Which options on a G5 would push ship date back to SEP 29?

[Dan]

As recently as 2-3 days ago, I read that orders placed for G5's were
showing up with estimated ship date on or before August 29, 2003,
having been moved up from September 2, 2003.

I ordered one last night, and my estimated ship date is *September* 29,
2003!

So... either
1) a LOT of people ordered in the last day or so ;) or
2) something I ordered won't be ready for a month after the rest of it!

My order specs as:
- Dual 2.0
- Standard 512MB RAM
- Standard SuperDrive
- 2x250GB HD option
- Radeon 9800 Pro option
- Airport Extreme option
- Bluetooth option
- NO MODEM

If other people here have ordered G5's, can you post your specs, order
date and estimated ship date (available from [url]www.apple.com/orderstaus)?[/url]
I'd like to try to deduce which of my chosen options, if any, is going
to take them an extra MONTH to do, so that I can call and un-choose it! :)

Thanks,

-Dan

[Kevin_Stevens@hotmail.com]

On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Dan wrote:

> As recently as 2-3 days ago, I read that orders placed for G5's were
> showing up with estimated ship date on or before August 29, 2003,
> having been moved up from September 2, 2003.

Hmm. Mine moved up too, same dates.

> I ordered one last night, and my estimated ship date is *September* 29,
> 2003!
>
> So... either
> 1) a LOT of people ordered in the last day or so ;) or
> 2) something I ordered won't be ready for a month after the rest of it!

Or, 3) there is confusion about what orders were being referred to. I
ordered my G5 on the day of announcement. I don't have any problem
believing that orders placed now are delayed a month. I *do* have
problems believing that Apple has a month's worth of production ready to
ship on the first day.

> My order specs as:
> - Dual 2.0
> - Standard 512MB RAM
> - Standard SuperDrive
> - 2x250GB HD option
> - Radeon 9800 Pro option
> - Airport Extreme option
> - Bluetooth option
> - NO MODEM
>
> If other people here have ordered G5's, can you post your specs, order
> date and estimated ship date (available from [url]www.apple.com/orderstaus)?[/url]
> I'd like to try to deduce which of my chosen options, if any, is going
> to take them an extra MONTH to do, so that I can call and un-choose it! :)

Variances are:

Combo optical drive
Single 250GB drive
No Airport Extreme
Included modem

but as I say I think your logic may be fault.

KeS

[Spider]

In article <20030718141924.W714@babelfish.pursued-with.net>,
[email]Kevin_Stevens@hotmail.com[/email] wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Dan wrote:
>

> > As recently as 2-3 days ago, I read that orders placed for G5's were
> > showing up with estimated ship date on or before August 29, 2003,
> > having been moved up from September 2, 2003.

>
> Hmm. Mine moved up too, same dates.
>

> > I ordered one last night, and my estimated ship date is *September* 29,
> > 2003!
> >
> > So... either
> > 1) a LOT of people ordered in the last day or so ;) or
> > 2) something I ordered won't be ready for a month after the rest of it!

>
>
> Or, 3) there is confusion about what orders were being referred to. I
> ordered my G5 on the day of announcement. I don't have any problem
> believing that orders placed now are delayed a month. I *do* have
> problems believing that Apple has a month's worth of production ready to
> ship on the first day.
>
>
>

> > My order specs as:
> > - Dual 2.0
> > - Standard 512MB RAM
> > - Standard SuperDrive
> > - 2x250GB HD option
> > - Radeon 9800 Pro option
> > - Airport Extreme option
> > - Bluetooth option
> > - NO MODEM
> >
> > If other people here have ordered G5's, can you post your specs, order
> > date and estimated ship date (available from [url]www.apple.com/orderstaus)?[/url]
> > I'd like to try to deduce which of my chosen options, if any, is going
> > to take them an extra MONTH to do, so that I can call and un-choose it! :)

>
> Variances are:
>
> Combo optical drive
> Single 250GB drive
> No Airport Extreme
> Included modem
>
> but as I say I think your logic may be fault.
>
> KeS

I wonder if it is the -modem?
Can it be that simple, well yes, fiftey bucks can make a diff. Think
about it.

[D.J.]

[email]Kevin_Stevens@hotmail.com[/email] (Kevin_Stevens@hotmail.com) wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Dan wrote:
>

> > As recently as 2-3 days ago, I read that orders placed for G5's were
> > showing up with estimated ship date on or before August 29, 2003,
> > having been moved up from September 2, 2003.

>
> Hmm. Mine moved up too, same dates.
>

> > I ordered one last night, and my estimated ship date is *September* 29,
> > 2003!
> >
> > So... either
> > 1) a LOT of people ordered in the last day or so ;) or
> > 2) something I ordered won't be ready for a month after the rest of it!

>
>
> Or, 3) there is confusion about what orders were being referred to. I
> ordered my G5 on the day of announcement. I don't have any problem
> believing that orders placed now are delayed a month. I *do* have
> problems believing that Apple has a month's worth of production ready to
> ship on the first day.

Probably right, Kevin. I'm fairly sure what I read said that orders
placed _within the last few days_ were still showing up as August 29,
but whoever wrote that may have mis-read the 9/29 as 8/29, having 8/29
on the brain.

The answer I got from Apple is "The systems that have ship by dates of
August 29 were ordered last month," which indicates you're exactly right.

I shall be patient. ;)

-Dan

[fishfry]

In article <vhgkajjej7pu58@corp.supernews.com>,
[email]YouMustPay100DollarsForEachSpamYouSendMe@d1h.com[/email] (Dan) wrote:

> As recently as 2-3 days ago, I read that orders placed for G5's were
> showing up with estimated ship date on or before August 29, 2003,
> having been moved up from September 2, 2003.
>
> I ordered one last night, and my estimated ship date is *September* 29,
> 2003!
>
> So... either
> 1) a LOT of people ordered in the last day or so ;) or
> 2) something I ordered won't be ready for a month after the rest of it!
>
> My order specs as:
> - Dual 2.0
> - Standard 512MB RAM
> - Standard SuperDrive
> - 2x250GB HD option
> - Radeon 9800 Pro option
> - Airport Extreme option
> - Bluetooth option
> - NO MODEM
>
> If other people here have ordered G5's, can you post your specs, order
> date and estimated ship date (available from [url]www.apple.com/orderstaus)?[/url]
> I'd like to try to deduce which of my chosen options, if any, is going
> to take them an extra MONTH to do, so that I can call and un-choose it! :)

I have no personal info about the G5, but we all know that Apple has
historically had problems shipping enough units to meet demand on hot
new products. It takes time to ramp up the factory to produce new
machines, and Apple is famous for coming out with hugely popular
products, and then not having enough inventory to meet demand.

[Kevin Stevens]

In article <TheSpider-CBDFD1.18070418072003@hermes-ge0.rdc-kc.rr.com>,
Spider <TheSpider@spiderweb.com> wrote:

> I wonder if it is the -modem?
> Can it be that simple, well yes, fiftey bucks can make a diff. Think
> about it.

I was going to remove the modem as I have no use for it presently; but a
Unix-supported internal modem is a nice feature, and I think it was only
$29 credit for removal (I ordered from the fed. employees page).

KeS