On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 04:55PM, Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>well........ when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's >>probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is >>important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they ship to YOU. the >>delay is inherent to whom you've ordered from. >> > >I fully understand the delay in shipping due to Apple shipping to the >reseller, and I'm quite cool with that. My reason for ordering from a >catalog reseller vs Apple was the free 512MB of RAM thrown in. I'm still >curious as to how they can have enough 12" units built, boxed, and ready >to go in a month, but they can't seem to do the same with the 17" unit >which was announced at the same time. I'm sure there was a good reason, >but it would be a nice show of faith for Apple to be a little more >forthcoming about the reason for the delay. Then again, that's not >Apple's SOP. well, when apple ANNOUNCED the two powerbooks... right up on stage, in the spotlight, steve himself even said that the PowerBook 17" wouldn't ship until well after the 12". the 12 was "2-3 weeks" and the 17" was "February". company's (of any kind) don't get into detailing delays until the delays become of the embarrassing variety. we're talking Diakatana and Duke Nukem Whenever...er... i mean Duke Nukem Forever type delays. delays that are numbered in months or years. The PowerBook is, say, about 10 days late. This is nothing. you won't find a computer company on the planet that'll start spinning PR about a 10 day delay. have a little patience. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
