Just ordered a 27" iMac today and all the ship time says is January
Anyone order a custom imac 27? What is the wait time. Usually apple products are a bit more specfic than just a month like 1 week or 3 weeks....
In further reply to the original totally reasonable request for some indication on realistic dates.
Custom machines ordered on 30th November now seem to be shipping. mine changed status in the last couple of hours although apple have not emailed me at all yet. The estimated delivery date however is not until 8th January making it around 6 weeks between order and arrival (assuming all is well and this is for UK delivery)
However in saying that there will have been a peak order around the time of mine so you could reasonably expect that the timeframe should reduce a little as time goes on. I would not hold your breath waiting for it to arrive in January, but you get it shipped next month..
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Ive got more APPS than any human should have on my 128gig AIR,..(50 or so),....and 10gig of working data, important files etc etc.
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