Re: Doesn't make any sense...
Originally posted by Titanium.X
That doesn't make any sense. If the new iMacs come preloaded with the four applications making up iLife what other reason would they have to delay it other than software issues?
My thoughts exactly. Either TS has their facts wrong or something more than what they are alluding to is up.
I can almost halfway sorta see Apple delaying the software if embedded in it somehow (marketing materials?) it mentioned not-yet-released hardware and for some reason Apple couldn't purge those mentions from the software (perhaps because the GM has already been burned ...). But then, as pointed out, I would expect such a delay to definitely extend
past the hardware introduction, not just to three-four days prior to it ...
Something's missing here which is keeping this rumor from making sense.
Another possibility is that Apple is delaying the software for the reason listed above, but is reburning the disks without said premature disclosures. Apple store reps would then have to return/dispose of the previous set of disks, or set them aside until the hardware itself is introduced. This scenario would also explain the previous rumors that the delay stemmed from a "bad" GM sent to production.
Otherwise, ThinkSecret may well just be completely off-base. Assuming TS is right that Apple Stores are already receiving iLife disks, perhaps Apple found a killer bug just after sending the first batch out and is going to repress their initial batch with the fix in place? This would explain both the "bad GM" rumors and the assertion that dealers already have iLife disks.
Assuming dealers do have disks, the only way to know for certain would be for one of those disks to "escape" and suffer a thorough examination ...
