Current Delivery times on 27 inch iMacs through David Jones
Hi All
I am new here and just wanted to ask a question.
I ordered an iMac 27inch (the standard configuration) though David Jones Last month (mid month). They advised of a 2 week waiting time. I rang today and was told they have no estimated delivery time at the moment.
I am just wondering if any one else knows of the delivery time to resellers (DJ'S). I did request an order number so I could track it with Apple, but was told because it was a standard configuration, they didn't have a tracking number?
I have read previous posts from last year with terrible stories about delivery times, but thought these issues had been resolved?
Cheers
Kathy..
I think I got a little ahead of myself explaining my problem, so let me clarify...
Only the one iMac is having the network file deletion problem, but it is included in the network user logon problem. So 4 out of 5 of the iMacs have had or are having logon problems with network users accounts using mobile accounts on the systems. 2 of the 4 I have wiped and started over on and the other 2 have different network accounts being used by the primary system users. The 5th iMac has not caused any problems except I forgot to mention that the USB on it seems flaky.
So we are apparently full of problems.
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Message was edited by: xtacThe iMac displays I've seen at the local Apple Store look great to me, especially the 24-inch model. I was playing HD movie trailers on it full screen, and it looked amazing.
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