Mac Mini - Are they shipping yet?

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digitalboidigitalboi
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I am one of the many people that were bringing the Apple Store to a grinding hault trying to order my Mac Mini as soon as it came back online after Steve ended his Key Note.



At the time of purchase the Apple Store as we all know was promissing a delivery date of Jan. 22nd (this Saturday) and sometime the following day they changed it to a 3-4 week delay.



Now, since then my order status on the Apple Store shows an expected "ship" date of "on or before 1/21" I have been calling the Apple Store to try and get more info on the shipping date but I keep getting mixed answers, Yesterday I was told it would ship out by the end of the day, This morning I was told it may ship today or tomorrow...It was confirmed that they will (as we all expected) would be shipping from their over seas plants.



Has any one else placed an order for a Mac Mini that shows as it has shipped yet?



I am starting to believe more and more that it will not arrive by the promised date of 1/22 (especially seeing as how the 22nd is a Saturday and I don't see them paying extra for saturday shipping).

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  • Reply 1 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    God.
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  • Reply 2 of 34
    digitalboidigitalboi Posts: 15member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by johnq

    God.



    Hahaha...God?
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  • Reply 3 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Sorry, words failed me



    Patience, my dear fellow.
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  • Reply 4 of 34
    digitalboidigitalboi Posts: 15member
    Normally I can contain my excitement, but in this instance I have sold my older machine on eBay with the thought and timing that I would recieve my Mac Mini by the end of the week...so if it doent arrive until next week I will be with out a machine (which I use for work).
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  • Reply 5 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    It just gave me severe working-for-retail and working-in-shipping/warehousing flashbacks.
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  • Reply 6 of 34
    idaveidave Posts: 1,283member
    Got a note from Apple this evening that mine has shipped. I expect it Thursday, the 20th via two-day shipping, although it could be Friday. Anyone know where Shenzhen CN is? That's where it's coming from.
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  • Reply 7 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by iDave

    Anyone know where Shenzhen CN is? That's where it's coming from.



    You're kidding, right?



    That's Shenzhen, China.
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  • Reply 8 of 34
    idaveidave Posts: 1,283member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by johnq

    You're kidding, right?



    That's Shenzhen, China.



    Thanks. No, I'm not kidding. That's what the FedEx tracking says. I'll be amazed if it gets here on Thursday, but I did pay for two-day shipping. 18th to 20th = two days.
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  • Reply 9 of 34
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by iDave

    Thanks. No, I'm not kidding. That's what the FedEx tracking says. I'll be amazed if it gets here on Thursday, but I did pay for two-day shipping. 18th to 20th = two days.



    last summer when i ordered my powerbook it went from china to my door in one day. (seriously) i think i ordered some sort of priority shipping, but not the most expensive.
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  • Reply 10 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Most everything in your/my house comes from Shenzhen.



    ...or is that or \
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  • Reply 11 of 34
    idaveidave Posts: 1,283member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ipodandimac

    last summer when i ordered my powerbook it went from china to my door in one day. (seriously) i think i ordered some sort of priority shipping, but not the most expensive.



    I really don't know how they do it. They must have transporter beams. Yeah, that's it!
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  • Reply 12 of 34
    johnqjohnq Posts: 2,763member
    Apple flies in their products from China. Ships take far too long. yes it's added to the overall price of the Mac.
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  • Reply 13 of 34
    m01etym01ety Posts: 278member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ipodandimac

    last summer when i ordered my powerbook it went from china to my door in one day. (seriously) i think i ordered some sort of priority shipping, but not the most expensive.



    Seconded. My 15" AlBook got to Boston from Shanghai, CN in under 24 hours.
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  • Reply 14 of 34
    idaveidave Posts: 1,283member
    The logistics are amazing. It's gotta go from plane to plane to truck to truck before it gets to your door, without a second wasted. Even two days is impressive, never mind 24 hours!
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  • Reply 15 of 34
    ibook911ibook911 Posts: 607member
    It always takes 2 days for me. However, that isn't that bad. Actually, it doesn't take a full 2 days, since China is many hours ahead of me.
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  • Reply 16 of 34
    surbahnssurbahns Posts: 34member
    My mac mini has shipped also.



    Ship date \tJan 18, 2005



    Service type\tIP Direct Distribution

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    Jan 19, 2005 \t7:09 pm Left FedEx Ramp SHENZHEN CN \t

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    \t \t3:43 pm Arrived at FedEx Ramp \tSHENZHEN CN \t

    \t \t1:01 am Left FedEx Origin Location SHENZHEN CN \t

    Jan 18, 2005 \t11:20 pm Pickup status SHENZHEN CN \t

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    \tPackage received after FedEx cutoff time \t





    Why my mac arrives I take lots of pictures and post them on the forum.



    I paid for 2nd day shipping. I really hope to get this thing before Friday. I'm so ready to play with my first mac, (and my first experience with OSX) Long Live Unix
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  • Reply 17 of 34
    a_greera_greer Posts: 4,594member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by surbahns

    Long Live Unix



    Sadly, according to slashdot, Netcraft has declaired unix dead...
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  • Reply 18 of 34
    aplnubaplnub Posts: 2,606member
    Once my iMac left Shanghai China, it was here in under 24 hours. I was like you. Thinking there was no way they would get it here on time. I was wrong!



    Eric
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  • Reply 19 of 34
    digitalboidigitalboi Posts: 15member
    I to got my email from the apple store last night 10:00pm EST alerting me that my Mac Mini had shipped. I checked the tracking # imediatly on FedEx's website but of course there were no details listed. I called apple this moring about 10 min ago (10:00am) and they still had no details on it. Could not even tell me what way it was shipping or if I could still expect to have it before weeks end.

    I will hold my breath and hopefully it will arrive on Friday as promised (well the 22nd...but I doubt its going out for a Saturday Delivery).



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  • Reply 20 of 34
    digitalboidigitalboi Posts: 15member
    A little update:



    I called FedEx and gave them the tracking number although the agent could not give me any info on the package she did tell me that it was shipping via FedEx Express. So for all of you that chose the free shipping method as I did Apple (I assume in the intrest to get it here by the promised date of Jan 22nd) is shipping them all from over seas via FedEx Express.



    The agent said that its usually a next day service, but could take 2 to 3 days.



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