Posts by donebylee

Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker 3.2 and 8800 GT. Everything else standard. I found all my other stuff, RAM, HD's, Cinema Display, elsewhere. Going with 8GB's of RAM and 2TB of drive. For now. I ordered the dual 2.8 with the 8800...

Well, onlooker, I did it. i ordered one with the 8800. Wont ship until Feb according to Apple, but I'm hoping for an earlier date. If they come out with new ACDs next week then I will just order them separately, it's all free shipping...

Screw it. I ordered one with the 8800 and no other options. I will get more RAM and a 500GB HD from OWC when they update their site with the new RAM chips. Only downside is I have to wait until February for it to ship because of the...

Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker Good plan. I've already configured the system I'm getting, but it's a 5 week wait on shipment. SUX 4 ME! Yeah, I'm seeing the same thing. I posted about it in the Current Hardware thread on this...

Quote: Originally Posted by bmoeskau It's because of the 8800 GT card. Select something else and you'll be back down to a week or less. That got me too. Interesting, I guess there is a hold-up on getting these cards out the...

Anyone got any ideas on why there is a 3 - 5 week shipping delay? Intel claims to have shipped almost of million of these xeons already and I would have thought that Apple would have these systems manufactured and stockpiled for this...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Everyone always says you are—all of the time. melgross, why do you feed him? Ignore him and move on. Please.

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross When Nehalem comes out, supposedly in the 3rd quarter of this year, Apple will be required to make a massive makeover of the internals of the machine, at least. At that time Express 2 should be...

Quote: Originally Posted by onlooker I'm going to wait for a new display before buying. I can't see myself getting stuck with one a week before new ones are announced. I wrote in another thread that I am also waiting for 8 days to see...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross On another note, I'm a bit frustrated that Apple went halfway with Express 2, offering just 2 Express 2 slots, with the others being Ex[ress 1 slots. I'd like to find out just what this means for the...