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Many Apple Stores Not Carrying Retina MacBook Stock on Launch Day
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None on shelf either as display.
Thought there would at least be few on display, if not in stock
Otherwise store jammed as usual, including the doofuses checking gmail.
There's got to be a good explanation behind this. It would be so senseless of them to overlook the ample opportunity to advertise their new MacBooks to potential customers today as they eagerly seek to try out the Watch
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250 km to buy new MacBook but Store Empty
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as I mentioned above, I called and they told me on the phone that none of the Apple Stores in Canada will have any stock or even display macbook models for at least two weeks.
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No he didn't. He said the MacBook was going to ship the 10th. They never said the watch would ship the 10th.
It's unfortunate that the details regarding availability weren't overly clear. I too was one that assumed it would be available in stores today. That's my mistake.
What I do find confusing though is if it ships today, where in the world is it shipping from that it will take 12 days to get here? I was up as soon as the store was live on the app and every base model was 4/22 for the delivery date.
What I do find confusing though is if it ships today, where in the world is it shipping from that it will take 12 days to get here? I was up as soon as the store was live on the app and every base model was 4/22 for the delivery date.
I'm not sure about stock, but my Apple Store (White Hall, PA) had a whole display table for the new Macbook.
I played around with it a bit and was quite impressed with the Force Touch trackpad. The haptic feedback gives it a click like feel when you press down. I agree with reviews, though, that the keyboard would take some getting used to. The large size of the keys and lower level of travel made it difficult for me to type on it.
I played around with it a bit and was quite impressed with the Force Touch trackpad. The haptic feedback gives it a click like feel when you press down. I agree with reviews, though, that the keyboard would take some getting used to. The large size of the keys and lower level of travel made it difficult for me to type on it.
I got to play with them at the Bellevue Store, WA State. Gorgeous system. The keyboard is really nice, but will take many some getting used to. The new touchpad is fantastic. The taptic feedback is just superb.
The screen, however, is a big disappointment. The real estate is just... bad. You can view it in 1440x900 mode (the highest scaled mode available without 3rd-party hacks), but... still.... I was hoping for more. You can barely fit much on the screen in non-scaled mode.
Also, scrolling up and down e.g. nyt.com was not the smoothest experience.
Overall, lovely system - but wait for the updated model in a year/whenever.
The screen, however, is a big disappointment. The real estate is just... bad. You can view it in 1440x900 mode (the highest scaled mode available without 3rd-party hacks), but... still.... I was hoping for more. You can barely fit much on the screen in non-scaled mode.
Also, scrolling up and down e.g. nyt.com was not the smoothest experience.
Overall, lovely system - but wait for the updated model in a year/whenever.
You might not remember but the goal for Apple is to please customers, ship products and thereby make money.
It's of no value to parse wording to the point where Apple is right but potential customers are frustrated. There is not "right", there is only "satisfied".
They needed to clearly set expectations and / or have stocked shelves on launch day. It might not be of lasting detriment to them but it is a large f-up to do a launch this way.
My local Apple Store had no display models, no stock and no idea when they would have it. Online wait is nearly two months after just one day. Absolutely ****ing ridiculous.
We saw this coming yesterday. Should have ordered online when it went on sale!
Interesting post but I'm not sure why you would think you could even replace a Pro with a MB, they are utterly different machines obviously designed for completely different purposes. I wouldn't have even gone down the path of thinking they were interchangeable in the first place. I've had a MBP for a good number of years but it's long ceased to be in use as I just found it too big & heavy as a laptop. The size & weight of it utterly defeated the point of being a secondary portable computer.
How can I order it before I've even seen it in person? It's not like I've waited days. I went to my local store straight after working a non-stop 10 hour working day. Why couldn't they have waited until the 11th to start online sales so we could at least have a chance to decide which model to buy. Apple will lose a lot of goodwill over this fiasco.
Yes (on the replacement point), or vice versa. I tried carrying a 15" back and forth to work (4 miles walking, hour train ride) and around to meetings in the office. It was crazy, and it wasn't much better when you opened it up and took up all that space on the conference room table. There are some things that the little rMB (or and 11" MBA) does that a 15" rMBP, no matter how capable and gorgeous, just doesn't do well.
If people are going this nuts over having to order online and wait for their MacBooks and watches, just wait for the ***** storm when this happens with the iPhone in 5 months.
Bah, doesn't matter. Didn't you get the memo? Apple wants to become a fashion /fitness wearable company, not a computer company. Headphones in more colors than Joseph's coat and $13,000 watches.
Listen to me, I sound like one of the haters, which I am not. What you're hearing is...the loss of "a lot of goodwill over this fiasco." 
She sold less than 10% of her $70m in stock. That doesn't look like a panic to me.
Could be insider trading, but I'm guessing it was part of a planned sale. Most execs file for trades well in advance of execution dates.
Agreed. I had a look at the watches, very nice and was really keen to try the new MB, was really disappointed they had no display model. And given the delivery times now, think I will skip ordering a MB.