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MacRumors
Apr 16, 2003, 01:39 PM
According to MacCentral (http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2003/04/16/dell/), Dell and other unnamed companies have re-signed reseller contracts with Apple:

Dell Computer Corp. is among several companies that have re-signed retail contracts to sell Apple Computer Inc.'s products, sources close to the negotiations confirmed for MacCentral on Wednesday.

Previous reports (http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2003/04/20030404001836.shtml) indicated that several resellers were deauthorized.


MacBoy88
Apr 16, 2003, 01:42 PM
Look @ them craw back!!
zulgand04
Apr 16, 2003, 01:45 PM
this is, how can i say it, umm "great news", things are falling into place for a great come back for apple, lol. i hope


-neal
bbarnhart
Apr 16, 2003, 01:47 PM
Well, either Apple caved or there's just too much money to be made selling iPods :rolleyes: .

Seriously, there may be other "devices" down in the pipelines that Dell and others may know about and don't want to miss out. Total speculation on my part.
Le Big Mac
Apr 16, 2003, 01:49 PM
Glad they worked it out. And glad that, as I would guess, Apple backed down from some unreasonable terms.
davy the bunny
Apr 16, 2003, 01:49 PM
Originally posted by MacBoy88
Look @ them craw back!!

heh, that's funny, I hope that they stay.
j33pd0g
Apr 16, 2003, 01:51 PM
That's great. IMO, it can't hurt to keep one's business readily available.
chewbaccapits
Apr 16, 2003, 01:51 PM
Yo dell...Whats my name bitçh
davebo
Apr 16, 2003, 01:55 PM
Well, as of 4-16-03, 1:55 PM CST, Dell still doesn't list iPods as being available on their website . . . .
bobindashadows
Apr 16, 2003, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by chewbaccapits
Yo dell...Whats my name bitçh?

Be careful... our good buddy's in administration don't like that kinda talk... ;)

(namely, the elusion of the language filter)
noel4r
Apr 16, 2003, 01:58 PM
Apple definitely is the one who gave in. Let's be honest folks Apple had more to lose than Dell, Target, etc. This way though everybody wins.
vniow
Apr 16, 2003, 02:03 PM
Originally posted by bobindashadows
Be careful... our good buddy's in administration don't like that kinda talk... ;)

(namely, the elusion of the language filter)


Bitch isn't censored.
esome
Apr 16, 2003, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by MacBoy88
Look @ them craw back!!

What makes you think this is the case? Perhaps Apple went out to Dell and said please sell our iPods and here's the contract and then Dell laughed and said come back when you have a reasonable contract you dorks. So apple scurried off with it's tail between it's legs only to come CRAWLING BACK having made the requested changes.
bobindashadows
Apr 16, 2003, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by vniow
Bitch isn't censored.
Oh. Oops...

Oh and I bet Apple caved in in this case.
BubbaTAC
Apr 16, 2003, 02:08 PM
I have a question. Dell always has good deals on iPods, and of course Apple never has ANY sales, just refurbs.

Can I buy a PC iPod from Dell and use it on my Mac? Does it have a bios I have to flash or something?

If anyone knows how to do it, could you PM me?
redAPPLE
Apr 16, 2003, 02:19 PM
Originally posted by vniow
Bitch isn't censored.

:eek: don't say that word! :D
SilentPanda
Apr 16, 2003, 02:23 PM
Originally posted by BubbaTAC
I have a question. Dell always has good deals on iPods, and of course Apple never has ANY sales, just refurbs.

Can I buy a PC iPod from Dell and use it on my Mac? Does it have a bios I have to flash or something?

If anyone knows how to do it, could you PM me?

I'd do a little poking around if I were you but from what I recall in the depths of my mind, you can switch a PC iPod to a Mac iPod just by reformatting the HD but you can't change it back (which seems odd to me). Once a Mac iPod, always a Mac iPod... once a PC iPod... it can go either way, but only one way once.
Kid Red
Apr 16, 2003, 02:32 PM
Wow, I hope all those panic whiners are shutting up right now. In the origianl thread that Apple sucked, Apple was evil, Apple was M$, Apple was dumb, etc, etc, I said everyone needed to shut up until the final word was out. Well, lookie here, seems that Apple is business savy afterall because they've reached new aggreements with their resellers. Wow, go figure, maybe that's why Apple is still in business?
Gus
Apr 16, 2003, 02:36 PM
It's amazing what a hyphen can do. When I first read this story it was "Dell has resigned it's contract...", which to me meant resigned (rezined -as in I quit pronunciation). This is good news.

Regards,
Gus
mwpeters8182
Apr 16, 2003, 02:56 PM
You can change back and forth between Mac and PC formatting as many times as you want. I've done it a couple of times, when my Mac was out of commission. All you have to do is download the iPod update software.
Snowy_River
Apr 16, 2003, 03:01 PM
Regardless of who caved in, I think that this is really great news. I want to see more resellers carrying Apple products, not fewer...
bousozoku
Apr 16, 2003, 03:10 PM
Originally posted by Kid Red
Wow, I hope all those panic whiners are shutting up right now. In the origianl thread that Apple sucked, Apple was evil, Apple was M$, Apple was dumb, etc, etc, I said everyone needed to shut up until the final word was out. Well, lookie here, seems that Apple is business savy afterall because they've reached new aggreements with their resellers. Wow, go figure, maybe that's why Apple is still in business?

Is it okay to say "I have a product and you will like it the way I want it. If I set up a store in your neighbourhood, you will like it. If it closes down your business, you will like it."?
NavyIntel007
Apr 16, 2003, 03:12 PM
So does anyone think there will be Dell printer drivers for OS X? I saw an ad for those on TV. $109 after rebate isn't bad. Wonder how much the ink costs?
Pancake
Apr 16, 2003, 03:35 PM
As far as I know, Dell printers are just Lexmark printers with a Dell sticker. I would assume Lexmark drivers would work. Lexmarks, however, are known for crapping out on you sooner than other printers.
AllenPSU
Apr 16, 2003, 04:54 PM
Guess they couldn't pass up a good thing!
iJon
Apr 16, 2003, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by BubbaTAC
I have a question. Dell always has good deals on iPods, and of course Apple never has ANY sales, just refurbs.

Can I buy a PC iPod from Dell and use it on my Mac? Does it have a bios I have to flash or something?

If anyone knows how to do it, could you PM me?
yes you can do it but you will have you buy a 6 to 6 pin firewire cable.

iJon
mkaake
Apr 16, 2003, 07:01 PM
so talking about beating a dead horse here, but how can this be negative? i mean seriously? do people just hit negative because they're pessimistic? or do they just not get enough coffee in the morning? Are some people just happier knowing that something isn't completely good?

*it's completely positive! what the crap?! now i have to rate it negative...*

because it's just not right to have something go without a negative rating...
punter
Apr 16, 2003, 07:02 PM
Originally posted by iJon
yes you can do it but you will have you buy a 6 to 6 pin firewire cable.

iJon

can i use an ipod for a mac and a pc at the same time? All my mp3s are on my mac, but I'd still like to get a compact firewire drive to take stuff to work and back. :confused:

sorry for being off the topic. For the record I'm stoked they're selling at dell again.
iJon
Apr 16, 2003, 07:07 PM
Originally posted by punter
can i use an ipod for a mac and a pc at the same time? All my mp3s are on my mac, but I'd still like to get a compact firewire drive to take stuff to work and back. :confused:

sorry for being off the topic. For the record I'm stoked they're selling at dell again.
if you plan on working in a cross enviroment get this. its called MacDrive 5 and i use it on my pc, it lets you open up anything that is mac, its great. although it doesnt have direct support for using an ipod with it, it will just reconize the ipod as a firewire hard drive, if you want to use your ipod as an ipod on your pc, they also make a piece of software called xplay that they make.

http://www.mediafour.com/products/macdrive/

iJon