Category Archives: New Computer

    Looks like this guy ran into the same anomaly I did. Reviewing the new dual 2.5 G5 for Ars Technica, the writer Eric Bangeman describes using the Setup Assistant to transfer all his old files and settings from … Continue reading →

    Ahhhhh… My sweet baby has arrived.    I’ve got more pictures at my newly created .Mac page [since moved to a Flickr album].

    Things are looking much better. Not only has the G5 finally made it American shores, it’s now only a couple dozen miles away!    It sure looks poised to make its ETA of tomorrow by 10:30. I feel … Continue reading →

    I am going stir crazy!    FedEx said I could expect my G5 on Monday. But it’s still in China and has not moved in twenty-nine hours!    This is what my tracking page still says:    That’s … Continue reading →

    My G5 is still in China apparently, but Poeben, of the long-lived Mac Rumors thread, got his this morning and has also put photos up of its arrival. I like his since they make the G5 look so … Continue reading →

    Hotwire132002, of the Mac Rumors “G5s are Shipping” thread, has received his G5 this morning. As far as I know, it might be the first dual 2.5 G5 in North America (or at least the first one in … Continue reading →

    I got the e-mail this morning at 9:01:47 that my G5 has shipped!    Yee-ha!’

    We’re all still ravenously following the progress of our G5s, over at the Mac Rumors thread. The thread has surpassed forty pages and a thousand posts. Evidently the first batch of five hundred G5s was shipped over the … Continue reading →

    One last entry for this countdown.    Even though I knew my G5 was now delayed till 8/20, I couldn’t fight the habit of checking out the Mac Rumors thread, my credit card webpage, and my order status … Continue reading →