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Well, I pulled the trigger and ordered a 27" iMac from Apple.com. I upgraded to the 3.4GHz i7 and some other upgrades. My horror: The estimated ship date says July 14th! Is there any hope that they are underestimating their supply lines and I might get it any sooner?
 
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My MBP shipped 4 days early and arrived in Tucson the next day.

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Customized machines take longer, but yes that ship date will probably change.
 
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Well, I hope so. 6 weeks seems like a long pipeline to me.
 

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Wow. Hopefully you get it a little sooner. I ordered mine the day the iMac refresh came - and it took about 4 days or so before it shipped. Interestingly - it shipped from California - not China - like my MBP did.
 
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You will probably get it much sooner perhaps even with Lion pre-installed.
 
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I've discovered that making impatient phone calls to your local Apple Store can yield interesting results.
 
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I've discovered that making impatient phone calls to your local Apple Store can yield interesting results.
Do they always ship them from the Apple Store? I would think that for customized machines (or stock) they would ship them from a warehouse somewhere as, from what I've seen, Apple stores are always full and they might want to keep as many machines in stock as possible.
 
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Do they always ship them from the Apple Store? I would think that for customized machines (or stock) they would ship them from a warehouse somewhere as, from what I've seen, Apple stores are always full and they might want to keep as many machines in stock as possible.
They ship direct from the manufacturing facility in China, at least this has always been my experience.
 

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They ship direct from the manufacturing facility in China, at least this has always been my experience.


That's where my iPad and BTO 2011 MBP came from. My BTO iMac shipped from California oddly enough. But who knows - maybe they had stockpiled some in the states for the refresh launch.
 
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Has anyone heard news of any ship dates for the new 27" iMac? My order status still says July 14th. I assume it will come with OS X 10.7 (Lion), but that is an assumption.
 
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When I ordered my i27 they quoted me about five weeks for delivery. I had ordered upgrades to the machine. I actually received it two and a half weeks after ordering. So keep your chin up. It may just be an Apple strategy to cover themselves.
 

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