Simon Matthews writes "As of 10:59 PM EST when I checked my email, apple has announced a 2 week delay in shippment of my BTO PBG4 - 500mhz. I ordered it only an hour after the announcement on Jan. 9th and now the estimated delivery date has been pushed to Feb 24.The apple customer care line has no further information than to say that, they were as suprised as I was when they recieved the email only minutes before I called them to ask about it."
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