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

cbm said:
I wonder if the out-of-order fulfillment is based on the specific variation that was ordered? Keep in mind that there are 144 variants of the new Mac Pro.
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A valid point. However, the spreadsheet shows exact configuration and we can see identical configurations going out if order.
 
I'm based in the UK and i have 2 ordered. The funds were taken off my card today and i've been told early next week for delivery.

We will see!:confused:
 
uzziel said:
January is a specific range of dates, all days equally valid, in light of the times the orders were placed. That is not what is happening.

Imagine: you line up in line at an Apple store waiting for the store to open to get the latest i-something. An Apple employee comes out and says, everyone to the lamppost will get a device by the end of the day.

Then line starts moving, but then an Apple employee comes out and inexplicably pulls people out of line behind you, and you see them exiting the store, with their new device. When you question what is going on, Apple says, "we are filling the orders in line;" and nothing else is said.

The some person behind you says, " What are you griping for? They said we would all get one by the end if the day."

Right.
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i dunno. just doesn't seem that huge a deal.

sometimes stores run out before everyone in line is served.

look--they told you 'ships by january' when you purchased, did they not? have they failed you in that regard?

when you made the purchase there was NO mention of 1st come, 1st served at all. that is some CSR making nearly minimum wage telling you this after the fact.

you bought in with specific terms and they have not yet failed you.

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uzziel said:
A valid point. However, the spreadsheet shows exact configuration and we can see identical configurations going out if order.
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from a supply-chain management perspective, it may not make sense to build every order based on the time the order was placed.

there may be some economies of scale (e.g., 'for today we are building 6-cores with 1TB SSDs and D700s', perhaps to reduce errors or streamline assembly/testing).

just a thought.
 
cbm said:
I wonder if the out-of-order fulfillment is based on the specific variation that was ordered? Keep in mind that there are 144 variants of the new Mac Pro.
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I think it might be down to completed GPU cards. It seems when the orders get given shipped status, they go in clumps of GPUs.

I wonder if AMD is the hold up here?
 
analog guy said:
there may be some economies of scale (e.g., 'for today we are building 6-cores with 1TB SSDs and D700s', perhaps to reduce errors or streamline assembly/testing).
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I'd tend to agree with you, but moreso with the pick and place machines not with the human assembly. I tend to think they batch place a certain type of chip onto GPU PCBs a day, hence what we are seeing in the configuration 'groups' being added to the spreadsheet at a single time.

If the CPU replacement guide from OWC is anything to go by, it takes only about 10 minutes to assemble one from parts. Let's say 30 minutes being careful... so human assembly could be done by a case-by-case basis - assuming the various parts (ram modules, flash drives, cpus, gpus) are on hand.

Being the first Mac built in America in a long time, it's out of the norm with the supply chain and this surely must be holding things up.
 
Movement in Australia

Just received a status update for my nMP to 'Preparing for Shipment'. I'm from Melbourne, Australia so hopefully we'll see most Asia/Pacific orders updated today :)
 
So 1 order each the last 2 days, yet they shipped weekend and holiday... Progress was going so well, we were up to 5 orders a day before tuesday... :rolleyes:
 
Credit Card Billed

For what it's worth, my credit card was just billed for my nMP 6-core, 500 GB SSD, 32 MB memory, D700's ordered 75 minutes after orders were enabled.
 
James33 said:
Just received a status update for my nMP to 'Preparing for Shipment'. I'm from Melbourne, Australia so hopefully we'll see most Asia/Pacific orders updated today :)
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Just to give an update to my fellow Australian's, my status has been updated to shipped. It was scanned at the Sydney Depot at 3:40pm today - shipping via TNT Express.

I am going to assume that Apple are shipping the nMP's to Australia before updating the order status. So guys, hold tight I think they might be arriving at your door sooner than you think...I hope :confused:
 
James33 said:
Just to give an update to my fellow Australian's, my status has been updated to shipped. It was scanned at the Sydney Depot at 3:40pm today - shipping via TNT Express.

I am going to assume that Apple are shipping the nMP's to Australia before updating the order status. So guys, hold tight I think they might be arriving at your door sooner than you think...I hope :confused:
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some in this thread might say apple was being dishonest by leaving your status as 'processing' when it was really shipping.

;-)

seriously, though, congrats!
 
Rich.Cohen said:
For what it's worth, my credit card was just billed for my nMP 6-core, 500 GB SSD, 32 MB memory, D700's ordered 75 minutes after orders were enabled.
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Identical to my spec.

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SeattleMoose said:
Yes, it is difficult for Apple to remember how to do business in a country with laws, worker rights, and such. :rolleyes:
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I was more referring to parts supply line etc.

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James33 said:
Just to give an update to my fellow Australian's, my status has been updated to shipped. It was scanned at the Sydney Depot at 3:40pm today - shipping via TNT Express.

I am going to assume that Apple are shipping the nMP's to Australia before updating the order status. So guys, hold tight I think they might be arriving at your door sooner than you think...I hope :confused:
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Dude!!! That's awesome! :eek:
 
To those who have received theirs: how is the fan noise? In my nearly silent office with my nMP within arm's reach, I can faintly hear the fan. It's a sort of higher pitched sound -- somewhat similar to a hard drive (only much much quieter), I suppose. If I fire up my oMP, it drowns it out, but I'm curious if it's normal.
 
Well mine has now started the grand tour of europe after finishing its stretch around the southern US! :D

Just depends how many more countries it want's to visit for passport stamps before it decides to head for the UK I suppose.

If it gets from Germany to UK tonight I have hopes of a delivery tomorrow, otherwise its going to arrive at East Midlands Airport and sit there over the weekend mocking me as I stare over the perimieter fence waiting for a Monday delivery.

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Dranix said:
I'm slowly getting really pissed. It's not like I had ordered anything special with 6core, 256GB, 32Gb ram, Dual D300...
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I feel your pain. I have the exact same configuration but with 16GB. It looks like the D300 has hardly been delivered by the look of the spreadsheet. Hopefully they do a big batch of those soon.
 
Has this month got more days in it than is usual for January? Any other month the days go by so fast I've been thinking of having a toilet installed by my desk to save some time.

This is infuriating!!

Spreadsheet stats. Those marked as shipping in "January" that are still processing (ie. no date info at all yet):

US - 16 out of 61
Canada - 3 out of 11
Europe - 17 out of 29
Asia/Oceania - 9 out of 12
 
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