bummer
Posted on August 29, 2003
Filed Under Macintosh
For some reason, Apple is not shipping the dual 2 GHz G5 in August as planned and promised. My ship date was originally today, now it’s “on or before 9/29/03.” Very big bummer. My G4/450 is extra slow and temperamental lately and I don’t have the energy or desire to troubleshoot it. I’m getting my work done and not losing data in between “unexpected quits” and that’s all that I care about. Disk Warrior and Disk Utility are reporting that the directory/drive are okay, so it’s application/preference related somewhere.
The prevailing theories as to the shipping delay are:
1. There was a problem with the machine which forced Apple to recall some of all of the machines ready to ship. I’ve read this in multiple places, but here’s a link.
2. A university placed a big order for maxxed out dual G5s and Apple wants to fill it first. Link here.
3. In general, education orders will get priority. Link here (although folks on the discussion lists who have educational orders in aren’t getting their machines next week either).
There have been other rumors…everything from stock manipulation to the blackout to an intentional wait for Panther (OS X 10.3). Some or all of these make sense in some way, and Apple’s not talking. Normally when a ship date slips, Apple sends an email to customers explaining that “due to whatever…” the order is delayed. As of 9:30 pm EST, no one has reported receiving an email.
I’m disappointed, but not incredibly surprised. I’ve been purchasing Apple computers since 1992 and not once has the company been able to meet initial demand.
Some sites are saying that the machine could ship as early as mid September, but I’m not expecting miracles at this point.
