I've been following this thread since page 1. Your apple care starts when you activate it, not when it ships.
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I've been following this thread since page 1. Your apple care starts when you activate it, not when it ships.
It's okay guys. I know we are all anxious for the quads to start shipping. Just consider this time as being perfect to get your house in order, spend time with the family, watch the trees change color, and get your desk ready for the new beast. We will all make it, I promise.
I went and bought a new desk for my upcoming iMac!
But aaagh, the excitement is killing me (even tho people have been having issues with their new iMacs). In order to kill some time I've been researching the possibility of swapping the optical drive for an SSD drive, but have come to the conclusion that it would be foolish since I bought the Apple Care package and I don't want to nullify it.
thats all i have been doing too, except i am waiting for the reviews before i take the plunge.
check your remotes---mine just shipped, should be here by november 4th...great, before my computer, just as i expected.
I was talking about being billed for it when I don't have the computer yet.
They haven't charged me any money for the iMac. But they did already hit my card for AppleCare.
No, if you wait a year before you activate it, that doesn't get you an extra year of AppleCare.
I went and bought a new desk for my upcoming iMac!
But aaagh, the excitement is killing me (even tho people have been having issues with their new iMacs). In order to kill some time I've been researching the possibility of swapping the optical drive for an SSD drive, but have come to the conclusion that it would be foolish since I bought the Apple Care package and I don't want to nullify it.
I'm pretty sure you can swap it without voiding the warranty. They just won't fix anything you broke by opening it. I'm not even sure they could tell you've been in there if you swap it back before getting it fixed.
iFixit says
So there is a specific way to void the warranty - not just opening it.
I intend on putting an SSD in both the HDD bay and optical bay.
Yep, mine shipped as well. I'm now hoping that since the remote was originally scheduled for Nov 18 maybe the iMac will ship early as well?
Yea, Yea, I know.... wishful thinking.
No I don't feel for you. What I do feel is your constant whining. You've been spewing this negativity in several threads and it's not needed.
It is your choice to pre-order a computer. When you pre-ordered, Apple said it would be ready in November. Apple will deliver at, or most likely before the date they promised (in other words, the early half of November). They almost always exceed expectations. It's not even November yet and you're acting like a crybaby.
Now think about this. AppleCare is an intellectual item. A warranty that covers Day 1 through Day 365 of the third year in which you own your machine. YOU ordered it. What's the big deal if Apple ships you some paperwork after you asked for it? Apple is starting to ship Applecare most likely because the iMac will be released in the very near future (like the next 7 to 10 days). This is part of why Apple is one of the most successful companies in the world: they are efficient. They know the iMac is days away from shipping, why not go ahead and fulfill the order?
Your Apple remote is not a part of your iMac. Again, YOU ordered it. So why start whining when Apple sends it to you? If you didn't want it now, then you SHOULDN'T HAVE ORDERED IT. Are you starting to see my point?
I understand how difficult it is to wait for something that you are really excited about, I really do. And you are going to love your new iMac when it arrives. But please, there is no need to come on here day after day with negative energy towards a situation that you choose to be in. Kick back and relax. Apple will exceed the promises they made.
Bryan
SSD for me too in the HDD bay eventually. However I'm going to leave the optical bay alone and wait for Apple to support Blu-ray and then get something like the Panasonic optical drive: http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/computer/storage/optical/models/UJ-135A.asp
I hate to bring Blu-ray chatter into this thread, but if you want Blu-ray, get a BD player or PS3 and plug it into your TV. If you don't have a TV, use the iTunes store, or get the Blu-ray drive now and use BootCamp. Just don't wait for Apple...
In a way, it might be good for those of us who have to wait for our iMac, as hopefully the issues people have experienced will have been rectified by then
I ordered an iMac with 1TB internal storage. The time waiting has given me time to ponder. I'm wondering if 1TB is enough, on my old computer I was already at 500GB's of used space, and I had another 500ish on external drives. Of course I could just keep using the external drive, but I feel that will mess up the prettyness of the iMac... I've never had an iMac before, how easy is it to route the wires so it doesn't become a mess?
Also, for video editing, would the speed of firewire 800 be a big bottleneck or would it barely make a real world difference?
Thanks!
I've never had an iMac before, how easy is it to route the wires so it doesn't become a mess?Also, for video editing, would the speed of firewire 800 be a big bottleneck or would it barely make a real world difference?
Thanks!
The most money I have ever spent on an electronic device and more than double of what I've ever spent on a pc. I am so freakin excited.
27-inch iMac
Part Number: Z0GF
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
2TB Serial ATA Drive
Apple Magic Mouse
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) and User's Guide
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Country Kit
8x double-layer SuperDrive
1 $2,302.00
Estimated Ship: November
Delivered within 5 business days after shipping
Order Subtotal: $2,302.00
Free Shipping: $0.00
Estimated Tax: $189.92
Estimated Total: $2,491.92
27-inch iMac
Part Number: Z0GF
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
2TB Serial ATA Drive
Apple Magic Mouse
4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
Apple Wireless Keyboard (English) and User's Guide
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB
Country Kit
8x double-layer SuperDrive
1 $2,302.00
Estimated Ship: November
Delivered within 5 business days after shipping
Order Subtotal: $2,302.00
Free Shipping: $0.00
Estimated Tax: $189.92
Estimated Total: $2,491.92
That's amazing. Anyone have experience with them? Also, some of the upgrade options seem to be their own hardware - do they crack open the imac to instal/replace? If so, any comments on the risk of using 3rd party hardware or affects on warranty? Thanks for any insight - this is ~ $400 cheaper than the same config through apple, almost enough to buy a 2tb timecapsule! Thanks for any info!
-apumac (1st time poster, 1st time mac buyer).
Indeed, that's almost as good as the EPP deal, and I had to pay the outrageous $400 CA sales tax on top so I actually ended up $200 higher out the door than the expercom deal for the same configuration (mine was slightly different, I'll need to run Parallels or Fusion a lot and I want to be able to master DVDs at the same time so I went with 16GB RAM).
the remote is pointless to have if I have no iMac. it's frustrating.
having a warranty shipped to me for a machine i'm not using because its in china--is frustrating.
i see no reason to not send all three together. it just feels like a tease.
and i don't think applecare is shipping. i think it's just tied to the machine now, but they didn't bill me for the machine yet...but they did bill me for the applecare.
I haven't been negative about having to wait for the computer at all, yes its frustrating but like others said, it may make it so we have no issues as others are having.
either way, it's whatever, i didn't mean to make you write all that out. sorry.
you will love your purchaseI ordered an iMac with 1TB internal storage. The time waiting has given me time to ponder. I'm wondering if 1TB is enough, on my old computer I was already at 500GB's of used space, and I had another 500ish on external drives. Of course I could just keep using the external drive, but I feel that will mess up the prettyness of the iMac...
if you get the wireless keyboard/mouse combo then there is really only the power cable for the iMac, nothing else to worry about
very easy to manage the cables.a firewire drive can get around 100MB/s max transfer, factor in real world numbers and you can get something like 80MB/s transfer rates. that is pretty fast i guess, the bottleneck is still by far the HDD, but it would be way better then USB or FW400 that's for sure.Also, for video editing, would the speed of firewire 800 be a big bottleneck or would it barely make a real world difference?
Thanks!
Don't know if this has been posted already but I asked an Apple Store Employee at South Coast Plaza who said that the QuadCores are coming in next week
Quite possible - but then again, I asked a retail employee and he said 'early november' and the apple telesales employee told me 'mid-late' November.
I hope I get the shipped email sooner than later, or else I will end up breaking their online status checker lol
What? You mean I'm not the only one logging in every 5 minutes to check status and see if there is a shipping update?
What? You mean I'm not the only one logging in every 5 minutes to check status and see if there is a shipping update?
yea ONLY 5 minutes
i will write a script refreshing every 10 seconds mwahaha
What? You mean I'm not the only one logging in every 5 minutes to check status and see if there is a shipping update?
LOL, I'm checking a couple of times daily and I'm disappointed every time! Being 49-years old, I'm embarrassed to admit that I feel like a 6-year old waiting for Christmas. There is the consolation that there is only one more day until November.
Only 49? Pshew... you're a snot nosed kid. I am truly old. Not many years left on this earth, I've almost rotted down to nothing. And I still intend to wait until January 2010 before ordering, just to make sure the initial bugs are worked out, and to see the feedback from early adopters.