What ronjon10 referring to is the new year holiday, lasts roughly ten days here in China. I'm heading out right now and not returning to work until the 22nd. Most everyone else in the office is already gone.
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BestBuy Signs of Macbook Pro Update
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What ronjon10 referring to is the new year holiday, lasts roughly ten days here in China. I'm heading out right now and not returning to work until the 22nd. Most everyone else in the office is already gone.
As we don't have Best Buy here in the UK (unless you count the local pound land shop called Best Buy) I cannot comment on what's happening there but I've just had a very interesting conversation with a stock manager in my local Comet store. (For those who don't know, Comet is a large home electronics retailer in the UK).
After I enquired if they stocked the 15" MacBook's in store, because they only have the 13" on display she advised they'd not had any in store for off the shelf purchase since Christmas. They've not even had their display models replaced. All orders have been ordered into store for the customer, or delivered directly to their home.
On checking availability for me, she found the existing 15" models were all listed as "withdrawn" meaning she could not order any into store however there is 'limited' availability for home delivery. (A few models including the mid 15" and MacBook Air's show out of stock on Comets website).
As she showed me the stock availability screen, she pointed out six new MacBook place holders named MacBook 10Q1 01 (and so on up to 10Q1 06) which all had a placeholder price of £2000. Although she obviously couldn't give any detailed info she said they only appeared when they actually had them on order or in the warehouse but were not on general sale meaning they'd could be out within 'days' but could also be anytime up to the end of March (end of Q1).
These were also NOT for the iPad as there were several other listings for MacTablet 10Q2.
After I enquired if they stocked the 15" MacBook's in store, because they only have the 13" on display she advised they'd not had any in store for off the shelf purchase since Christmas. They've not even had their display models replaced. All orders have been ordered into store for the customer, or delivered directly to their home.
On checking availability for me, she found the existing 15" models were all listed as "withdrawn" meaning she could not order any into store however there is 'limited' availability for home delivery. (A few models including the mid 15" and MacBook Air's show out of stock on Comets website).
As she showed me the stock availability screen, she pointed out six new MacBook place holders named MacBook 10Q1 01 (and so on up to 10Q1 06) which all had a placeholder price of £2000. Although she obviously couldn't give any detailed info she said they only appeared when they actually had them on order or in the warehouse but were not on general sale meaning they'd could be out within 'days' but could also be anytime up to the end of March (end of Q1).
These were also NOT for the iPad as there were several other listings for MacTablet 10Q2.
If true, this is the big sign everyone has been waiting for. Post it in the Arrendale thread and watch everyone get a little giddy.
this sounds great! I can't wait for the update to be released. I just hope that any kind of update will not cause any error problems.
