wich could result in a change to the Scheduled Delivery Date.

 

[zen]

My status now says:

Status: Exception

Oops, maybe yours missed the flight. No change in my status.

 

[leowyatt]

Oops, maybe yours missed the flight. No change in my status.

more than likely it's on the wrong bloody flight

 

[BartZiller]

I bet it is the snow storm 'Petra" delaying things in Europe...
Even the amazon.de website is stating that delays of 1 to 2 days are normal due to the great weather conditions (hey it is winter...didn't you know)

 

[zen]

I bet it is the snow storm 'Petra" delaying things in Europe...
Even the amazon.de website is stating that delays of 1 to 2 days are normal due to the great weather conditions (hey it is winter...didn't you know)

Oh great!

My Air is now in Cologne and UPS have updated their shipping time to Monday (which is on schedule). Apple's tracker still says today, which is a bit weird. If I wasn't so experienced with couriers and was just tracking it via the Apple store as opposed to UPS themselves, I'd be expecting it to arrive today and would be pretty disappointed when it doesn't show up.

 

[leowyatt]

rather bizzarely my air has arrived in cologne then gone to warsaw and back into cologne again :/

 

[zen]

Mine has sat in Cologne all day - no updates at all, with a delivery time still listed as Monday. Snow is apparently causing trouble in Europe now (including Germany), so we'll wait and see I guess.

 

[X2theZ325]

I ordered my 11" MBA with 4gb Ram on December 11th. It was just delivered this morning (December 17th). Can't wait for christmas!

 

[minik]

Place my 11-inch with popular configurations this morning along with a HP Envy 100 printer and AppleCare, it's under prepared for shipment as of typing.

I guess they pre-built a lot of them.

 

[The Samurai]

Place my 11-inch with popular configurations this morning along with a HP Envy 100 printer and AppleCare, it's under prepared for shipment as of typing.

I guess they pre-built a lot of them.

Either that or Foxconn hired extra staff over the holiday season

 

[minik]

Either that or Foxconn hired extra staff over the holiday season

I bet. Interesting enough that the popular config includes a faster processor and more RAM.

Left FedEx origin facility: Shanghai, China
Delivered by 12/22

As a 32 GB iPad wifi user since April, I am excited.

 

[Cerano]

damn ive waited for over a week and a half ):

 

[MooM101]

I placed an order for a MBA 11 on the Apple Store on 12th December and it was dispatched to the UK on the 13th.

It still doesn't show any tracking reference number or details on the shipment status page. Is this normal? Is there any way to find out what part of the world it's currently in?

 

[leowyatt]

wel mine finally left cologne it arrived in Tamwortth yesterday and it now on it's way up to the north-west. I bet it got trapped in all the snow we had last night but I should get it Monday then have to give it back until Saturday

 

[minik]

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I placed an order for a MBA 11 on the Apple Store on 12th December and it was dispatched to the UK on the 13th.

It still doesn't show any tracking reference number or details on the shipment status page. Is this normal? Is there any way to find out what part of the world it's currently in?

You can't trace it at apple.com?

I even did a live chat while placing the order and the Apple rep told me I will receive my MBA before Christmas. It's strange that the online store didn't provide any shipping option other than the 2-3 days free shipping.

The Apple sales rep even asked for my web order # and checked it.