store down..1:00 am central

[Spikeanator6982]

yepp..i know someone else will say it..havent seen anything tho. :)

[4God]

Probably just maintenance or something.

[Karvel]

UK store down as well, was just gonna track an order!

[4God]

I believe they're all down.

[pixies4ever]

Dutch store too:eek:

[Peace]

Does Apple do maintenance to all stores worldwide at once?

[4God]

Does Apple do maintenance to all stores worldwide at once?

Good point, maybe not. Hmmm.....something new in the midst?

[EricNau]

Friday night? ...Sounds like a perfect time for a new product release. :rolleyes: :p

[4God]

Yeah, I know, but it seems kinda wierd that they would take all of the worldwide stores down at once.

[Adokimus]

mac pro perhaps?

it's due.

[4God]

Non-freezing iMacs? Those are due too. ;)

[Kingsly]

Oh man, new Mac Pros and I will fork over the cash first thing tomorrow. :D

Good timing too, as my MB superdrive is acting up and I shudder at the thought of not having a computer for more than a few days. :p

[aswitcher]

Aus store down as well...

[queshy]

Wow, Canada store down too! Common, new iPod socks!!!

[cwc123188]

I was told they do maintenances on Sunday a couple of weeks back. I hope they ONLY do maintenances on Sunday. Fingers crossed for the new mac pro!:D

[terriyaki]

Aww crap they're going to release 10.6.

[r21hugo]

maybe just maybe better speced imacs

[4God]

Aww crap they're going to release 10.6.

No, 10.5.1 ;)

[queshy]

Aww crap they're going to release 10.6.

LMAO! I guess I would just order it...

[Peace]

If this isn't a maintenance thing my guess is new Mac Pros.

[cwc123188]

If this isn't a maintenance thing my guess is new Mac Pros.

Do you know how long it usually takes to find out if it's a maintenance thing or not? In other words, how long is a usual maintenance? :)
I don't know if I should wait all night long.

[4God]

Usually about an hour or so.

[Peace]

Do you know how long it usually takes to find out if it's a maintenance thing or not? In other words, how long is a usual maintenance? :)
I don't know if I should wait all night long.


Not to fuel speculation but I don't ever remember all worldwide stores going down at once for maintenance.Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

[4God]

Not to fuel speculation but I don't ever remember all worldwide stores going down at once for maintenance.Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

No, I think you're right. I might have to cancel that iMac order.

[r21hugo]

:d

[Eidorian]

My stock MacBook might make a return trip to Apple if the Mac Pro is cheap enough. :rolleyes:

[4God]

i am excited, don't want to go to bed:d

Me too, I'm real tired though and I have to be back up in about 6 hours....

[r21hugo]

i just got an iMac on the 26th, if they were to come out with iMac upgrades can i return the one i just bought?:(

[queshy]

Maybe Apple TV upgrades? X-serve? Mac Pros? It's anybody's guess...we might even see a new iCar. Starting at just $49 999!

[r21hugo]

Me too, I'm real tired though and I have to be back up in about 6 hours....

yeah, me too, i have the early shift at the coffee shop

[4God]

yeah, me too, i have the early shift at the coffee shop

Well at least you'll have some fuel all around you to help keep you up. :D

[cwc123188]

i just got an iMac on the 26th, if they were to come out with iMac upgrades can i return the one i just bought?:(

They won't.:)

[aswitcher]

Hardware releases on a weekend are rare.

Maybe iTunes update?

[Peace]

Hardware releases on a weekend are rare.

Maybe iTunes update?

Releasing upgrades to Macbooks on Thursdays is rare too.;)

I think.

[r21hugo]

so what's apples' return policy if i just bought an iMac on the 26th, i read my receipt and it says 169 penalty is opened. anyone know?

[r21hugo]

They won't.:)

they won't upgrade or they won't take my imac back?

[4God]

they won't upgrade or they won't take my imac back?

They probably won't upgrade iMacs.

Still awake. The suspense is killing me and I know I'm gonna regret it in the morning.

[cwc123188]

they won't upgrade or they won't take my imac back?

I am 99% sure they won't upgrade the iMac.

[aswitcher]

Releasing upgrades to Macbooks on Thursdays is rare too.;)

I think.

Yeah its usually Tuesdays, sometimes Wednesdays.

[ntrigue]

Well.... they already changed the Desktops to Leopard. So it isn't a simple graphics maintenance? Had they done the new MacBooks?

[r21hugo]

I am 99% sure they won't upgrade the iMac.

thanks for the answer guys:)

[MarlboroLite]

If they did put up a new product....doing it at 2 am is kind of odd...unless they want people to wake up to something new...but it's not 2 am elsewhere...it's 7-8 am in Europe and it's the late afternoon in Australia...so not exactly being very quiet about it....

[4God]

Down for over an hour now and I'm still hitting refresh.

[Wild-Bill]

My magic 8-ball is telling me that nothing will be updated.

[4God]

My magic 8-ball is telling me that nothing will be updated.

Not even the site?

[cwc123188]

My magic 8-ball is telling me that nothing will be updated.

Same here. I like the suspense everytime but I think it's physically hurting bodies of Apple fans. lol

[Spikeanator6982]

they're probably updating all the games to say if they will play on the new macbooks or not...

[mrfrosty]

My money is on an updated iTunes.....although maybe not, it would hardly require an hours worth of global maintenance !

[4God]

My money is on an updated iTunes.
Right now my money is on my pillow....
I give them 5 more minutes and then I'm going to bed.

[~J~]

This is killing me... I want to know what they are doing! How dumb is this, we are all staying up just to see why the :apple: store could be down temporarily?! I find that hilarious. But yes, I'm still staying up... and I have to get up in 6 hours and then drive 4.5hrs... good times.

[ventro]

Usually when the apple store goes down at weird hours, it's just maintenance and nothing new ever shows up when the store goes back up.

[4God]

Back up and nothing new. :mad:

[cwc123188]

ho shoot.

[mrfrosty]

She's Back up !


Edit:- Tragically late again, sorry.

[kresh]

Did anything change?

[~J~]

Well that was thoroughly disappointing... was hoping for iTunes 7.5

[4God]

Goodnight.

[cwc123188]

Did anything change?

The only thing I noticed is that ipod touch now ships in 24 hours.

Poor Canadians, they didn't even get their price justice served.

[queshy]

All the stores are still down...

[Jiddick ExRex]

My guess is they updated all other stores than the US to the new macbooks and MBP config, seeing as they actually show in the denmarkstore now and didn't yesterday when they were announced...

[kresh]

I notice that now you can select more Apple software titles when ordering (computers), it used to be just iWork didn't it?

edit: Looks like they weeded out a bunch of the refurbs too.

[aswitcher]

Aus store up...

[MacNoobie]

Changed the config on the MacBook Pro's

2.6Ghz Core 2 Duo

Hard drive options...

[phuong]

rofl
poor guys

[jatkins123]

isn't it possible that apple took all the stores down worldwide for an hour so they could prep them for a possible release on tuesday the 6th?

i mean wouldn't it be better for apple to take all the stores down during the night like they did, get all the new specs and links all set up and then hide it all so that we don't have to wait an hour after the announcement to buy?

doing it at such an obscure hour worldwide means they did something right? i'v e never heard of worldwide shutdowns for maintenance...but then again we've been calling this mac pro release imminent for about 6 months so nothing would surprise me anymore...

pretty far-fetched but keeps me hopeful and with the mac pro taking so long im running out of hope