If there's one thing I've realized, it's that people have *totally* forgotten what it is to be a true situation of need or poverty. I'm not exempt either, I haven't experienced it personally. However, people have become excessively affluent in most 'advanced' countries globally. It's depressing.
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New Mac Placeholder SKUs in Future Shop's Inventory?
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If there's one thing I've realized, it's that people have *totally* forgotten what it is to be a true situation of need or poverty. I'm not exempt either, I haven't experienced it personally. However, people have become excessively affluent in most 'advanced' countries globally. It's depressing.
First 27 cents in 1929 is probably worth at least $10.00 today. So movie prices are probably about the same.
Second, the current economy while poor is still much much better than the great depression when unemployment hit between 25 & 30%. Current unemployment is around 4 or 5 percent.
Third, the entertainment business has historically done well during recessions.
Fourth, you are making it sound like blu-ray and supporting gear cost a fortune. The truth is for less than the price of a MBP, you can buy an HD TV, Blu-ray player, Surround sound system, and a few movies.
SO!
I checked these out at work today. I don't wanna give anything away that might get me in trouble. But these SKU's are in the inventory system. Bit of good news and bad news for all of you making wild assumptions as to this. I've seen the full screen of where these can be found in the system so i know a bit more about all this.
Good news is that all 12 of these "placeholder" SKU's are NEW SKU's to the company. FS uses the same WebID system as Best buy (we share some of the same inventory control systems). And as some one who's been with the company for a bit i know that all those new SKU's i saw on the screen today WERE NEW. Trust me on this. There is also VERY good indication that EVERY one of these SKU's is a LAPTOP of some kind, (hence the 602 beside them all...)
Now the bad news. Even tho it shows 6 English versions and 6 french, that means by NO MEANS will they be releasing six new products. they could, but they could also be only releasing 1 or like 4. There seems to be evidence in the depths of the system of older placeholders from long days past where lest say they had a few new placeholders, but then only used a couple of them.
Now i know for a fact that the WebID's (SKU's) that were on the full screen of that page when i looked it up shows webID numbers, fake bar code numbers, and fake prices. And i normally know that if it shows up in your system like this (or with the fill information on the product) then an actual product isn't far behind. I'd go so far to make the claim that the top brass for purchasing departments of large companies like Future shop, Best buy, and Circuit City know a lot more about what about to come, they just aren't talking. Thats fine, i don't mind the suspense. 🙂
Personally for me this shows that yes, there are new laptops coming, and for what i can tell only new laptops. I wish i would have known to look for this kinda thing a couple weeks ago before the new iPods so i could compare instances and give a better idea of what it is were seeing.
I checked these out at work today. I don't wanna give anything away that might get me in trouble. But these SKU's are in the inventory system. Bit of good news and bad news for all of you making wild assumptions as to this. I've seen the full screen of where these can be found in the system so i know a bit more about all this.
Good news is that all 12 of these "placeholder" SKU's are NEW SKU's to the company. FS uses the same WebID system as Best buy (we share some of the same inventory control systems). And as some one who's been with the company for a bit i know that all those new SKU's i saw on the screen today WERE NEW. Trust me on this. There is also VERY good indication that EVERY one of these SKU's is a LAPTOP of some kind, (hence the 602 beside them all...)
Now the bad news. Even tho it shows 6 English versions and 6 french, that means by NO MEANS will they be releasing six new products. they could, but they could also be only releasing 1 or like 4. There seems to be evidence in the depths of the system of older placeholders from long days past where lest say they had a few new placeholders, but then only used a couple of them.
Now i know for a fact that the WebID's (SKU's) that were on the full screen of that page when i looked it up shows webID numbers, fake bar code numbers, and fake prices. And i normally know that if it shows up in your system like this (or with the fill information on the product) then an actual product isn't far behind. I'd go so far to make the claim that the top brass for purchasing departments of large companies like Future shop, Best buy, and Circuit City know a lot more about what about to come, they just aren't talking. Thats fine, i don't mind the suspense. 🙂
Personally for me this shows that yes, there are new laptops coming, and for what i can tell only new laptops. I wish i would have known to look for this kinda thing a couple weeks ago before the new iPods so i could compare instances and give a better idea of what it is were seeing.
who woulda thought clay aiken would come out before the new macbook pro revisions....come out already! ****!
No, and if i did, i wouldn't say, Why risk my job for any of you when it pays my bills. All it says is what we already know:
It's right in front of all you. who ever took this picture is playing on you poor people.
Fact: Apple is gearing up to refresh their laptops. (tell me something we don't know via VERY heavy speculation that we ALL ALWAYS have of Apple) Thats all it says! The rest of that info is fake. Setup by someone in the company in anticipation to be prepared for the release of new products. Thats all.
...new unannounced (samsung?) bluray players popping up at bestbuy without any warning, now THATS a cool product launch. No one even saw that coming! Dude, it's Apple. When they were working on the iPhone, we speculated, we were right. the 3G, speculated, and were right, new ipods, etc etc... What we never really know is if those spy shots are real or those inventory screen shots have merit. But we do know something is coming. (it's not like apple is producing Duke Nukem Forever. ....totally going to be on Vaperware 2008! I'm calling it now!)
I will guarantee you all one thing, one thing i know for sure: Withing the next 3 years, there WILL be a new iPhone, new iPods, and new Mac Pro's. variations of each. The BIG surprises from Apple are the ones we never see coming, not in a million years. Ones that hit us like a train from left field.
We all know new product are coming, Save your money, be patient and be the first to get it when it's announced 😀
SO REAL...and fifteen forum pages later, it turns out the bestbuy product #s don't mean squat. haha
Hmmm, not sure what to do, sold my 2.2 and got the 2.4 $2500 one right before the touch pad (which does have more cache than the $1999 2.4) therefore better for video.
Not sure if I want to get into this, did it before, made my money back but would probably take a loss this time around.
MINT 6 months, glossy (had matte), both look the same in darker rooms.
If interested, let me know your best price,
techz@charter.net (CALIFORNIA only, LOCAL (Los Angeles), not sure if I will bother upgrading unless 4 cores come out. That would make a real difference.
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I would really like to see Apple upgrade their entire line of macs. I know the notebooks are the most likely to see updates, but I was just looking at Sony's current line of all in ones, and all I can say is wow. They seem a lot nicer than the imac - blueray and built in tv tuner. Also they give you the option for mounting onto the wall, can you do that with the imac?
New products and placeholders
Hi,
I am new here and so I don´t want to mess up with informations already given maybe....
In germany Apple gives special discounts to persons working in certain companies. Therefore you get a special login and you see the sale prices and the on top discount.
For all the MBP at least they make special discounts up to september 30.
This would be in common to an article i read that the guy is not expecting new MB until sept. 29 in case of the return time from the back to school offer.
Surely a lot of people who bought till sept 15 would like to return their items and change for new ones.....
So even if it is not a proof that the placeholders are made for new products, we see that surely something is near!!!!
Just my 2 cents
Hi,
I am new here and so I don´t want to mess up with informations already given maybe....
In germany Apple gives special discounts to persons working in certain companies. Therefore you get a special login and you see the sale prices and the on top discount.
For all the MBP at least they make special discounts up to september 30.
This would be in common to an article i read that the guy is not expecting new MB until sept. 29 in case of the return time from the back to school offer.
Surely a lot of people who bought till sept 15 would like to return their items and change for new ones.....
So even if it is not a proof that the placeholders are made for new products, we see that surely something is near!!!!
Just my 2 cents
True.
For some folks, that still is a lot of money.
As for DVD and BluRay costs, BluRay discs cost more. Sure you can find BluRay discs on sale. Same holds true for DVDs. It's all relative.
This will undoubtedly increase sales of HD TVs.
All it's going to do is increase the sales of digital set-top boxes. It's a lot cheaper and a lot less trouble than changing the TV itself.