Here us what my friend heard yesterday in a meeting with some people from Apple (he works in retail and distribution). They started building machines TODAY, Saturday. They let the orders build up, they get an idea of what they are working with and then they begin building today. You should start to receive ship notifications maybe today (Saturday) but if not then definitely Monday.
The Day the DUAL G4's w/DDR were announced I ran down to my local APPLE STORE and bought the following:
DUAL 1 GIG
standard config w/ 80 gig hd and the Radeon 9000
then I bought my 2 gigs of Kingston DDR PC2700 Ram for an even $600. My machine screams!
Also installed a combo drive I had, below my super drive.
I was strictly OS9 on a G3 Pismo 400 before, (and a PowerCenter Pro 210 before that) so this is my first real experience with OS X and I'm glad I waiting to go OS X with Jaguar. It's so responsive, and all the new added features blow my mind! LOL. (see what prolonged use of OS 9 and a G3 chip does? I'm giggling like a school girl!)
So many people are talkin smack about the new machines...but it's MORE than enough for me. I mainly edit in Final Cut, do some Photoshop stuff, use Word and surf the Net. So I'm all good....until a G5 rears its head
I was going to buy the Dual 1 Ghz and actually had an order placed at the Apple Store.
I went to the Apple Store in Durham/Chapel hill and played with tboth the Dual 867 and the Dual 1Ghz and couldn't tell a big difference between them. SO instead of spending $5000 on a Dual Ghz and 22" Cinema Display, I spent the same ammount of monet on a Dual 857, 22 ACD, and the low end eMac G4 700.
I also get 2 free printers, a free Rio 600 MP3 player, free Norton Utilities 7, and a $200 back on the Display/cpu purchase via rebate.
Also, I am trading in my imac 333 for $350 credit. (could get more on ebay I guess?)
Once the rebates clear the final total for it all will be $4829 and both me and the wife will have new G4's with OS 10.2.
defiant: yes you can install 2GB of RAM, however, Apple said you could only install 1.5 because the finder can only handle 999MB and the OS can only address 1.5GB I think.
Mac OS X might actually enhance that system's value in that case.
I've been patiently waiting for a new computer for a year now, so this is finally my glory days to get the things I've been wanting. Now I really will have made the full switch.
first of all the Radeon 9700 isn't even orderable yet, as the PC version has just been released today (yesterday), the Mac versio is going to take some time. Secondly it's likely there will never be a version with less than 128MB RAM, and 3rd of all, it's never going to be anything less than DDR-SDRAM.
I will, Bodhi. Are you sure they started building them today? I'm in Los Angeles too. My order status still says "being assembled". They also told me it would be a 2-3 week wait, and it's only been I think 3 business days so far since I ordered.
I ordered mine with FedEx 2 day shipping, but there's no indication my dual 1 GHz will ship any time soon. I got the GeForce 4 Ti BTO, also. I'll definitely post here when I get it... I just don't expect I'll get it for a couple more weeks.
Now THAT is encouraging. I ordered mine on the 15th, configured exactly like yours. Wow, maybe I'll get mine in a couple more days then. Thanks for the info.
first of all the Radeon 9700 isn't even orderable yet, as the PC version has just been released today (yesterday), the Mac versio is going to take some time. Secondly it's likely there will never be a version with less than 128MB RAM, and 3rd of all, it's never going to be anything less than DDR-SDRAM.
<strong>If anyone ordered a new dual with a GeForceTi and it shipped, please post in here!</strong><hr></blockquote>
I ordered the dual 1GHZ with the following upgrades on the 13th:
Geforce 4 Ti, 120GB HD, 512MB
I don't have the e-mail in front of me, but a couple days ago, I received an e-mail that said there will be an up to 15day delay. Likewise, I'm curious to here when other's receive their machines as well.
On the plus side, I did receive my 17" LCD display yesterday ;-)
I'm not sure if the following is of help to those struggling with their decision to purchase the 1.25 GHz unit, especially if it is due to the shipping delay advised on Apple Store. It "might" be that they will be delivered a lot sooner than Apple Store currently indicates.
I placed the the order shown below on 14 August. As you can see it included a 22" Cinema display. I had anticipated early delivery of the display but after telephoning Apple Store was advised that it CANNOT be split form the main order. The two components formed one order and therefore MUST be delivered as one purchase unit. If I split the order I could get the display early, but loose the rebate. I decided to leave well alone and not give them the opportunity to screw things up. I received the following email today, which assume means 2/3 weeks for the full order since the display is still showing 1/2 days build on UK Apple Store.
Dear Apple Store Customer,
Thank you for choosing the Apple Store.
With reference to your recent order for a Power Mac G4, we are currently
experiencing delays in one or more of the key components
of your order and as such are now expecting to ship your order within the
next 2-3 weeks.
We sincerely apologize for this delay and appreciate your patience.
Kind regards,
Apple Store
[quote]
PURCHASE INFORMATION
Part Details:
\t Est
Line Part Number Description Quantity Cost Build Time
1 Custom Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25GHz 1 2331.06 6 - 8 Weeks
065-3703 Power Mac G4
065-3854 Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
065-3704 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM -1 DIMM
065-3136 120GB Ultra ATA
065-3140 DVD-R/CD-RW
065-3778 ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB, ADC/DVI
065-3232 Ultra SCSI PCI & cable adapter
B065-3138 56K internal modem
B065-3222 Apple Pro Keyboard
Z065-3126 Mac OS
B065-3125 Country kit
2 M8058ZM/A Apple Cinema Display (22" LCD) 1 1799.00 1 - 2 days <hr></blockquote>
I was holding out for a 1.25ghz, but I NEED it in 2 weeks, so it looks like I'll be getting a spiffy new 1ghz with a 22" Cinema Display. Good enough for me.
Has anybody heard of the 1.25ghz be available in the next 2 weeks? Ya, know... just in case.
<strong>It seems that the Ti is holding up a lot of orders.
Apple Manufacturing: "We only have 100 GeForce Ti's in stock and we are releasing a new Power Mac in a week. Should we order more?"
Apple Corporate: "nah, nobody will BTO the GeForce Ti..."
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well....my dual gig with geForce Ti arrived today!! Ordered on the 13th, received on the 20th....not bad! If any of you have any questions let me know....BTW yes it is pretty loud...sounds like a microwave oven. Oh well, I'll crank up the iTunes I guess.
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I have an old PM 400 AGP with four RAM slots.
that means i could install 2GB RAM. My question is, will my motherboard support 2GB ?
DUAL 1 GIG
standard config w/ 80 gig hd and the Radeon 9000
then I bought my 2 gigs of Kingston DDR PC2700 Ram for an even $600. My machine screams!
Also installed a combo drive I had, below my super drive.
I was strictly OS9 on a G3 Pismo 400 before, (and a PowerCenter Pro 210 before that) so this is my first real experience with OS X and I'm glad I waiting to go OS X with Jaguar. It's so responsive, and all the new added features blow my mind! LOL. (see what prolonged use of OS 9 and a G3 chip does? I'm giggling like a school girl!)
So many people are talkin smack about the new machines...but it's MORE than enough for me. I mainly edit in Final Cut, do some Photoshop stuff, use Word and surf the Net. So I'm all good....until a G5 rears its head
I went to the Apple Store in Durham/Chapel hill and played with tboth the Dual 867 and the Dual 1Ghz and couldn't tell a big difference between them. SO instead of spending $5000 on a Dual Ghz and 22" Cinema Display, I spent the same ammount of monet on a Dual 857, 22 ACD, and the low end eMac G4 700.
I also get 2 free printers, a free Rio 600 MP3 player, free Norton Utilities 7, and a $200 back on the Display/cpu purchase via rebate.
Also, I am trading in my imac 333 for $350 credit. (could get more on ebay I guess?)
Once the rebates clear the final total for it all will be $4829 and both me and the wife will have new G4's with OS 10.2.
MSKR
Mac OS X might actually enhance that system's value in that case.
G_News
It looks like I'm the only one here getting a Dual 1.25 Ghz
POWER MAC G4 CTO (P58-166MHZ Z05N
DP 1.25GHZ 2MB L3 Proc
512MB DDR DRAM@333MHZ-1 DIMM
120GB ULTRA ATA 7200RPM
Apple Superdrive
NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti,128MB
56K Int Modem
Airport Card Int
USB Keyboard- PMG4 -T
MAC'OS MINI KIT-T
Accessory kit-PMG4/T
APPLE PRO SPEAKER KIT-GEN M8756G/A
<hr></blockquote>
Nope, I'm with you too. Here's mine:
Dual 1.25 Ghz
POWER MAC G4 CTO (P58-166MHZ Z05N
DP 1.25GHZ 2MB L3 Proc
512MB DDR DRAM@333MHZ-1 DIMM
120GB ULTRA ATA 7200RPM
Apple Superdrive
ATI Radeon 9700 w/64MB SDRAM
ADC Student Developer Kit
.MAC Retail Box Kit
Outside of Apple:
Logitech Wireless Freedom Pro- wireless ergonomic keyboard and mouse
Archos Recorder 20- USB 2.0 20GB mp3/portable hard drive (my last one was stolen a few weeks ago)
Addonics USB 2.0- 4 port USB 2.0 pci card
Canon Powershot G2- 4 megapixel digital camera
Debating upon stuff for the second bay. Take a look at this <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=001389"; target="_blank">thread</a> and tell us what your doing with your second bay or what you think is a good idea.
I've been patiently waiting for a new computer for a year now, so this is finally my glory days to get the things I've been wanting. Now I really will have made the full switch.
-CFPC
WTF are you smoking?
first of all the Radeon 9700 isn't even orderable yet, as the PC version has just been released today (yesterday), the Mac versio is going to take some time. Secondly it's likely there will never be a version with less than 128MB RAM, and 3rd of all, it's never going to be anything less than DDR-SDRAM.
So I guess you got a 9000 Pro for now.
G-News
I ordered mine with FedEx 2 day shipping, but there's no indication my dual 1 GHz will ship any time soon. I got the GeForce 4 Ti BTO, also. I'll definitely post here when I get it... I just don't expect I'll get it for a couple more weeks.
2.0GB PC2700 DDR SDRAM - 4 DIMMs
2x120GB Ultra ATA drive
Optical 1 - Apple SuperDrive
Optical 2 - Combo Drive (DVD/CD-RW)
NVIDIA GeForce4 Titanium dual-display w/128MB DDR
Apple Cinema HD Display (23" flat panel)
Apple Pro Keyboard - U.S. English
Harman Kardon SoundSticks
Accessory kit
Mac OS X - U.S. English
.Mac (Retail Box)
Getting Started with Mac OS X
Apple DVD-R media kit (5 pack)
Comes to roughly US$9,200.00; before taxes or rebates..
But I will not order until October... So I guess I will miss out on the rebate...
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Radeon 9700 with 64MB SDRAM?
WTF are you smoking?
first of all the Radeon 9700 isn't even orderable yet, as the PC version has just been released today (yesterday), the Mac versio is going to take some time. Secondly it's likely there will never be a version with less than 128MB RAM, and 3rd of all, it's never going to be anything less than DDR-SDRAM.
So I guess you got a 9000 Pro for now.
G-News
<hr></blockquote>
I apologize, I meant the 9000 Pro.
-CFPC
<strong>If anyone ordered a new dual with a GeForceTi and it shipped, please post in here!</strong><hr></blockquote>
I ordered the dual 1GHZ with the following upgrades on the 13th:
Geforce 4 Ti, 120GB HD, 512MB
I don't have the e-mail in front of me, but a couple days ago, I received an e-mail that said there will be an up to 15day delay. Likewise, I'm curious to here when other's receive their machines as well.
On the plus side, I did receive my 17" LCD display yesterday ;-)
Steve
I placed the the order shown below on 14 August. As you can see it included a 22" Cinema display. I had anticipated early delivery of the display but after telephoning Apple Store was advised that it CANNOT be split form the main order. The two components formed one order and therefore MUST be delivered as one purchase unit. If I split the order I could get the display early, but loose the rebate. I decided to leave well alone and not give them the opportunity to screw things up. I received the following email today, which assume means 2/3 weeks for the full order since the display is still showing 1/2 days build on UK Apple Store.
Dear Apple Store Customer,
Thank you for choosing the Apple Store.
With reference to your recent order for a Power Mac G4, we are currently
experiencing delays in one or more of the key components
of your order and as such are now expecting to ship your order within the
next 2-3 weeks.
We sincerely apologize for this delay and appreciate your patience.
Kind regards,
Apple Store
[quote]
PURCHASE INFORMATION
Part Details:
\t Est
Line Part Number Description Quantity Cost Build Time
1 Custom Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25GHz 1 2331.06 6 - 8 Weeks
065-3703 Power Mac G4
065-3854 Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
065-3704 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM -1 DIMM
065-3136 120GB Ultra ATA
065-3140 DVD-R/CD-RW
065-3778 ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB, ADC/DVI
065-3232 Ultra SCSI PCI & cable adapter
B065-3138 56K internal modem
B065-3222 Apple Pro Keyboard
Z065-3126 Mac OS
B065-3125 Country kit
2 M8058ZM/A Apple Cinema Display (22" LCD) 1 1799.00 1 - 2 days <hr></blockquote>
G-News
Has anybody heard of the 1.25ghz be available in the next 2 weeks? Ya, know... just in case.
Apple Manufacturing: "We only have 100 GeForce Ti's in stock and we are releasing a new Power Mac in a week. Should we order more?"
Apple Corporate: "nah, nobody will BTO the GeForce Ti..."
<strong>It seems that the Ti is holding up a lot of orders.
Apple Manufacturing: "We only have 100 GeForce Ti's in stock and we are releasing a new Power Mac in a week. Should we order more?"
Apple Corporate: "nah, nobody will BTO the GeForce Ti..."
Well....my dual gig with geForce Ti arrived today!! Ordered on the 13th, received on the 20th....not bad! If any of you have any questions let me know....BTW yes it is pretty loud...sounds like a microwave oven. Oh well, I'll crank up the iTunes I guess.
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