Just tried to by a macbook but no joy :(

Mine wasn't mean't to ship until Monday either....what is the last 4 digits of your order number? Mine are 4096, surely if your is not too long after that it should ship today or tomorrow I'd of thought.

Est. Delivery of the 13th Oct now :confused:

I'm all excited so I'd say I'm ready :p

BeatMaster :D

EDIT:// Conflicting dates, another part says 10th Oct...so god knows which is correct!
 
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Im pretty sure mine is lower than that. I have ordered the 2.0ghz model though so that could be why.

My delivered on or before day is 11th october.

When did your expected date chabge :confused:

This is odd!
 
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Im pretty sure mine is lower than that. I have ordered the 2.0ghz model though so that could be why.

My delivered on or before day is 11th october.

When did your expected date chabge :confused:

This is odd!

Very indeed. Well only just checked it now since well....since I first ordered it really. I can't see there been shortage in terms of processors, or at least I wouldn't of thought so :confused:

I think most estimates on Apple's site are literally very inacurate :p

BeatMaster :D
 
BeatMaster said:
Mine wasn't mean't to ship until Monday either....what is the last 4 digits of your order number? Mine are 4096, surely if your is not too long after that it should ship today or tomorrow I'd of thought.

Est. Delivery of the 13th Oct now :confused:

I'm all excited so I'd say I'm ready :p

BeatMaster :D

EDIT:// Conflicting dates, another part says 10th Oct...so god knows which is correct!


I've been given the same dates as you :confused:

It's quite alarming how long stuff takes to arrive from Apple! Anybody know what courier they use?
 
Where does it come from?

When I bought my custom G4 last year I got it 5 days later, 2 of which were the weekend :eek:


All my friends are getting MacBook because of my recommendations, but now I want one! :(
 
I have just got an email saying it was shipped today and I will get it by the 11th :D

Apple use UPS and TNT, if you want a detailed tnt tracking number you can free phone them on 0800 039 1515 so the apple man told me :)

Beatmaster i think your right! They dunno whats goin on!

I believe apple makes their products in china now and then it gets shipped to the relevant countries and they then shift it out the door again. Thats why you get 5days to start with and then another 3-7days.

Time for it to get from china and then time to get to you.

I'm excited!


UPDATE: Just had a look my tnt tracking number says estimated delivery date 8th october thats a sunday?
 
I've yet made roper benchmarks but here's a rough:
2GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD.
All my games are Windows based so ran with Bootcamp.
I used Fraps for my FPS readings in game.

I found installing games on Windows takes a LONG time compared to my desktop, I'm guessing the HDD and the Superdrive is bottling it. Loading times in all these games are average to my previous desktop system which was 2.8GHz P4HT, 1GB PC3200, 120GB Maxtor 7200 HDD and ATi 9600NP 128MB.

Postal 2: STP - Ran over 30FPS constantly with 800x600 in multiplayer mode, apart from a few maps which has capacity for like 14 to 16, I added 12 Morons and hosted the game, dropped to about 18 to 25FPS. - Average to very playable.

TES3: Morrowind - Ran around a few cities and at 1024x768, most in high settings, I get constantly above 30FPS. - very playable.
(I did have issue with equiping lockpicks, whenever I equipe it, I get the BSOD. I've got Morrowind GOTY Edition. Abit annoyed so I've uninstalled and not gone further in the testing)

Unreal Tournament - Clasic UT running with everything high at native resolution 1280x800. Constantly above 40FPS even with 14 Bots added and hosting a LAN game for 2. - Very playable.

Warcraft 3 - Not played campaign mode yet but played about 4 rounds of LAN with my brother via wireless. Always 60FPS and only dropped when playing in large maps with more then 3 PCs (I was the host). - Very Playable.
(Can't remember the resolution, think it was 1024x768, or it might be native)

Star Wars - Jedi Academy - Play LAN and the first few missions, not a single jerk, which is very impressive. Not see FPS drop lower than 25FPS, always hovering about 30 to 48 FPS. - Very playable.
(Note: don't play this with Wireless Mighty Mouse, fricking cannot click both left and right mouse to initiate some moves.)

Gothic - Classic RPG game, play test it and it worked brilliantly. Can't remember the FRAPs figure but its definitely smooth. - Very Playable.

That's about all the games I've tested - gonna try GTA-SA and HL2 when Ive the time, running low on HDD space, only allocated 20GB to Win(Game)dows.

The MacBook, like what Apple claimed, is alright for casual gaming, don't even think of Oblivion.

Until I find time to do proper benchmarks, these are just my Opinion to how playable they are, some people find lower than 60FPS is utterly unplayable. You've been warned.
Hope this helps anyone thinking of gaming on the MacBook.
 
That is a good indepth answer dr! :)

I think like you and apple have said, the macbook is not really a gaming machine. Thats why I have a xbox 360! :D

Any updates on your orders? I'm currently "In Transit to Customer - Shipment on Schedule" Expected delivery date 8th October.
 
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