iMac ship dates?

ghost_user_name · January 16, 2002 5:08PM

I want to establish this thread as the iMac Order Status thread.

<a href="http://www.apple.com/OrderStatus"; target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/OrderStatus</a>;

I was wondering when these things will ship. I ordered my Superdrive model the minute after the Stevenote on the 7th. My status is "Being Assembled."

Please tell me when your beauty ships! I cant wait anymore!

imacfp · January 16, 2002 5:36PM

You and me both. I bought mine on the 8th from Macmall. The only thing I've heard is the iMac goes on sale the 21 in retail stores.

cubit · January 16, 2002 10:21PM

OK, I'll play. My order went in officially on 01-08 on the Education Store. I'll let you know when it ships.

neomac · January 16, 2002 11:15PM

$1299 iMac ships in MARCH!!!

what's wrong with these people

macplus · January 16, 2002 11:32PM

I ordered my superdrive model on the 11th and my order status is also "being assembled." So does that mean I'll get it in the first wave of shipments, or is "being assembled" something they designate for every pending order? :eek:

evan animus · January 17, 2002 12:26AM

Alright, I'll play too. I ordered my Supa Dupa Drive g4 iMac from the Apple Store Online/Education.... about three hours after the keynote. I'm especially anxious because if i can get the shipment invoice prior to the end of this month, I can apply for a substantial rebate from my local public utilities.... Energy Star compliance and all.

macsrgood4u · January 17, 2002 6:35AM

I think "Energy Star" applies to cathode ray tubes, not the new iMac which uses an LCD. Could be wrong, though.

thegelding · January 17, 2002 8:31AM

all pending orders are "being assembled" once they verify that your credit card or apple loan is good....it will stay "being assembled" for a length of time equal to your limits of sanity and then, and only then, when it change over to "being prepped for shipment"...this will cause you great excitment till you find that "being prepped for shipment" also last for 2-3 days before finally changing over to "Shipped"...at that time you call in sick for the next 3 days waiting for the ups man in your pajamas....g

anarchangel · January 17, 2002 9:04AM

[quote]Originally posted by MacsRGood4U:

I think "Energy Star" applies to cathode ray tubes, not the new iMac which uses an LCD. Could be wrong, though.<hr></blockquote>

Actually, energy star is a DOE program to cut energy use across a broad range of disciplines. There is an Energy star rating for house and industrial insulation, appliances, really anything with a plug. Monitor and computer compliance is based on the fact that it shuts off or sleeps when not in use.

MacMall just says 'Backordered', which makes sense I guess. They don't have as accurate tracking as Apple store. But I do get doubled RAM

[ 01-17-2002: Message edited by: Anarchangel ]

iknow · January 17, 2002 1:00PM

I guess I wont be getting mine for a relatively long time. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

tonyibook · January 17, 2002 1:25PM

I ordered my low end iMac from the UK Apple store on the 9th. I emailed Apple to confirm the delivery date and got a reply today stating it will be the end of March.

imacfp · January 17, 2002 1:32PM

I just called MacMall and at the moment they are expecting to get their first shipment of 600 on, or before, the 31 of Jan.

evan animus · January 17, 2002 2:02PM

[quote]Originally posted by Anarchangel:



Actually, energy star is a DOE program to cut energy use across a broad range of disciplines. There is an Energy star rating for house and industrial insulation, appliances, really anything with a plug. Monitor and computer compliance is based on the fact that it shuts off or sleeps when not in use.

]<hr></blockquote>

Yes, and depending on when Apple gets this iMac's invoice to me, I could actually get $400 back on this purchase.

:cool:

Arbitrary deadlines make me nervous, especially when I skate this close to them!

oldskate · January 17, 2002 11:22PM

I don't know if this is new...

Just checking the Apple online store and they are saying that new orders for the top of the line iMac are shipping in 3-5 weeks. So, they must have a back log of orders to fill first.

800MHz PowerPC G4

256K L2 cache @ 800 MHz

256MB SDRAM

60GB Ultra ATA drive

10/100BASE-T Ethernet

56K internal modem

AirPort ready

Apple Pro Speakers

New orders shipping in 3-5 weeks

ghost_user_name · January 18, 2002 4:42PM

Are we close to seeing some shipping iMac's yet?

belle · January 18, 2002 4:51PM

[quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:

Are we close to seeing some shipping iMac's yet?<hr></blockquote>

Hell no.

Seems the date for the new iMacs arriving on these shores has been put back from 1/21 to "some time later that week".

imacfp · January 18, 2002 5:13PM

I've heard the week of the 28th is the new date for shipments to arrive at the Apple stores. I'm not sure about resellers, beyond MacMall, who said on or before the 31 the first shipment of 600 will come in. Who knows if they'll be more delays. The problem seems to be shipping and not production.

[ 01-18-2002: Message edited by: imacSE ]

thegelding · January 18, 2002 5:48PM

hell, if the problem is shipping...i drive out and pick mine up....opps, unless it's a problem getting them shipped from asia....heck i need a vaction anyway...g

ghost_user_name · January 18, 2002 7:10PM

I AM STARTING TO GET ANCY. MY GOD WHERE IS IT? WHEN WILL IT SHIP? I WANT TO USE IT! EAMAN ALREDY HAS, DAMNIT!

eman · January 18, 2002 10:24PM

[quote]Originally posted by Macintosh:

I AM STARTING TO GET ANCY. MY GOD WHERE IS IT? WHEN WILL IT SHIP? I WANT TO USE IT! EAMAN ALREDY HAS, DAMNIT!

<hr></blockquote>

Just relax. It'll come. It just takes time.

neomac · January 18, 2002 11:39PM

I really, really, really want to order the $1299 iMac, but an April ship date is major deal-breaker. It boggles the mind. Only Apple can get away with this. If any other company did this, they wouldn't have a single customer.

iMac ship dates?

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