27-inch iMac shipping delays extended 3 more weeks

I just got my 27" iMac!!!

It arrived intact, no broken screen :), though I found a few bits of lint between the glass and the LCD, but thats just me being picky (I wont return it because of that).

I performed the yellow tint test and I did notice some very slight differences between the top and the bottom of the screen, not pronounced like some of the screen shots Ive seen, but if it gets worse over time I will call Apple on it.

No flickering, but I haven't run the computer long enough yet.

So far I'm happy, Ill wait till I get home to run it through some real test (screen test with all the lights off, etc.), but my first impressions are positive. If I were to have bought it at the store and checked it out at the store, I would've have taken it home....and believe me I'm really picky with minor problems especially when I'm shelling out almost $2300 cash.

@tony

When is yours scheduled to arrive? Mine is in Memphis right now, which isn't too far from where I live (a lot closer than China was). It's still scheduled to arrive on Feb 3rd.

Let me know when you get yours if there are any problems with it. Ill be getting mine at my office and I'm not planning on taking it home if I find any problems Ill just ship it right back from there.

Good news!! This morning I got email that my iMac has shipped from China. I have a tracking number and all. Fedex's estimated delivery is Feb 3. Hope it arrives with no issues.

My 27 inch i7 was originally ordered 1/8 and supposed to ship 1/25, now pushed back to 2/9, due to arrive 2/12. Hoping as well the problems have been resolved. A $3000 custom configured machine arriving with defects isn't something one wants to brush off or take lightly. Imagine trying to sneak a car out of the showroom with three faulty brakes. Not exactly something that will endear your customers to unflinching loyalty.

Well, not good news for me at least. My precious new replacement i7 27" order status has been saying that it was going to arrive Jan 27 - 29th and has been saying that for about 2 weeks. Well of course on yesterday (the 27th) I got an updated email that has delayed it yet another 2 plus weeks. It is now saying that it will ship Feb. 15 - 18. If it doesn't then, I'm seriously going to consider rethinking the purchase and maybe going with something else.

My lesson learned is, as long as the machine is under warranty and/or Apple Care, hang on to it and put up with the issue(s) until the replacements are "correct" and readily available (such as no shipping delays in the Apple store). I could still have mine and be dealing with the flickering and just send it back for replacement sometime in the next 6 months or so. But NOOOO! I thought I would be smart and send it back immediately. I've now been without a computer for close to a month! I would rather have a flickering one now than none at all, especially since I have made my credit card payment!

Well....it just happened. My 27" i7 iMac order ship date was changed from Jan 26th (yesterday) to Feb 10th.

With a delay like this I better have ZERO defects with this machine, this is the most I've paid for a computer ever and Apple better not ruin the experience for me.

Well lets hope so, I am done with ordering another iMac lets hope this i7 is kept well for the next 5 years, because i had to sell my last iMac intel duo core 20 inch 2 gigahertz, because with final cut pro it was slow as hell, it would take forever to render a movie up to 4 hours, and this is all because Apple has made the software more compatible to 64 bit processing, slowing down all the old processor that is only a 3 year old technology it should of lasted more, I hope that with this i7 I get to have it for 10 years top because this is horrible a 2000 euros computer should last your up to 6 years tops with no hitch and my last iMac when I bought it was 2208 euros that was an intel duo core 2 gigahertz 20 inch imac and that only lasted 3 years it was begging for it to not be use with Final cut pro or any software now of days I use ableton live suite 8 because with logic it was audio clipping and it sucked. All apple software made the iMac early intel duo core very slow other third party went well but anything that I used that was apple it would slow down the system.

Well funny thing is, I order my i7 intel iMac 27 inch on Dec 31, and it has been delay twice it, I had a ship date of Jan 15 and now it has been delay for a ship date of Jan 29 meaning thats a month no matter what, its not 3 weeks.
I just check a few min and got a prepared for shipment status, what is the next step, chinese boy finish packaging, then it would be Chinese boy shipping on a donkey, then next it would be shipping on a bi plane engine, filled with chickens and piglets. Then it would show up in modern side of this world already ship. Come on this is unacceptable.

I have a 27" i5, and my wife has a 27" i7, and neither of us have had any problems thus far. No yellow tinge, no flickering. Maybe we're just lucky.

I ordered a 27" iMac online from Apple on January 6th, and it arrived January 8th. Sure, it was refurbished, but it's certainly a viable option.