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major_clangerI ordered my iBook on 24th November, and was quoted "7 to 10 days" as it was a configure-to-order item.
In the first week of December, I was told it would actually be in by the 15th.
Last week I was told it would be ready by the 22nd.
I have now just been told that it should be ready by the 29th, although Cancom wouldn't rely on this as their service from Apple has, as they put it, "slowed right down - it's just one of those things." Apparently this also meants that if I cancel my order and try to go through another dealer, I'll just go to the back of the queue and have an even longer wait.
I am not very happy about this. The whole reason I ordered the iBook a month before Xmas was so that I could be sure of getting it in plenty of time to take it home over the holiday and transfer all my work over from my PC and generally get it up and running. I don't want to have to keep hauling my desktop PC between Hampshire and Cambridge every week. The poor thing is on its last legs and really needs replacing, soon. Yes, there are probably suppliers out there with an off-the-shelf 12" iBook, but everyone seems to agree that the baseline spec is too low and there are some options (such as Bluetooth) that you can only get factory-fitted anyway.
So, if I do cancel the order entirely and go for a windows laptop after all, are there any particular recommendations?
MC
In the first week of December, I was told it would actually be in by the 15th.
Last week I was told it would be ready by the 22nd.
I have now just been told that it should be ready by the 29th, although Cancom wouldn't rely on this as their service from Apple has, as they put it, "slowed right down - it's just one of those things." Apparently this also meants that if I cancel my order and try to go through another dealer, I'll just go to the back of the queue and have an even longer wait.
I am not very happy about this. The whole reason I ordered the iBook a month before Xmas was so that I could be sure of getting it in plenty of time to take it home over the holiday and transfer all my work over from my PC and generally get it up and running. I don't want to have to keep hauling my desktop PC between Hampshire and Cambridge every week. The poor thing is on its last legs and really needs replacing, soon. Yes, there are probably suppliers out there with an off-the-shelf 12" iBook, but everyone seems to agree that the baseline spec is too low and there are some options (such as Bluetooth) that you can only get factory-fitted anyway.
So, if I do cancel the order entirely and go for a windows laptop after all, are there any particular recommendations?
MC
