Totally feel your pain. I personally don't think mac desktops are 'worth' it. They have too limited options/configurations/upgradability. I don't foresee them going back to easily upgraded devices anytime soon if ever, so you'll be left with whatever they offer is all you get to choose from and the mini seems like a red-headed step child at this point.
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Apple's Online Store Goes Down Ahead of WWDC Keynote Later Today
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You KNOW it's the marketing people thinking that it generates more buzz when they do that (I'm sure someone in their business intelligence group crunched the numbers over the opportunity loss of the store being closed for several hours).
All of these people being giddy....excitement for what???
Apple should introduce a "Dongle Frequent Buyer Card". Buy 9 and get the 10th one free. 
I'm just bracing for non-US price increases, again.
I'm just bracing for non-US price increases, again.
This is exactly what makes me skeptical about the MBP update, we might see a speed bump in mid July, and WWDC might show only a new MacBook / iPad combo.maybe they can go to "newer" or "Newest" ....
I mean they did not even remove the "new" from the store , and they could have in the last month at least, instead they left it there to drive sales....
It will disappear later tonight when the store comes online, and in mid July it will reappear
No, Is it really a sign that a product release is imminent when the store is down for updating? I swear,..Einstein has nothing on this 'rumor'.
2016 MacBook Pro's are so old - just kidding
lets hope this over priced speaker doubles as a router and time capsule
Seems someone tried to voice order a Mac with it and now the whole Store went down...
#trashOS beta 1
...for recovering from the inevitable post-traumatic stress when all that gets announced is a Siri speaker "coming soon" and some exciting new watch bands.
Timezones.
From the date of this thread, it looks like the store went down at 0000 EDT.
Here in the UK, I didn't spend the night checking the Apple Store, but maybe it went down at local midnight?
So customers can't buy an old-model (whatever they update) from the store actually on Jun 5th - which, I'm sure, keeps things simple when they offer concessions to people who ordered X days before the launch.
Yeah, Amazon may do better, but they're not generally co-ordinating high profile product rollouts across multiple countries. Also, Amazon sell more varieties of left-handed obsidian toothpick holder* alone than the total number of products on the Apple store , so they'd never be up if they didn't invest in the tech to do hot updates. Apple only do this a couple of times a year.
* Please don't fact-check this!
For the past few years I've tuned into the live stream for the event. It seems that each event brings disappointment, what's going to upset the Apple Cart at this event.? I can't be bothered tuning in this year, I find the events patronising and boring.
Wow, somebody got a double dose of Kool-aid espresso this morning.
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No problem
I was trying to regain my shopping cart but it got automatically transferred to Dell.
Great user experience
This is WWDC. World Wide DEVELOPER CONFERENCE. Apparently you are not a developer. Go away. Nothing here for YOU to see. I will find the keynote very interesting.
[doublepost=1496671151][/doublepost]The store isn't down in the uk. I guess the only reason for the store being down these days is to generate buzz. Not so expensive overnight but here in the daytime there's a lot more lost business op
Apple's online store has temporarily closed its virtual doors ahead of today's WWDC opening keynote at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time.
When clicking on the "Buy" button for any product on Apple's website, be it a MacBook or accessories, the online store currently says "we're busy updating the Apple Store for you" and advises customers to "please check back soon."
During the keynote, Apple is expected to announce updated 12-inch MacBook and MacBook Pro models, alongside major new versions of its iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS software platforms.
Apple is also rumored to possibly debut a 10.5-inch iPad Pro and smart speaker with Siri, positioned as an Amazon Echo and Google Home competitor, but those announcements could be delayed until later this year.
Apple routinely closes its online store in the hours leading up to its special events, but that's not typically the case ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference, since the keynote is usually focused on software only.
For that reason, the store's downtime today is a good sign that new products of some kind will be announced imminently.
WWDC has been absent of major hardware announcements since 2013, when Apple unveiled redesigned models of the Mac Pro, MacBook Air, and its AirPort Time Capsule and Extreme wireless routers.
MacRumors.com will be providing news coverage and a live transcript of the WWDC opening keynote on Monday at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Twitter users can follow @MacRumorsLive for live updates.
Update: Apple's online store became functional again at approximately 5:10 a.m. Pacific Time, but only briefly as Apple fixed an earlier message that incorrectly said to check back starting at 8:01 a.m. Pacific Time.
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It is down in the UK.
Though why it has to be unavailable the whole of the business day here beats me.