Every order I have gotten from Apple has required a signature. I assume Snow Leopard will as well.
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Apple Announces August 28th Availability of Snow Leopard
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If its standard post then I presume I can just go to the post office around the corner and sign for it. that is if its going through regular canada post. if its fedex or something then im screwed. takes a good 45 min to get there.
FYI, I generally don't order things from Apple's online store but i'm not near academia or my nearest Apple store so I had to order online. I have a mailbox at UPS and they give us two different addresses depending on how we are recieving what, so usps has a PO box while UPS/FedEx use the building number.
Anyway I spoke to an Apple rep who said that they only ship out UPS/FedEx. Since my order says "priority" I assumed it was USPS but supposedly this isn't the case.
Apple does have a signature release form available on their site.
Anyway I spoke to an Apple rep who said that they only ship out UPS/FedEx. Since my order says "priority" I assumed it was USPS but supposedly this isn't the case.
Apple does have a signature release form available on their site.
Pre-Order Snow Leopard
So i am here in west coast canada, pre-ordered SL from apple.ca yesterday.
It says it is "prepared for shipment" which means its ready, just has to be shipped right?
Then it says "ships by aug 28th" meaning it will leave apple warehouses on that date, or at my door by that date??
Sorry for being a "blonde" in the morning, but not enough java in me lol!!!!!
So i am here in west coast canada, pre-ordered SL from apple.ca yesterday.
It says it is "prepared for shipment" which means its ready, just has to be shipped right?
Then it says "ships by aug 28th" meaning it will leave apple warehouses on that date, or at my door by that date??
Sorry for being a "blonde" in the morning, but not enough java in me lol!!!!!
When will it arrive
If I'm in the U.S will the DVD arrive at my house on the 28th, or will they just ship them out on the 28th? How does that usually work?
If I'm in the U.S will the DVD arrive at my house on the 28th, or will they just ship them out on the 28th? How does that usually work?
It will arrive at your house on the 28th. I've pre-ordered Tiger and Leopard and they both arrived on launch day.
well, using basic English comprehension: "prepared for shipment" means it is ready for pick up. "Shipped" means it is in transit. "Ships by" means it will ship before the given date. "Delivered by" means you will receive it on the date given.
Why do smart people here suddenly go brain dead and display child like reading and comprehension skills when Apple is about to ship something new?
Is it REALLY that important which day the disc is delivered? We'll find out soon enough. Once few million people have installed SL we get a new gigantic thread about waiting for 10.6.1 because "bug X" really disturbs one's life and people seem to be unable to blame themselves for installing dot-zero software on the earliest opportunity.
Yes, it is always exciting waiting for new OS but come on! Some people will probably get it a day early, some few days late, what's the big deal?
Yes, it is always exciting waiting for new OS but come on! Some people will probably get it a day early, some few days late, what's the big deal?
damn it. looks like I wont be there to receive it and since its an apartment they probably wont drop it off.
HOWEVER!! my apartment buzzer goes to my cell phone. soooooo. if I presign. leave the writeup on my apartment door and ask him to leave the box in front of my apartment then everything should be fine right?
I dont care about the chances of it getting stolen. thats not likely. im at the end of a hall and the people across from me seem nice so they wont steal it.
BTW. I dont care about having it on the first day. or the first week. I just dont want to have to go all the way over to the fedex depot. I wont install until im sure my life blood (all adobe and logic9 plus my thousands of dollars in plugins) works great.
HOWEVER!! my apartment buzzer goes to my cell phone. soooooo. if I presign. leave the writeup on my apartment door and ask him to leave the box in front of my apartment then everything should be fine right?
I dont care about the chances of it getting stolen. thats not likely. im at the end of a hall and the people across from me seem nice so they wont steal it.
BTW. I dont care about having it on the first day. or the first week. I just dont want to have to go all the way over to the fedex depot. I wont install until im sure my life blood (all adobe and logic9 plus my thousands of dollars in plugins) works great.
Followed by another gigantic thread about how could Apple release such a pile of garbage and wouldn't it have been better to wait a few months and get it right?
My plan is to check my order status on thursday and if it hasn't shipped then Ill cancel my order and buy it at the reseller in the morning. Hopefully if it ships thursday Ill get it friday coz i live so close to the factory!
I guess some users are more apprehensive to get their hands on Snow Leopard more than others. Maybe some are wondering why in the US Apple are shipping it so users get it on Friday, while in the EU Apple seem to be shipping it on the Friday.
So happens I am in the EU category, to be fair if Apple did ship it on Friday it would be the first pre-order I've ever done that's shipped on release date. It would be handy to have on Friday, if it doesn't arrive by the Saturday for me I'll have downloaded it anyway. Just send back the SL retail disc when it arrives.
Toys out of a pram? Maybe so, maybe it's slight confusion as to why theirs a sizeable Apple "tax" on it as well.
Mine is ordered. I don't care if it arrives on the 28th or not, I'm not off work until the 1st.
I vote for Ocelot as the next release.
I vote for Ocelot as the next release.
I don't understand the £25 "upgrade" pricing. Do I get a FULL RETAIL DVD for this price, or is it an UPGRADE only DVD?. Could be misunderstood quite easily.
Also, I have a Mac which qualifies for the "Up to date", £7.95 program; can I get this price IN STORE?...
Also, I have a Mac which qualifies for the "Up to date", £7.95 program; can I get this price IN STORE?...
Up to date is a different disc (though the same content as the retail) - but the pricing is online only to make sure your Mac qualifies.
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Because buying and using software outside of the software licensing is defined as piracy. Plain and simple. The price for a family back is less than the price of two single licenses. Buy the licence that applies to you.
For Leopard and Tiger, the DVD in the box was exactly the same with the single-licence DVD.
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