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Waiting for 27" Quad to SHIP thread

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Its 9 days now! Woohoo! I'll start calling Apple November 1st. "OK Apple its November, wheres my iMac"?:D
 
Reason for the delay is the ATI Radeon HD 4850. You can see this by feigningly ordering a 27" 3,06 iMac, which has an shipping estimate of 1 - 3 days, and changing the card from the 4670 to the 4850--the estimate magically morphs into 'November'.
 
Does this mean i am alone? a niche? a freak of rational nature? :confused:

I guess i shall find out in 3 - 5 days :D
 
I like this thread, glad to know that many of us will have to suffer a bit longer :]. Does anybody know a particularly exciting forum-game to kill, say, a month?
 
Kronie said:
Its hardly a rip off. Yes, you can buy bottom dollar cheap RAM for what? $90 + shipping. Spend 30 minutes opening up the panel and then slap it in. For what my time is worth ordering RAM and installing it I just spent $200 anyway.
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I would hardly consider Kingston or Crucial "bottom dollar cheap RAM". Not to mention, they come with a lifetime warranty. I'm not 100 percent certain, but I think the RAM that comes with Apple is only covered until your Apple Care runs out. Also, most places shipping is free (if in the US). And I can't believe you charge yourself 100 dollars for a half hour! Man that's expensive!
 
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I'll order once I know it's shipping. Or just go to a store if they carry it. For all we know it won't ship until Nov 30th.
 
dwd3885 said:
November 18 is what a lot of people are saying.
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For as far as I know, there was only one person on this forum who said November 18th.. without a screenshot or what so ever..

I just have no idea when it ships.. still hoping it will be early November though..
 
Eswip said:
For as far as I know, there was only one person on this forum who said November 18th.. without a screenshot or what so ever..

I just have no idea when it ships.. still hoping it will be early November though..
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Hey - i said 3-5 days :p I wanna cookie!
 
Fozzybadfeet said:
So the Quadcore iMac's are arriving just in time for the holiday shopping season huh? Does anyone know when they will arrive at stores?
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I phoned my local Apple store, Lenox Square Atlanta, they said the core 2 duo 27's would be in stock by the weekend and the quads sometime in November. She didn't have any idea of when in November, just November!

I was under the mistaken impression that the core 2 duo's in the 27's were the same mobile cpu's in the previous generation. Apparently that's not true and they too are desktop cpu's. This makes them slightly more appealing. Although, I'm still going for the i5 and upgrade the ram later. This will be my first Mac!
 
psingh01 said:
I'll order once I know it's shipping. Or just go to a store if they carry it. For all we know it won't ship until Nov 30th.
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jddar said:
I phoned my local Apple store, Lenox Square Atlanta, they said the core 2 duo 27's would be in stock by the weekend and the quads sometime in November. She didn't have any idea of when in November, just November!

I was under the mistaken impression that the core 2 duo's in the 27's were the same mobile cpu's in the previous generation. Apparently that's not true and they too are desktop cpu's. This makes them slightly more appealing. Although, I'm still going for the i5 and upgrade the ram later. This will be my first Mac!
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pretty sure the C2D are the mobile version. Am I wrong?
 
dwd3885 said:
sweet. Is that for the 21.5 as well? How does that compare to the mobile C2D?
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I don't know. They said nothing about the smaller iMac. Considering what they used to cool the CPU and GPU on the 27's, I doubt they could do the same in a smaller enclosure. Maybe someone else can clarify this.
 
EddieGDub said:
I ordered an i5 through Amazon. I live in California so the taxes alone would prevent me from adding any options so 1995.00 through Amazon was the best deal. The waiting a month for this is going to be brutal.
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Just FYI...if you order through a place like MacConnection, you can avoid tax AND shipping charges. I'd prefer to go through the apple store down the street from my house, but saving like $250 makes it worthwhile for me to order on-line.
 
Me (I'm quoting myself said:
Reason for the delay is the ATI Radeon HD 4850. You can see this by feigningly ordering a 27" 3,06 iMac, which has an shipping estimate of 1 - 3 days, and changing the card from the 4670 to the 4850--the estimate magically morphs into 'November'.
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I didn't deem the following text important information when I wrote this post, but as people are still hoping for an early November release it may be useful.
Untill yesterday the shipping estimate didn't morph into 'November' but into '4 - 6 weeks'. Now that that has changed one may quite safely assume that:
1. The ATI card is indeed the problem; (But more importantly,)
2. The quads will come not before the 17th of November.

Just thought I'd throw this inference in.
 
uuaschbaer said:
I didn't deem the following text important information when I wrote this post, but as people are still hoping for an early November release it may be useful.
Untill yesterday the shipping estimate didn't morph into 'November' but into '4 - 6 weeks'. Now that that has changed one may quite safely assume that:
1. The ATI card is indeed the problem; (But more importantly,)
2. The quads will come not before the 17th of November.

Just thought I'd throw this inference in.
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This is exactly what happened with the last update. I ordered the ATI card and waited 6 weeks for it to show up.... So, I am guessing the end of November would be about right... There was so much speculation last time on when it would ship and no one had a clue......... Not even the apple support people.. So, order it and be patient. :rolleyes:
 
Just FYI...if you order through a place like MacConnection, you can avoid tax AND shipping charges. I'd prefer to go through the apple store down the street from my house, but saving like $250 makes it worthwhile for me to order on-line.
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Be careful.

Most of the time I save money using MacMall.

However, not on big-ticket items. If something
goes wrong with your $2000+ computer you will
get much better support if it was bought through
Apple online or through the store.
 
psingh01 said:
I'll order once I know it's shipping. Or just go to a store if they carry it. For all we know it won't ship until Nov 30th.
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Exactly! When the systems start shipping and the order time is 1-3 days, then I will step up and buy one. Keep us posted on the ship dates!
 
rgarjr said:
Can you get the i7 from amazon? Would save you quite a bit of dough from taxes. I'm thinking no since it's an option.
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I think no as well for the same reason. I was trying to save shipping costs, since Apple doesn't ship to APO addresses (military overseas) by going somewhere else. But since I'm pretty sure I can only get the i7 from Apple, I'm stuck. Of course, I get a military discount from them, so it's still cheaper, even with the extra shipping cost I will have to pay.
 
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