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Live Coverage of Apple's iPad 3 Media Event
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the servers are slowly coming back up... I still get "we'll be back" but it's quicker and more consistent
What's frustrating is that this happens at every single product launch. Sometimes I wonder what they're thinking. Does Apple think that no one will care and hence no one will hit the website? Or do they just not think it's worth it to beef up capacity to handle ad-hoc loads like this?
Woah my post got passed up by a few pages! haha. Still wondering, I do not have a Apple store near me. If I preorder will there be a option to ship to my house?
Go troll somewhere else. Everyone plus their dog are trying to get on = servers grind to a halt.
A few people claimed to have it in their card and were on the accessory page. I am sure there are some who got to the end.
Where is the Apple store downrate button?
Aren't they like now server people with iCloud and fancy server farms, etc?
Aren't they like now server people with iCloud and fancy server farms, etc?
Its nearly impossible and not cost effective to beef up capacity to handle the entire internet for once a year processing. These headaches are far more economical.
Trivial and irrelevant...man you need to lay off the morning coffee or something. If you disagree with me, that's cool, but keep it respectful.
I waited for Siri myself (skipped the 4 and bought a 4s) because I like to feel like I'm buying the future, and not just a "product". Others may differ. But I think a lot of people get caught up in that excitement. Of course, Steve Jobs could somehow make even moderate updates seem like we were buying a Mr. Fusion.
your asking if you can get things shipped from an online website? trolling?
wow, you really get uptight at these launches don't you? It was a JOKE ya BLOKE!
Relax, get a life, breathe, don't be so uptight...
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thought about this... would this work?
I'm most excited about the new iPhoto, and the ability to be able to re-download iTunes movies (too bad not all the movies I used the redemption code to download the digital copy show up though, only some do)
now I remember why queuing up outside the stores on launch day was more appealing than trying to preorder....
Too many quotes for me to reply to. Some of us work, ya know.
1)Retina has been out for awhile in other Apple products...screen resolution is typically something that is enhanced every or every other product cycle at Apple and other similar product companies. Why you or anyone else thinks/thought that the 3.0 wasn't going to be retina is beyond me. Minutes after the iPad 2.0 came out, everyone was stating "well, guess we wait till 2012 to see Retina in iPad".
2)Does Cook's phrase "mind-blowing" from a few weeks ago ring a bell? He did not mention specifically the iPad 3.0 would be mind-blowing but to me, this update is far from mind-blowing. Nice new tech specs, little real-world features. This is why I was stating there was no awe-shock in this release.
I honestly can't think of a lot of mind-blowing features or ultra-cool stuff that COULD HAVE BEEN in this update...that's for Apple to produce and wow me. Overall I think this update is non-impressive other than Retina (so now I can see my 10 year old, much-higher-rez-than-ipad2-quality-1024x768-screen JPGs on a nicer screen). If you don't own an iPad yet, sure, go buy this one next week instead of the 12 month old 2.0...with the exact same features as 2.0 but with a faster CPU and a nicer screen. Tech Spec product updates like this, in a brand new market, are not a sign of "revolutionary". The competitors now have a full year to work on FEATURES that will challenge the iPad 2012 and 2013.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are being hit with request 100,000 times normal.
No body is perfect and the jump in requests must be huge relative to average usage. I said a 100,000 in the tittle but it could easily be a million times more hits than average. Apple could very well sell 10 million of these by Monday.
No body is perfect and the jump in requests must be huge relative to average usage. I said a 100,000 in the tittle but it could easily be a million times more hits than average. Apple could very well sell 10 million of these by Monday.
No.. as far as I see, it says preorder and pick up at your nearest Apple retail store and also says "We'll get you set up". Honestly do not know how Apple's preorder system works..
