Looks like he has a new Retina laptop. Good on him. Not sure about the means he got it, though. But I admit. I totally enjoyed that little bit of sleuthing to "out" this guy.
Yes, pretending to be Poirot for a moment was fun...
Looks like he has a new Retina laptop. Good on him. Not sure about the means he got it, though. But I admit. I totally enjoyed that little bit of sleuthing to "out" this guy.
No, after all, it looks like the photo is his. The EXIF data in the photo shows the address to be 1455 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, CT which you can do a free Internet search and find a 31 year old with the same name at that address. So there is a retina MBP there, but the date ordered is either wrong, or it belongs to someone else. Because there's no way you order on the 18th and receive already. That part obviously seems concocted.
Well, au contraire, jon.blake. People do care, just perhaps not for the reason you might think. I'm pretty sure the "attention" is really just to underscore the point that it's 2012 and you cannot lie on the Internet and get away with it.
Apt 417 :-D
It's an obvious lie, that was obviously obvious since the first second he posted it. It's just about time to let it go.
When people troll they don't do it for a hero's welcome and an apple pie. They do it to get a rise out of those easily excited and feed off the negative attention they so desperately seek.
It's an obvious lie, that was obviously obvious since the first second he posted it. It's just about time to let it go.
um... this is an Internet forum where we're tracking our new laptops second-by-second on a Google spreadsheet.
What was that about easily excited?
um... this is an Internet forum where we're tracking our new laptops second-by-second on a Google spreadsheet.
What was that about easily excited?
anyone have an amazon rmbp ship yet?
Well, it's been a few days since the last "preparing for shipment". People used to post about that all day long..! Feels like they didn't ship much this week.. it's weird!
Are you asking me what's the difference between getting excited about a $3000 top of the line laptop vs. getting excited about a strange guy trolling on the internet?
That's uh, a little bit of a misfire.
Well, Jon - I think if you asked the general public, you might find that if you're crowdsourcing shipping info for a laptop that'll "get there when it gets there" and all the excitement in Google spreadsheet form won't ever change that, they'd probably say you're misfiring too. I'll admit I'm weird for it. Won't you?
Apt 417 :-D
Ha ha, a little creepy. My attention was not to troll, just share some crazy good luck. It's not like I started a new account just to post that.
And my cat was staring at a bug or something. She is a bit of a spaz![]()
If it really is a holiday weekend in China with workers getting the 22-24 off, we wont see any movement till monday or tuesday... I think thats why apple did the 5-7, 7-10 and then skipped to 2-3 weeks...
I guess they only get the 23th of..? Found this:
Dragon Boat Festival
the 5th day of the
5th lunar month
1 day
Jun. 23.
(Jun. 22 - 24. off)
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/public-holiday.htm
Ordered from Apple the afternoon of June 11 (MacBook pro retina display with all the upgrades, 2.7/16gb ram/768 ssd, and I have 3-5 weeks for shipment. Not until July 10-23. Think I'll get it sooner?