The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" thread [Merged]

[JuiceX]

Shipping but bouncing around from Narita Japan and Shanghai China?

Does this make any sense to anyone?

Or did it take a while for Shanghai to update their records?

 

[aaquib]

Ugh, ordered for 2 days and still no tracking #. Been on "Prepared for shipment" for over a day now.

 

[Eauboy]

Duplicate post... sorry.

 

[earthdan]

wooooot woooooot

typing this from my new mbp 15. Got the 2.8 one with just stock options. It rips!!

cheers,
Dan

 

[starsoldier]

Yay, my 15" MBP just arrived a day early. I'm typing on it right now while I run Software Update, and this thing is sweet!

 

[tlyon]

new mbp pro owner

I've had my 15" 2.66 macbook for just over a week now and I absolutely love it! I just noticed something though and wondered if anyone else's had this. Around the outside edge of the screen is rubber seal that sticks out slightly from the rest of the computer. But on the upper left corner the seal goes completely flush into the screen so that it doesn't stick out at all. I wasn't sure if it was designed that way or if the seal was set wrong? Any one else notice this? Thanks

update

So I talked to apple a little while ago and they said that it wasn't supposed to be like that, but I just realized that it isn't the seal but actually the screen. It is like loose and sticks out slightly in that corner. So, I will be having that fixed shortly But I still love it!

 

[killerwhack]

Did something totally impulsive...

I was going to wait another year to refresh my MBP, but I *really* like the idea of having the disk drive under a pop-off door so, I ordered a new UMBP. .sigh.

Any estimates for how much I can get for my trusty core duo machine ?

 

[MacAndy74]

Woohoo - after much deliberations and longing - my first self purchased Apple computer is ordered. So excited.

 

[TRAG]

Just came home from getting a 13.3" 2.53 MBP. I walked into the Apple Store, told a guy which one I wanted, talked to him about getting a job there, chose between a silver and black iPod Classic, checked out the 24" LED screen, and was out of there. All of that only took 10 minutes. I love the service at that store.

It's SO SO much better than I thought it would be. The screen – compared to the 13.3" aluminum MacBook – is phenomenal. I'd say it has a way better color gamut which was immediately noticeable. The screen is a lot better. I do not have to tilt the screen to avoid the galres AT ALL anymore. The keyboard feels much more responsive and less clicky. The 4GB of RAM helps a lot too. I am one happy with the new purchase.

 

[sy-83557]

"Looks like ours may be in the same shipment. Mine left GUANGZHOU CN at Jun 29, 2009 12:13 AM. I'm in LA waiting for the shipment..."

Mine did the same thing, and the tracking page was just updated with an international shipment release from Anchorage, AK, at 9:52 PM on June 30th. I don't understand what that means, exactly; is that the anticipated time of international shipment release? It's only 2 PM in Alaska right now, and if I'm not mistaken (I've been so out of it lately ) Today IS the 30th.

Hm...

What's that mean?

The expected shipment date was tomorrow morning by 10:30 AM! I live in Florida, so it's got a ways to go. What do you guys think? Will it make it?
*fingers crossed*

 

[HomeJones]

"Looks like ours may be in the same shipment. Mine left GUANGZHOU CN at Jun 29, 2009 12:13 AM. I'm in LA waiting for the shipment..."

Mine did the same thing, and the tracking page was just updated with an international shipment release from Anchorage, AK, at 9:52 PM on June 30th. I don't understand what that means, exactly; is that the anticipated time of international shipment release? It's only 2 PM in Alaska right now, and if I'm not mistaken (I've been so out of it lately ) Today IS the 30th.

Hm...

What's that mean?

The expected shipment date was tomorrow morning by 10:30 AM! I live in Florida, so it's got a ways to go. What do you guys think? Will it make it?
*fingers crossed*

I'm in LA and I have the same delivery date and time. Wonder if it will goto TN then back to LA like other shipments to my area.

 

[chrislaw]

Just walked into my house with my new 13" mbp! I just sold my umb today, then headed to the apple store!

I'm going to wait probably to do anything with it until the newegg order comes in... well unless it doesn't come tomorrow... I may not be able to wait a couple days! (not that there is any need to... just wanted to start with 4gb and 500gb hdd)

 

[eVolcre]

I'm torturing myself. Picked it up last night from FedEx and its sitting right here in my study, not even taken out from the brown shipping box.

I swore I would finish some long postponed errands and paperwork before I start playing with it.

So .... I haven't opened it yet.

I'll have to post some pics of the old and the new. I have the 1st 17" MBP released and now the latest unibody! Should make a good comparison. 6 grand worth of laptops on one desk!

eV

 

[Nakor]

Well... finally caved in and placed an order for the 17" uMPB with 3.06 and 500G 7200rpm as upgrades.. should be waiting for me at home once I get back from work. BTW.. I went with the glossy (have a matte now), so hopefully ill be ok with it. Checked the glossy out in the stores and had no problems with the glare in those super bright fluorescent stores

Planning on giving my 15" MBP 3,1 to my mother once I get the new one.. her 1st mac

 

[amorya]

Mine shipped on Monday but no tracking number yet.

It's even worse, I had a friend place the order for me... so I can't go an obsessively refresh the page! He's getting tired of me ringing him now I think.

 

[rick3000]

^ You just need the order number and zip code, call and get that information and you can refresh all you want.

 

[sy-83557]

So i received my macbook pro today, and it's great. But there's a dent on the bottom. I called apple, and they can't ship another one out for a week.

Really disappointed. But in the meantime, I get to play with this one

I'm really impressed by the even backlighting. This computer is a piece of work.

 

[rick3000]

I am really surprise by the number of people that end up get a replacement MBP. It's either the screen, a dent, or in my case the RAM. They need to work on their quality control in China, and maybe should just be a little less green and beef up the packaging so that the computers stop getting damaged in transit. What do you guys think?

 

[HLdan]

I am really surprise by the number of people that end up get a replacement MBP. It's either the screen, a dent, or in my case the RAM. They need to work on their quality control in China, and maybe should just be a little less green and beef up the packaging so that the computers stop getting damaged in transit. What do you guys think?

I agree with you about the QC in China, it's maddening. I'm typing this on my brand new 13" Macbook Pro 2.53/SSD. It's my second one. The first one was shipped to me with a dent on the bottom. I was quite disappointed as mine was a CTO so I had to ship this one back and wait for them to build another one and ship it to me. This one arrived in perfect condition.

Manufacturing defects will happen every now and then which is normal for a big company however my Macbook Air that I bought last year also shipped with a dent and it wobbled, had to get that one replaced too. Apple, work on your China QC, they suck at building your stuff.

 

[sy-83557]

I agree with you about the QC in China, it's maddening. I'm typing this on my brand new 13" Macbook Pro 2.53/SSD. It's my second one. The first one was shipped to me with a dent on the bottom. I was quite disappointed as mine was a CTO so I had to ship this one back and wait for them to build another one and ship it to me. This one arrived in perfect condition.

Manufacturing defects will happen every now and then which is normal for a big company however my Macbook Air that I bought last year also shipped with a dent and it wobbled, had to get that one replaced too. Apple, work on your China QC, they suck at building your stuff.

Were you able to snag anything out of the mistakes? I feel like we deserve something - this is very inconvenient for me.

 

[limesmoothie]

Just got mine this afternoon. As much as I loved my UMB, I suspected it was a lemon/friday afternoon built machine, dodgy headphone jack, one of the iffy screens, slanted keys, the lot.

Am so happy I offloaded it for the 13.3 UMBP, its running so smoothly - keyboard is a lot tighter, screen is 100% better. Am so happy right now.

 

[tlyon]

okay, so about the screen on my new 15". I took it to an apple authorized person and they said that it looked like when the screen got put together the seal got caught under the glass and that is why that corner of the screen actually sticks slightly farther out. But because it is apparently only a cosmetic issue they couldn't fix it. I'm going to take it to the apple store and see if they can fix it next. I've only had it for ten days and it was like this when I got it. I'm not super happy about it.
I was worried that the keys might hit the screen and leave a mark, but they said that because it was glass it wouldn't mattter even if they did Not so much.

So wondering what people's opinions are, since it is brand new and it came with this defect, should I ask for a new machine? Assuming that they would prefer to just fix the display.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

Got my replacement 15" 2.8Ghz from Fedex yesterday (first one had a screw stripped out in the bottom). I couldn't be happier. Battery life is unreal on this thing. If you apply a calibrated color profile the screen looks absolutely phenomenal.

 

[Andrew K.]

Got my replacement 15" 2.8Ghz from Fedex yesterday (first one had a screw stripped out in the bottom). I couldn't be happier. Battery life is unreal on this thing. If you apply a calibrated color profile the screen looks absolutely phenomenal.

Mine has a washed out screen already setup for repair though

 

[ltldrummerboy]

Mine has a washed out screen already setup for repair though

Mine looked washed out until I used the profile in this post.