On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 05:25PM, Kevin Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I ordered a 17" PowerBook from the Apple Store within a couple of hours >of the introduction. The ship date on the order has been 3/20 since a >week or so after I placed the order - before that it was "7-10 weeks". >Note that means that on the day it was introduced Apple gave a shipping >window in contradiction to the "next month" announcement... that's not necessarily true. you ordered at it said 7-10 weeks on screen when you ordered; 7 weeks would have put it within February - 10 would not. what happens is that the low end (7 weeks) is based on Apple's expected demand for the new machine. the high (10 weeks) is a worse-case-demand and worse-case-supply problem. i'm willing to bet that the first shipments start going out long before the 20th. even if you ordered only a few hours after the keynote, can you imagine the number of people who ordered before you? -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
