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Post #242,884
by rcareaga
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1/28/06 8:45:38 PM
1/29/06 4:00:00 PM
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New Slow boat from China
Hmmm...

The Apple site said "3-5 days shipping" for this goodie, which I ordered one week ago (01/21/06). On 01/25/06 I received an email from Apple to the effect that the bauble had shipped. The FedEx tracking site tells another story, with "Package data transmitted to FedEx" posted for that date early in the AM, and "At local FedEx facility" about 17 hours later. Thence, stalled: "left origin," "picked up," "Package received after FedEx cutoff," "At local FedEx facility," this last for the past 48 hours. At one point the FedEx page delivery was stated as 01/30/06; following the missed cutoff this became 02/06/06. Not a biggie, but I wonder whether I might have been better advised to order directly from the SF Apple store.

I'm starting to feel sentimental about this soon-to-be-mothballed B&W tower...

UPDATE 012906: As I read the FedEx tracking data the coveted iMac, after spending a couple of days in a dingy Shanghai joss house, apparently overnighted in Subic Bay before being smuggled onto a San Francisco-bound tramp steamer early this AM invoiced as a consignment of raw jute. Details as they break.

cordially,
Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Expand Edited by rcareaga Jan. 29, 2006, 04:00:00 PM EST
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Post #242,979
by SpiceWare
1/30/06 2:19:34 PM
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New Care to try out the HD samples when you get it?
My iMac G5 can play [link|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/|Hi Def QuickTime] up to 720p. I'm curious if the new iMac will play 1080p as the [link|http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/recommendations.html|system specs] don't yet mention Core Duo models

Darrell Spice, Jr.            Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass|Artistic Overpass]                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare]
     New beret will have Intel inside - (rcareaga) - (26) - Jan. 21, 2006, 08:53:21 PM EST
         Whew! You're brave. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Jan. 21, 2006, 09:03:32 PM EST
             Not so brave as all that - (rcareaga) - Jan. 21, 2006, 09:57:48 PM EST
             Should be fast enough - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 21, 2006, 10:45:29 PM EST
         Sweet. Enjoy! -NT - (Meerkat) - Jan. 22, 2006, 12:24:17 AM EST
         Set your expectations to, at best, G5 + 20 percent.. - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Jan. 22, 2006, 08:22:10 PM EST
             Wonder how multithreaded code performs - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 22, 2006, 08:36:21 PM EST
             expectations are a moving target - (rcareaga) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2006, 09:01:15 PM EST
                 Easy for you to say. - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 23, 2006, 10:19:09 PM EST
                 Yeah... - (pwhysall) - Jan. 24, 2006, 01:15:35 AM EST
         short rations indeed - (cforde) - (2) - Jan. 22, 2006, 11:05:41 PM EST
             shorter than you think - (rcareaga) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2006, 09:25:31 PM EST
                 ouch! I really need an upgrade myself - (boxley) - Jan. 23, 2006, 10:00:33 PM EST
         Ouch! - (admin) - (11) - Jan. 24, 2006, 08:54:50 PM EST
             The number of "show stoppers" is disgusting! - (a6l6e6x) - (7) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:11:43 PM EST
                 Shame on Apple too. - (admin) - (6) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:18:56 PM EST
                     AMD has issues too - (SpiceWare) - (5) - Jan. 25, 2006, 09:55:30 PM EST
                         Over what period of time? - (admin) - (4) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:03:19 PM EST
                             In laptops? - (Another Scott) - (3) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:08:51 PM EST
                                 True, I was thinking more of the desktops. -NT - (admin) - Jan. 25, 2006, 10:11:17 PM EST
                                 The way I've heard it... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2006, 12:27:59 PM EST
                                     Your sources are dreaming - (tonytib) - Jan. 26, 2006, 03:35:12 PM EST
             34 is pretty low, actually. -NT - (pwhysall) - (2) - Jan. 26, 2006, 01:46:00 AM EST
                 Immediately after release? - (admin) - (1) - Jan. 26, 2006, 08:24:06 AM EST
                     before, actually - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 26, 2006, 10:55:51 AM EST
         Slow boat from China - (rcareaga) - (1) - Jan. 29, 2006, 04:00:00 PM EST
             Care to try out the HD samples when you get it? - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 30, 2006, 02:19:34 PM EST

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