MP All Models The "I just ordered/bought/got my new/refurb Mac Pro" thread [Merged]

[ABCDEF-Hex]

I agree:

I'm not grumpy or about to cancel my order or anything - but with Apple's usual style of under promising and over delivering, it's a little surprising to see this occur - especially for some of their more ardent and influential customers.

I just wish they hadn't put out that video of the nMP being assembled.

The video left me with the impression that they would be cranking them out.

Trying to remain upbeat and really think it's:
1 - Shortage of parts -- or
2 - They are going to refresh the displays and don't want unhappy customers
saying that their monitor is not supported.

(They certainly over-delivered when I purchased the new iPhone).

 

[2128506]

Ordered mine yesterday:

* 3.5GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon E5
* 32GB 1866MHz DDR3 ECC - 4X8GB
* 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage
* Dual AMD FirePro D700-6GB VRAM
Price in Russian Apple Store - just $7400 incl. VAT.

"Processing", estimated delivery in February.

 

[Spinland]

Well, for what it's worth I got hands on mine yesterday.

Had another go-round with UPS (I had changed my order to customer pickup trying to minimize their opportunities to screw up even more than they already had) as the front desk person couldn't find the box and said it was probably on the truck anyway (and their web site had it both being held and on the truck at the same time--good trick, that). I persisted and got a manager to come out, and he found the box in less than a minute. Go Brown.

I blogged the unboxing but I won't bore you with a link, it's minimal, still images, and there are by now dozens of better ones on YouTube.

Mind you, I am upgrading from a dual core i7 MacBook Pro and a quad core i7 Mac Mini Server, so in every respect I am blown away by the speed and power this thing offers. I ran some test renders and one scene where the Mini needed over 40 minutes a frame the nMP was spending less than 4 minutes per.

I can now scrub HD video in Premiere and After Effects in real time with no lag or stutter. I did the trick of deleting the OpenCL supported card list from Premiere on the MBP (was useless to do so on the Mini since it has no real GPU) and when I opened a project on the nMP it alerted me that it was halting OpenCL support since I had an unsupported card. I closed the project, deleted the file on the nMP installation of Premiere, and reopened, and all was again well. I have no way of knowing just how much OpenCL love I'm getting in Premiere (I use CS6) but it has to help. All I know is stuff is flying.

I also tried playing some multi-GB video files I had created with no compression, that would not play in real time on any of my old systems, and the nMP handled them flawlessly.

Now to get back to work.

 

[bcuzawd]

In-Stock 6-cores at B&H.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1021114-REG/apple_md878ll_a_mac_pro_desktop_computer.html

 

[Scissors]

Well, for what it's worth I got hands on mine yesterday.
...
Now to get back to work.

Finally, you got it!

No amount of refreshing my order status (via the Deliveries app) is making my order turn from processing.

We're pretty much half way through the month and, based on the spreadsheet sample (which of course might not be representative), only about 20% of January US CTO orders and a much smaller percentage of January non-US CTO orders have moved.

Should we start to be concerned that "Shipping: January" might not mean January for at least some of us after all?!

Back to work for me too.

 

[TekAzurik]

Well, for what it's worth I got hands on mine yesterday.

Had another go-round with UPS (I had changed my order to customer pickup trying to minimize their opportunities to screw up even more than they already had) as the front desk person couldn't find the box and said it was probably on the truck anyway (and their web site had it both being held and on the truck at the same time--good trick, that). I persisted and got a manager to come out, and he found the box in less than a minute. Go Brown.

I blogged the unboxing but I won't bore you with a link, it's minimal, still images, and there are by now dozens of better ones on YouTube.

Mind you, I am upgrading from a dual core i7 MacBook Pro and a quad core i7 Mac Mini Server, so in every respect I am blown away by the speed and power this thing offers. I ran some test renders and one scene where the Mini needed over 40 minutes a frame the nMP was spending less than 4 minutes per.

I can now scrub HD video in Premiere and After Effects in real time with no lag or stutter. I did the trick of deleting the OpenCL supported card list from Premiere on the MBP (was useless to do so on the Mini since it has no real GPU) and when I opened a project on the nMP it alerted me that it was halting OpenCL support since I had an unsupported card. I closed the project, deleted the file on the nMP installation of Premiere, and reopened, and all was again well. I have no way of knowing just how much OpenCL love I'm getting in Premiere (I use CS6) but it has to help. All I know is stuff is flying.

I also tried playing some multi-GB video files I had created with no compression, that would not play in real time on any of my old systems, and the nMP handled them flawlessly.

Now to get back to work.

Congrats!
Would you mind providing a link about the open CL trick for Premiere. I also currently work on a MBP and I'm curious how this fix works. Which year MBP do you have?

 

[SaxPlayer]

In-Stock 6-cores at B&H.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1021114-REG/apple_md878ll_a_mac_pro_desktop_computer.html

I'm actually quite annoyed by that. Why wasn't that computer shipped to a customer by Apple instead of being passed on to retailer?

OK. I realise that it's got everything to do with logistics and almost nothing to do with what's fair, but for the very many of us who are waiting on orders (and have been for nearly 4 weeks now) it's very irritating. Grrrrrr.

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Finally, you got it!

No amount of refreshing my order status (via the Deliveries app) is making my order turn from processing.

We're pretty much half way through the month and, based on the spreadsheet sample (which of course might not be representative), only about 20% of January US CTO orders and a much smaller percentage of January non-US CTO orders have moved.

Should we start to be concerned that "Shipping: January" might not mean January for at least some of us after all?!

Back to work for me too.

I keep thinking the same thing.

What worries me, is that I didn't get one of those "will ship in January" emails however my order status does say "Processing Items Dispatched: January". Of course, Apple customer services can't tell me a thing and I expect they're getting quite fed up with us ringing them up asking what's going on.

I don't know about you, but I'll keep giving them a nudge every now and then.

Childish? Me? Never!

 

[uzziel]

Should we start to be concerned that "Shipping: January" might not mean January for at least some of us after all?!

Anyone looking at your spreadsheet would come to that conclusion. A month-long shipping date in an industry that does JIT manufacturing means they have no idea when they will get the parts. In other words, Apple played those of us that were first in line.

There appears to be a very limited number of D500s and D700s, as well as 512GB and 1TB drives. They no doubt planned to ramp up production based solely on the previously unknown demand. That explains the silly 256GB drive.

My conclusion on all this is that they are feverishly pressing their suppliers now for the parts to fill orders they were merely using as bait to prepare a plan for their manufacturing scale.

 

[ABCDEF-Hex]

Two reasons I should move up in the queue

1 - I'm very,very,very old (and my wife has no interest in the nMP).

2 - I'm not sure how much longer my old system will keep working -
see for yourself:

 

[Spinland]

Congrats!
Would you mind providing a link about the open CL trick for Premiere. I also currently work on a MBP and I'm curious how this fix works. Which year MBP do you have?

My MBP is a 2010 model 17", I think it's a 6,1. Dual core i7 and maxes at 8GB of RAM.

The trick is easy: just right click on the actual Premiere .app file and Show Package Contents. In the Contents folder you'll find a text file, I think it's called opencl_supported_cards.txt. As I understand the file restricts what cards will use OpenCL, but if you get rid of that file it opens up support to unlisted ones as well.

 

[Scissors]

1 - I'm very,very,very old (and my wife has no interest in the nMP).

2 - I'm not sure how much longer my old system will keep working -
see for yourself:

Image

Don't worry, your machine is being manufactured right now by some old people including those in this photograph which was taken a few minutes ago.

The circular sections for the base of the nMP are really coming along well.

 

[ABCDEF-Hex]

Great photo

Don't worry, your machine is being manufactured right now by some old people including those in this photograph which was taken a few minutes ago.

The circular sections for the base of the nMP are really coming along well.

Image

Thanks for this (LOL)

 

[Macsonic]

1 - I'm very,very,very old (and my wife has no interest in the nMP).

2 - I'm not sure how much longer my old system will keep working -
see for yourself:

Image

Some old Macs are durable and can last long with the help of good maintenance. As long as it gets the job done should be fine.

 

[mintakax]

Well, for what it's worth I got hands on mine yesterday.

Had another go-round with UPS (I had changed my order to customer pickup trying to minimize their opportunities to screw up even more than they already had) as the front desk person couldn't find the box and said it was probably on the truck anyway (and their web site had it both being held and on the truck at the same time--good trick, that). I persisted and got a manager to come out, and he found the box in less than a minute. Go Brown.

I blogged the unboxing but I won't bore you with a link, it's minimal, still images, and there are by now dozens of better ones on YouTube.

Mind you, I am upgrading from a dual core i7 MacBook Pro and a quad core i7 Mac Mini Server, so in every respect I am blown away by the speed and power this thing offers. I ran some test renders and one scene where the Mini needed over 40 minutes a frame the nMP was spending less than 4 minutes per.

I can now scrub HD video in Premiere and After Effects in real time with no lag or stutter. I did the trick of deleting the OpenCL supported card list from Premiere on the MBP (was useless to do so on the Mini since it has no real GPU) and when I opened a project on the nMP it alerted me that it was halting OpenCL support since I had an unsupported card. I closed the project, deleted the file on the nMP installation of Premiere, and reopened, and all was again well. I have no way of knowing just how much OpenCL love I'm getting in Premiere (I use CS6) but it has to help. All I know is stuff is flying.

I also tried playing some multi-GB video files I had created with no compression, that would not play in real time on any of my old systems, and the nMP handled them flawlessly.

Now to get back to work.

That Premiere video scrubbing/editing is what I'm really looking forward to !!

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Finally, you got it!

No amount of refreshing my order status (via the Deliveries app) is making my order turn from processing.

We're pretty much half way through the month and, based on the spreadsheet sample (which of course might not be representative), only about 20% of January US CTO orders and a much smaller percentage of January non-US CTO orders have moved.

Should we start to be concerned that "Shipping: January" might not mean January for at least some of us after all?!

Back to work for me too.

Its hard to believe that one day I'm going to look at my order and it is going to say something different than "Processing Items". On that day, I will s&^t my pants for sure !

 

[TekAzurik]

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Its hard to believe that one day I'm going to look at my order and it is going to say something different than "Processing Items". On that day, I will s&^t my pants for sure !

I know. I keep imagining my reaction as I wait for the refresh to load. It's been so long I'm not sure I'll know how to feel at this point.

 

[NeonHeatDisease]

I know. I keep imagining my reaction as I wait for the refresh to load. It's been so long I'm not sure I'll know how to feel at this point.

I know how I'll feel, without a doubt. Disbelief.

 

[Vic-Viper]

I don't know about you guys, but every time I refresh and it still says "Processing" it hurts.

 

[Spinland]

That Premiere video scrubbing/editing is what I'm really looking forward to !!

I'm working a 3D animation gig right now with particle effects, some After Effects postwork and a Premiere final render. Really looking forward to the coming experience.

 

[NeonHeatDisease]

I don't know about you guys, but every time I refresh and it still says "Processing" it hurts.

Love Hurts

 

[Bad Leopard]

The one ordered at 6am is a 8c/64gb/1tb/D700 which matches only 1 other config in the US store, at 12:30 which also shipped.

The other, at 5:45am is a 6c/64gb/1tb/D700 which matches 2 other configs. One ordered at 12:30 which also was shipped, and one ordered at 12:39 which doesn't have any update status. There's no username attached to it, so its possible that person just hasn't come back and updated the sheet. Though its also an edu order (like mine) which I've known in the past sometimes gets de-prioritized.

I was informed though that about 2-3 days ago my order came up for approval, hoping thats a sign that things are moving.

Hi Guys !

Just thought I would sign up and join in on the sorrow of waiting for a nMP !! That is my order on the sheet at 12:39, and unfortunately, there is no new news to tell. I'm still playing the waiting game, while refreshing my order page right along with everybody else.

Come on Apple !!!

Cheers All !

 

[Lotti]

This may have already been said (apologies if it's a repeat) but it seems Apple's use of the term 'Available to ship: January' instead of 'Delivery: January' is a fairly clear indication that they don't intend to able to ship the majority of orders until at least towards the end of January.

If they had intended to start shipping the bulk of orders by now, surely it would be 'Delivery: January'?

 

[Vic-Viper]

This may have already been said (apologies if it's a repeat) but it seems Apple's use of the term 'Available to ship: January' instead of 'Delivery: January' is a fairly clear indication that they don't intend to able to ship the majority of orders until at least towards the end of January.

If they had intended to start shipping the bulk of orders by now, surely it would be 'Delivery: January'?

Yes, it does say January, but what year? 2015?

In all seriousness, I honestly thought they would have charged my account by now. Just a bit depressing.

 

[Vic-Viper]

It looks like the D500s are getting the love today.

 

[bcuzawd]

Ordered mine on Sunday (1/12/14) from B&H and it has now "officially" been ordered through Apple. Let's see how long this takes now.

 

[iizmoo]

Ordered mine on Sunday (1/12/14) from B&H and it has now "officially" been ordered through Apple. Let's see how long this takes now.

February