So Keith....

[Skywatcher]

Where is your iMac then?

Poland?

[Keith]

Where is your iMac then?

Poland?

Well, you've heard of the "slow boat (to)from China" :lol:

It was doing well until it got an "exception - UPS INTERNAL ACTIVITY " in Shanghai. I thought perhaps it'd been caught by a customs sniffer dog and it was desperately trying to make up a story to avoid a full cavity (port?) search so I phoned UPS who said ooo not heard that one before (lie) and "probably means it's paperwork or something"

Anyway, a quick google shows that it's the code used for when UPS have too much volume going through a section of the network and delay the stuff that hasn't been paid to be priority.

In theory it's left China now and yep the next destination should be Poland :yes:

Now Apple's original estimate was the 26th/27th which seems POSSIBLE but only if everything goes well from here on in. A slight slip and it'd be next monday/tuesday

[Skywatcher]

Mine had 2 exceptions during its travels but still travelled an astonishing way in what seems like not too long.

If I'm honest I was quite happy when the lady at Apple told me it would be shipped on the 30th.

[Tink]

OK. Gentlemen. Will one of you PUHLEEZE tell me where they originate from? What country/place sends them out on their journey? Where does it begin? :confused: :mental:

[Keith]

Mine had 2 exceptions during its travels but still travelled an astonishing way in what seems like not too long.

If I'm honest I was quite happy when the lady at Apple told me it would be shipped on the 30th.

I'm enjoying watching it actually :lol:

[Skywatcher]

They start in Shanghai Tink - then they go to Korea - presumably as Keith said on another thread to have something else put in the box. From there they enter Europe via Poland - to Cologne in Germany which I presume is a European UPS 'Hub' then from there to the UK where they pass customs at East Midlands airport then go via road to your 'local' and I use that term loosely- UPS centre where they are shipped out to the customer from

[Skywatcher]

I'm enjoying watching it actually :lol:

Me too when I go in and saw the enormous brown box in the hall yesterday I was acually quite moved that it had come 1/2 way round the planet in 4 days and seen more countries than I think I have :lol:

[Tink]

Shanghai. Ah. There we go. Just wondered where the starting point was.

So, Apple manufactures in Shanghai? Guess I'd better read up on my "favorite computer" manufacturer's policies. :yes:

[Skywatcher]

I still cant get over the first thing I saw when I turned it on was the the Orion Nebula

it was Mac saying

'Chris , clearly this computer has been built for you'

[josh.p.]

Chris.. it's true :yes: If only there was one with a pic of a tort on it....

[Skywatcher]

I'm not sure Apple want to associate their whizzy quick computer with a tortoise as it is famous for being slow not , as we all know it to be a beautiful piece of design in its own right :D

[catrancher]

Here ya go Josh. Maybe you can find something you can use here:


The Slowskys (http://www.theslowskys.com/home/)

These are some critters that my cable TV provider using as advertising. They're quite entertaining. Watch the videos.

Tom (:macwave:... so sssssllllloooooowwwwwww!)

[josh.p.]

:rotfl: Great stuff Tom :thumbsup: