I've noticed that Apple seem a bit strange regarding shipping times.
My first order was a stock 12" powerbook. It took a little over 3 weeks to arrive.
My second was a Mini with an upgrade to 512Mb. It took exactly 2 weeks to arrive.
Yesterday, at 10:10am, I ordered a refurbished dual 2.5 powermac. Its already shipped, and should be here early next week.
In each case, the estimated lead time in the apple store was wildly innacurate (next day becoming over 2 weeks for the PB, 3-4 days becoming a week+ for the Mini, but that had an upgrade to do on it, but then 8 days becoming 1/2 an hour on the refrurbished model; weird, but I'm not complaining about a week less wait on the PM!)
In each case, also, the 3-4 days after shipping for delivery has turned into 5 days precisely.
Also the carrier, TNT netherlands, seems to have 2 classes of tracking number; class A, full details of where the thing is at all times, and class B, no details at all, at any time.
Keyboards and iPods get class A, Computers get class B :dummy: