G5's in apple store aug 18th !

[macridah]

from http://www.macrumors.com



The New York Times reports that the PowerMac G5s are due to arrive in stores on Monday (August 18th). This expectation is confirmed by numerous word-of-mouth reports that also claim the G5s will make their public appearance this week.

Reportedly, Apple already has 100,000 pre-orders for the PowerMac G5. Users have been waiting the the shipment of the new machines, after Apple introduced them in late June at the World Wide Developer's Conference.

Adobe will also be releasing their Photoshop Plug-in for the PowerMac G5 on Tuesday, which improves Photoshop performance "75 to 200 percent".

Update: Our own reports indicate that PowerMacs were shipped out to stores on Saturday and are expected at most stores by mid-week. Stores will have limited supplies.

I'll be going to the apple store at valley fair first thing that morning .... crossing fingers.

[MaC hAcKeR]

oo oo oo...
I cant wait for Apple Camp!!!!!

[Ripcord]

When I asked the store manager at the local store where I bought my G4 yesterday, he told me "I hope soon! Steve Jobs said they'd be out by the end of the month, but we haven't seen them yet". He didn't seem to be holding something back, but perhaps he's just a good liar =)

I guess we'll see!

[Ripcord]

Out of curiosity, did the G5 store USE to indicate anywhere that there is a delay shipping the G5s, and that they weren't out yet?

At least since I checked 3 days ago, I haven't been able to find anywhere that indicates that there is a backlog. I got all the way to the "your credit card number is...select your shipping method" screen and never saw a message giving me any clue that my order MIGHT NOT ship the next day.

I'm curious because even if the G5s are "in stores" later today, I'm assuming that Apple doesn't have 100,003 G5s ready to ship, so I'd have to wait in line...

[Ripcord]

I notice that Apple has a link to this NYT article under their "Hot News" page:

http://www.apple.com/hotnews/

[senne]

Originally posted by Ripcord
When I asked the store manager at the local store where I bought my G4 yesterday

why do you buy a G4 now?

[senne]

or do you mean an iMac G4?

[monktus]

I think he meant that he visited it yesterday and had bought a G4 there before