Mac Pro “Nehalem” 2.93GHz

Apple’s phone representatives are very professional and wait time is only a few seconds, very nice job there.

As I expressed to the Apple representative just yesterday afternoon, who assured me of delivery today, Apple has misled me before on delivery dates. Early this morning, “today” became “up to 8 days from now”.

We appreciate your recent purchase from the Apple Store. Following is an update regarding the status of your order.

Due to an unexpected delay, we now anticipate shipping the following item(s) as follows:
Z0G1, MAC PRO
Ships by 3 - 5 business days
Delivers by Mar 18 - Mar 20

We regret any inconvenience this delay may cause.

Do Mac Pro boxes just suddenly go missing overnight.

The Apple site indicates the same delivery dates if I were to order a machine today. But I ordered a week ago! Maybe they’re made in batches and mine didn’t make it into the cargo container.

I had hoped to do a full weekend of testing, and I’m still (faintly) hoping Apple can find a unit in stock at some bay area store. Meanwhile the memory and Hitachi 1TB hard drives are here on my desk ready to go.

I don’t need the machine personally in such a hurry, but at a web party, peak traffic goes to those with the punchbowl.