MacBook Shipping Question....

Figure about 5 days once it ships via FedEX.

I just checked Apple's store. White ones are shipping Ships: 5-7 business days and black ones 24-hours.

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Depends on what model you purchase and how you have it configured.
Safe bet 7-14 days.

Jim

PowerBook G3 500 Mhz "Pismo" (Wonna buy it so I can get a MacBook?) Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I got mine CTO, w/ a 2.0ghz, 1gb, and an 80gb HD
mine should ship by the 26th and be here the 2nd

Should I expect to come sooner, because
I have been waiting to order it for a long time, and
I can't really wait any longer.

Based on my own experience, I would expect it to come later than Apple estimates.

I ordered a 1.83 GHz (stock config, nothing custom) on July 6, and Apple estimated 5-7 business days to ship. On the eighth day, they revised their estimate to 8-10 business days. Very late on the eighth day, it shipped from China via FedEx (I paid extra for express shipping). It was in Alaska yesterday and Tennessee today. I'm in Canada.

FedEx says it should be at my door Monday around dinner -- 13 business days after I placed the order.

Mac mini Mac OS X (10.4) also several Linux boxen

I ordered it Monday, by around 12
Also a Fed$Ex note, The nano I got- shipped Tuesday and was here today!- w/ standard shippingthats about/less then 48hours!!!!- with luck my MB could be here as early as Wednesy, but maybe Thursday- that would make me soooo....ooooo (and on and on...) happy

yakonw maybe I should quit being so optimistic, so I don't get my hopes up

I ordered my macbook with extra memory on July 10th had an expected shipping in 1 - 3 days, was shipped on the 12th so 2 days and Fedex said 5 - 7 days I received it on the 14th. Fedex seems to be pretty good about getting things to you fast at least from my experience. Just make sure some one is around to sign for it when it is delivered, I ended up going to pick mine up since I missed them by 5 minutes when they tried to deliver it.

Macbook black Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2gb black nano, 1st gen mini & 2nd gen 6gb mini

Usually depends on how long Apple takes to configure the Macbook with its settings. To deliver (shipping wise) for NJ, its about 3-5 days. To estimate the time it will get to your house, I would say about 7-10 days; considering that Apple will configure it in their average time.

there is no "usual time", soory
this all depends on when you order you computer, you options, and preinstalled softwae can take up to 2 weeks

right now Mbs are going 5-7 buisness days to cinfigure them
the 2nd e-mail Apple sent you, has the expected to ship by date, but that is the latest predicted date, so you computer couls ship a day or 2 earlier

If Apple has the model you've ordered in a warehouse near your location, that's when it's available in 24 hours. If they don't have the model you've ordered in stock, then it will probably have to come from a distribution center or even the factory. If you custom-configure your new computer, it will be specifically built for you as it runs down the assembly line. These custom-configured computers go through an additional day of testing after being built. Since shipping from the factory may be affected by weather and customs in Alaska (where most shipments stop in the U.S. for the first time), it's extremely difficult for anyone at Apple, let alone anyone one of us users to give you an exact time/date to expect your new computer. Really, you should call Apple and ask them, this is a user-to-user forum and we have no way of tracking your specific order.

-Doug

I think I have a solution to figuring out about what you MB is doing, unbuilt, being built and afterwards.

If you go to the change order page, and you MB is chnagable, then it hasn't started being made. This only works w/ CTO orders because you cannot change them once it has been/ has started being m,ade. I should note that I am not to sure if that actually works, as I don't want to screw up my order.
So if it apperas as a changeable item, my guess is that it hasn't been built yet. If it is not there, my guess it that production has started, or has finished.