Amazon's out of stock, next batch with Leopard preinstalled? I've noticed the past few days that Amazon is out of stock of the 24" iMac and having 3rd parties sell it. I'm wondering if they (Amazon) are not selling anymore till it has Leopard installed. This is a possibility with the holiday shopping season in full swing. Amazon's out of stock, next batch with Leopard preinstalled? I've noticed the past few days that Amazon is out of stock of the 24" iMac and having 3rd parties sell it. I'm... » Read More Amazon's out of stock, next batch with Leopard preinstalled? I've noticed the past few days that Amazon is out of stock of the 24" iMac and having 3rd parties sell it. I'm wondering if they (Amazon) are not selling anymore till it has Leopard installed. This is a possibility with the holiday shopping season in full swing. « Show Less
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How about waiting 'till Macworld Expo? They could boost the CPU and/or video or something; maybe even add Blu-Ray drives.
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I got one of these just a few days ago (Jan 23 '08) from Amazon and Leopard was preinstalled. Now I see that they're out of them again!Paul
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It really seems to depend on where your iMac is shipped from. I ordered mine on January 29, 2007 and it arrived with Tiger installed. No Leopard disc was included. I contacted Amazon and they referred me to Apple. In the end, Amazon refunded me the money to purchase Leopard and iLife '08.My order shipped from Cincinnati, OH.
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I'm not complaining, I already have Leopard installed on my iBook and I really like it. I want to receive the iMac with Leopard installed so I can start working from the get-go. I just assume because Amazon is out of stock now that they are waiting for Apple to ship them iMacs with Leopard installed already.
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I would think that the next iMac shipment from Apple to all of it's re-sellers would include Leopard installed since they are available that way now at the Apple Store (and have been so awhile I believe). I've got a 24 incher on order too and am more concerned about that $100 rebate from Amazon which apparently expires next Monday 12/3. Amazon says it may be 3-5 weeks until this this model ships. I'm hoping they will show up a little early...like this week, before this rebate expires. Otherwise I may cancel and wait until after the first of the year to re-order.
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If you email Amazon's customer support, they will give you an extension on the rebate.
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I just got my MBP. It had 10.4 Tiger but iLife 08. I ordered Leopard through Apple for ten bucks.
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I bought a 24" iMac last night (6th November'07) and Leopard wasn't pre-installed. I got a Leopard disk, and had to do the installation at home, which takes about an hour and half. The installation is a piece of cake, but I wish it came pre-installed.
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Hi, I was at the Apple Store on Tuesday and the Genius told me that I probably would not get good results with 10.5 Leopard on my iMac 800 G4. It is running at 800 MHz. We are using Tiger and have had no problems other than when we upgraded the RAM. It wouldn't take a gig- so we are at 768. It is 10.4.10 now.
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It seems like Amazon received a small initial shipment and those who got in early had theirs shipped. Based on the availability from the Apple online store, it might be a month or more before Amazon may get another shipment of MBPsI checked JR.com and they have them in stock. YMMV thoughhttp://www.jr.com/apple/pe/APP_MC975LL_SL_A/
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I just received an NA895LL/A 15" MBP that was ordered on 11/23 (and arrived today 11/27). It came with iLife08 and Tiger preinstalled on the hard drive, the 2 MBP OS/bundle install disks, and a Leopard 'CPU Drop-in Kit' DVD (which was not installed). I'm going to install Leopard from scratch then install iLife08 from the 2 original OS install disks.Apple sales says there is no longer an up-to-date program for iLife08 FWIW, if you get one of these from amazon with the older iLife suite you're SOL ($80 to buy a copy of 08).
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N. Bird, you are correct, according to an Apple rep who I spoke with on 12/2 after posting my reply to the original post. The other thing is, my customer sales person from Apple was able to offer me a 6% discount on the spot when I told them of the $50 differential between Amazon's price and theirs. I know!! Her response: "Yeah, not enough people ask for a discount when they call, but they should!" All told, with tax (from both the Apple store AND Amazon), I'd have saved $2 by buying from Amazon... Not worth it! I'm buying my iMac direct from Apple for peace of mind.
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It is true that those of us who ordered from the Apple Store online have received our MacBook Air computers or they are in transit from Shanghai. But, we ordered within 48 hours of the introduction My local Apple Stores do not have demos yet. Mine will likely arrive before theirs. So, patience, folks. I am pleased to see pre-ordered MacBook Air computers already number 29 in Amazon Electronics.
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At this point, Apple seems to be sold out everywhere (Apple Retail Stores, Apple.com, Best Buy, etc.) and I was told by Apple that they are backordered 3-4 weeks. I don't know about Amazon.com's receipt of additional orders but I can imagine Apple would sell through themselves first before giving to other retailers. With that said, everyone I've spoken to at Apple has said the fastest way to get one is through their online store.
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It's not released by Apple yet; their official store shows a 5-7 day ship estimate. I'd imagine Amazon will be around the same time.
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Reading the Apple Support forums, people are getting the black MacBooks now from Amazon even when they are quoted a July shipping date. Also, in the MB 1.83 Ghz Amazon forum, someone mentioned that he got his shipped and delivered earlier this month even when quoted a late shipping date.So I think that Amazon is just being conservative as Apple is notorious for not having enough supply for their products. I think Amazon is just trying to cover their butts in case Apple can't meet demand and doesn't allocate enough shipments to Amazon.
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My order status is still "pre-order." Anyone knows when it will ship? My laptop is broken so I'm counting on this Macbook air.
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JC - do you have any update on shipping status for your iMac (24" right?)? Amazon now says Sep 20 - Oct 4 timeframe for shipping new orders, and I'm hoping that you've seen something a lot better than that...
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I ordered my MacBook on May 18. The shipping date shown at check-out was July 21. (Yikes!) But today I checked my "Where's my stuff" and the ship date had changed to May 23. (Whew). Note I did NOT receive an email stating this change. So I'm sure there's a big backup, but they seem to be moving through. I'll post if anything changes.*** EDIT: Nothing shipped as of the 23rd, i #went in to change my shipping address to my home instead of my office, and the est date jumped back to July 22. I'm assuming the May 23 date was a mistake all along. Thaks, Amazon. *** I ordered my MacBook on May 18. The shipping date shown at check-out was July 21. (Yikes!) But today I checked my "Where's my stuff" and the ship date had changed to May 23. (Whew). Note I did NOT receive an email stating this change. So I'm sure there's a big backup, but they seem to be moving through. I'll post if anything changes.*** EDIT: Nothing shipped as of the 23rd, i #went in to change my shipping address to my home instead of my office, and the est date jumped back to July 22. I'm assuming the May 23 date was a mistake all along. Thaks, Amazon. ***
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Thanks so much for the confirmation, Michael.I also found a review on Amazon of AppleCare (for the Macbook Pro) that had an interesting point. On May 12, 2007, JOACHIM said in a review that when he registered the AppleCare for his Macbook Pro purchased through amazon, the expiration date was 3 months earlier than he expected based on his purchase date. Upon calling Apple, he found out that the AppleCare start/end dates are based on when Amazon purchased the computer from Apple - not when you purchase the computer from Amazon. I think it's something good to know in and of itself, but for the purposes of this discussion, it also shows that Amazon's stock of Macbook Pro's may be as much as 3 months old or more... Thanks so much for the confirmation, Michael.I also found a review on Amazon of AppleCare (for the Macbook Pro) that had an interesting point. On May 12, 2007, JOACHIM said in a review that when he registered the AppleCare for his Macbook Pro purchased through amazon, the expiration date was 3 months earlier than he expected based on his purchase date. Upon calling Apple, he found out that the AppleCare start/end dates are based on when Amazon purchased the computer from Apple - not when you purchase the computer from Amazon. I think it's something good to know in... » Read More Thanks so much for the confirmation, Michael.I also found a review on Amazon of AppleCare (for the Macbook Pro) that had an interesting point. On May 12, 2007, JOACHIM said in a review that when he registered the AppleCare for his Macbook Pro purchased through amazon, the expiration date was 3 months earlier than he expected based on his purchase date. Upon calling Apple, he found out that the AppleCare start/end dates are based on when Amazon purchased the computer from Apple - not when you purchase the computer from Amazon. I think it's something good to know in and of itself, but for the purposes of this discussion, it also shows that Amazon's stock of Macbook Pro's may be as much as 3 months old or more... « Show Less
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I rec'd my iMac 11/6 and it still had Tiger installed. I ordered the $10 + tax upgrade from Apple and it arrived within a few days. Installation took about 90 min. and was very easy. However, if I had it to do over I might stick with the Tiger system a little longer. The reason is Tiger being a mature OS is virtually bug free, where as the brand new leopard will have some bugs to work. Therefore, I would suggest ordering iMac with Tiger and wait a few weeks to order the grade. By then Apple should have fixes in place for a problems that may arrise.
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If your getting an apple imac go to apple, you may even get a student discount which saved me $50 on it. But the great thing is I bought it on 2 weeks before the new one come out on May 3rd. Apple exchanged it for the exact same price evne thought I was outside the returns period by a few days. Best part of buying it from Apple they walk you thru the complete set up