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8-core Mac Pro Hints at Apple UK
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Website was hacked.
In my opinion, there is a good chance that the website(s) were hacked. They've closed down the stores to do 2 things:
1. Remove the offending material.
2. Figure out HOW it was done and implement changes to prevent it in the future.
Unfortunately, we'll probably never know - they're certainly not going to admit it.
In my opinion, there is a good chance that the website(s) were hacked. They've closed down the stores to do 2 things:
1. Remove the offending material.
2. Figure out HOW it was done and implement changes to prevent it in the future.
Unfortunately, we'll probably never know - they're certainly not going to admit it.
OK the UK store is back up and I can't see anything different........ How disappointing
The difference is is their search engine doesn't seem to be working.Sounds like some webbies are doing some database re-working.
Nor are there any search results for the following terms:
iMac
mac
MacBook
MacBook Pro
Mac Mini
How do you explain the fact that all European stores are down, not just UK? I bet the US & Canada stores will be going down within the next couple of hours.
I think it's a safe bet the new Mac Pros are coming tomorrow (today if you're across the Pond). Why is everyone getting so excited? I'd rather Apple dropped prices on the MP RAM or gave us Blue Ray DVD. Here is to wishful thinking!
You have been around MS too long. Bad habit to use universal "We", as if you are now everyone's spokesperson. Maybe many agree with you, I do not know. But, I do not.
They are still not accessible from the US store website. Oddly, when you add .woa at the end of the non-working links they work normally.
Ockham's razor applied here = Mac Pros soon. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon. The conspiracy theories and hackers are possible, but its far more likely some web guy got ahead of himself than people hacked Apple's servers merely to stir the rumor pot in the European market.
Or, they don't want to have to change the search database (again), risking yet another mistake, so have disabled it temporarily while waiting for the actual announcement. One can hope.
I really doubt it was a hacker. After all, they could have done a lot more damage and than just adding a new option on Mac Pros.
More likely it was a mistake, they took down the store to fix it because it ran right through it, and we'll see new machines later today.
My 2 cents.
More likely it was a mistake, they took down the store to fix it because it ran right through it, and we'll see new machines later today.
My 2 cents.
Canada Store has the specs
Edit: Sorry, I screwed up. I just realized they're not advertising dual quad-cores on the Canadian site. I've just noticed quad-core (two dual-core using Woddcrest chips). The site itsn't updated. Got caught up in the hype. Sorry!
Edit: Sorry, I screwed up. I just realized they're not advertising dual quad-cores on the Canadian site. I've just noticed quad-core (two dual-core using Woddcrest chips). The site itsn't updated. Got caught up in the hype. Sorry!
