when will my mac be dispatched

My guess would be.....January. This is a user to user forum, ther's no possible way that none here could help with that. I would recommend that you contact The Apple Store though and see if that can offer any further information.

And sorry for being a smart aleck! Happy New Year!

I ordered my 27" iMac on Dec 6th and it's scheduled for delivery here on Thursday, January 3rd.

Sorry, Liam....I'm in the U.S. Actually, it arrived today, a day earlier than projected.

Any Apple products that I have purchased that were shipped from Shanghai have always arrived 3 or 4 days after leaving China. I'm in Europe, so I'm guessing they use planes rather than ships 😉.

I've found that the email notifications you get when it's despatched very useful and with the tracking number you will be given it's easy to follow your package on it's journey to your front door.

You should also be able to click on your order number indicated on the confirmation email of your order that will also indicate when the shipment is being prepared for despatch.

Probably.

The point is, was that statement on the Apple site on the day you ordered it? If so, you have grounds to cancel if it doesn't arrive on time ... but no more.

You don't say what you ordered. but there were several posts pointing out a delay with the 27" model due to production problems. I appreciate how disappointing it can be, especially if it is a present, but the alternative is what?

I'll cross my fingers for you. 😀

Liam,

No-one here can confirm anything, one way or the other. All you can expect is that someone (me in this case) will post with a reasoned opinion. I recently saw a post (can't remember where it was now) that gave an unsubstantiated list of shipments and another that quoted deliveries via Alaska!

It will be with you soon, be assured of that, but I ain't saying when I think 'soon' will be. 😕

Apple's online store was updated on Monday to reflect shipping times of between three and four weeks for new orders of its redesigned 27-inch iMacs. Previously, orders were advertised to ship "in January" — a change that was made last month to let customers know their orders would not ship before Christmas.

With three-and-a-half weeks left in the month of January, the change in estimated shipping times may not represent an outright delay, but the continued wait is yet another sign that Apple is unable to produce enough iMac units to meet customer demand.

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook signaled in October that his company would face a "significant shortage" of iMacs in the December quarter. And analyst Ming-chi Kuo of KGI Securities said in August that the new screen lamination process used in building the new iMacs is particularly difficult with the larger 27-inch model.

Last week, Apple began offering its new hybrid Fusion Drive on entry-level 21.5-inch iMac orders. Previously, that option was limited to the 27-inch model and high-end versions of the 21.5-inch model.