iMac i5 / i7 Quad Core *** Australian Resellers*** News & Updates.

According to my reseller in Belgium (and these guys really do their best to serve their customers) it will be the first week of december, they've told me Apple had to hold back some 'new models 27"' because of technical faults...
Personally I still believe it's a shame Apple treats resellers like this, the logical thing should be that when you walk by a Apple store, one should be able to see several new 27" models... how many are displayed at your local store? how many quad cores? They should compensate their customers for this extended delivery time!

Ordered by i5 on the 16th of Nov and its just been shipped...Delivers the 27th.
Wollongong NSW.

Online through an Apple EPP program (discount).
Got a friend who order online the next day and he has not shipped yet.

I ordered mine back on 5/11 from an apple reseller here in Melbourne.

Rang them friday... they have no idea when my order will arrive... and gave me the good ole "we'll call you blah blah blah"

I had to pay 20% deposit on mine.

got a mate who order online same week as me... their imac arrived last friday.

Hey guys,
I ordered my from the reseller on the release date. 23/10.

They are saying dec for my i7.

It is a shame, but i guess i got it through my local reseller because i know what its like when something goes wrong under warranty. being a business idon't have time to wait around and send stuff away. I just drop it at the door and they fix it for me straight away.

Don't think you'd get the same response if i bought it online.

Ya I agree. They announce a new product, tell us it will ship in November and then pay us to wait. What business are you in? ??

Hey wheres the apple resellers phone number gone, anyone have it?

I ordered my i5 from David Jones in the Melbourne CBD Store the day after they were released (20/21st Oct?). I believe I was the first to order from that store.

As of 1st Dec, I'm still waiting.

I've called/dropped in twice, only to be told they were still waiting for shipping information. The last communication I had at about mid November was "early Dec".

From info I have gathered from twitter searches etc it seems that people who have ordered directly from Apple online have received theirs within a few weeks. I know of 2 confirmed cases of people in australia who have ordered the i7 in November and have already received them.

Seems to be the price we pay for 18months interest free option 😟

The latest info I have from multiple people says that resellers won't be seeing any i7s until mid to late December and even that may slip...in the mean time ordering from Apple directly should have an i7 on your desk within 14 days usually so there is certainly preferential treatment.

If your reseller is telling you earlier time frames they are either making it up or lying..

The only reason I'm not cancelling my Myer order is that PERHAPS with the ridiculous delay for resellers Apple may just fix up all the problems that have plagued the first batches (cracked screens, screen flickering, noisy HDs etc etc)

Yep, 24mnths interest free still comes with a price hey.

Knowing my luck, Ill get it after Xmas, and itll have issues, ill send it back, and by the time i get a newbie, theyll have Octo-Core i25's out!!

Mid to late December? that is not cool...

i'm still waiting for a response from my reseller in Melbourne...