I also ordered on 12/30 - still showing "ships 7 business days - delivers Jan 28-Feb 1" on my end - this is my first ever Mac - VERY frustrating and disappointed with the lack of communication coming from Apple. I called last Friday and was told that it would be going to 'prepared for shipment' status over the weekend - well, here it is Wednesday, and nothing has changed.
Same here.
It looks like there are many of us in the same exact situation.
If any of you get another delay email or news in general please post them ASAP.
Thanks.
I'm checking the status refreshing every 15-30 seconds....