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Dual-2GHz Power Mac G5s sent to schools first

updated 05:10 pm EDT, Tue September 2, 2003

 
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Apple has to consumers by 3-4 weeks, opting instead to ship the first of the fast desktops to schools, according CNET News.com: "Apple, which had promised the first customers of the dual-processor 2GHz Power Macs that their machines would ship by the end of August, is now saying it may take until the end of this month for those people to get their machines. The delay is due to the company's attempt to equip colleges and other educational institutions for the back-to-school season. A number of customers reported receiving an e-mail from Apple over the Labor Day weekend saying that their orders had been pushed back by three to four weeks."


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    VT

    Virginia Tech is probably getting a lot of these first shipments for their 1100 node G5 supercomputer.

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    My Xmas present...

    Gee....if I order one now then I might get it by Xmas.

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    MacMall

    Just got a phone call from Macmall saying my computer will ship in 10 days and that they are getting shipments in faster then expected.... i ordered about 5 weeks ago.. Just a FYI.. oh this is a 2GHZ Dual G5

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    Bad PR move, Apple

    It's bad enough that the shipments are being delayed. It's worse when people discover that their orders have been passed over by preferred customers. But Apple really takes the cake when they tell customers until the last momement that their orders will ship on time, only to push the date at the last moment.

    We all have sat in airports where Airlines practice the same art of making arrivals 10 minutes "late" over and over instead of telling customers the truth (as in, "the plane hasn't taken off yet"). Shame on Apple for copying the worst in class. It's not like the organization didn't know weeks in advance that something was going to go terribly wrong. Managing expectations is something that Apple has mismanaged at every popular new product launch.

    I hope that Steve's excessive pay package will be cut commensurately in line with the performance of the company. The G5 is the quantum leap we have all been waiting for. But if Apple keeps messing up on its promises, then the market will continue to shift to other, more predictable hardware platforms. Lest Apple forget, Linux emerged not because folks like to try new OS'. Rather, it was developed because OS manufacturers were not giving their consumers what they wanted.

    Clearly, some of the issues are beyond Apple's control. Motorolas continued inability to produce chips in usable quantities is eerily reminiscient of AMD fumbling in the manufacturing department. It underscores the importance of moving away from the worst in class (Moto) to best in class (IBM). In fact, Motorola would do us all a favor if they got out of the chip-fab business altogether and left that to capable experts.

    However, we'll have to wait until next year at the earliest for a 970 based laptop. In the meantime, we continue to wait (sigh) for a updated 15" Al-exterior powerbook, which is allegedly still being held back by Motos CPU shortages.

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    All I can say is...

    D'oh!!!

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    Yea, and if

    If Apple had chose to send to you instead of me, YOU'D THINK IT WAS JUST TERRIBLE, wouldn't you...

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    Hey Einstein,

    Did anyone whine about machines not being sent to them? None of the above posts mentioned that the poster was waiting on a DP 2GHz G5. They just observed that Apple has and continues to dissapoint its loyal user base by over-promising and "under-delivering".

    Note similar delays in getting G4 Laptops, G3 B&W, MD units to users. Simply put, Apple plays it too close to the edge with its inventory when it comes to product introductions. Given that users alerted Apple months in advance via pre-orders makes this oversight all the more unforgivable.

    I have no G5 on order, nor expect to order one for the forseeable future. Yet, if I may, I am dismayed that Apple continues to "punish" its user base by making promises it cannot keep. To brazenly lie to its user base about it until the cat has to be let out of the bag makes it all the worse.

    Please note how the Virginia Tech article on Cnet offers that VT has been working with Apple for months on this project... so, when did Apple wake up to the fact that they'd need a lot of G5 DP 2GHz units? By when would Apple have figured out that web-site orders wouldn't be fulfilled on time?

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    customers last

    schools first, 1.6's and then 1.8's next, then the businesses and people who really need need the power get them after everyone else...

    -Steve Jobs

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    Can you say . . .

    EAST COAST POWER OUTAGE?

    Dang, it's amazing this whole country isn't in the crapper after that problem, just about 2 wks ago . . . remember?

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    Whine Whine Whine

    Man some of you people sure like to complain.

    Apple has fewer PMG5s than orders. It makes perfect sense to supply schools first, because the G5s will get maximum exposure in schools, and delayed shipments would affect many more users at schools than a delayed personal shipment. After all, a PMG5 for a school will likely be used by dozens of students and staff, compared to a single user for personal purchases. Additionally, schools just plain NEED the new Macs more, because without them there won't be enough computers to go around. For many individuals PMG5 buyers, the new Mac is replacing an old one, so the person has their old computer to rely on until the G5 arrives.

    When November rolls around Apple will be pumping out Powermac G5s like mad and this minor delay will be long since gone--except for the few MacNN whiners who compulsively obsess over Apple to b!tchily dramatize every minor inconvenience related to Apple products.

    I used to visit the MacNN comments quite often back in the era of 500 MHz G4s and candy flavored iMacs. Alas, as Apple has cranked out faster and better-equipped hardware, all while polishing OS X into the fine gem that it is, the volume of b!tching and whining here at MacNN has risen with all the sureness and inevitability of Intel clock-speeds. It seems that the harder Apple rocks, the louder MacNN posters complain.

    Maybe someday someone will come up with an explanation for my un-novel and un-unique observation. Until then I'll have to keep b!tching and whining about all the b!tching and whining!

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