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Online Apple Store Goes Down Ahead of 'Unleashed' Apple Event
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You know, that little scene during the “chip swap” for the iPad Pro with him shaking his head like that, coupled with the music has creeped me out since I saw it. Thank you for making me re-live that moment.
I'm not in the market for a laptop for the next year, so I will let the new gear come out and let the bugs shake out first.
If the standard keyboard, Olde-Tyme MagSafe rumors and additional port rumors are true, I may bite later next year.
The processor change will be my least concern. Performance bumps are always nice, don't get me wrong but and improvement in the form factor in so much as a shift to being practical as opposed to being as skinny and quiet as possible will be a welcome change.
The keyboard on my current late 2018 MBP sucks. I hate it. But I'm not going to upgrade for the sake of it. I'll wait a bit. Seems like every time Apple re designs their laptops, issues creep up.
Like in an old Plymouth....
If the standard keyboard, Olde-Tyme MagSafe rumors and additional port rumors are true, I may bite later next year.
The processor change will be my least concern. Performance bumps are always nice, don't get me wrong but and improvement in the form factor in so much as a shift to being practical as opposed to being as skinny and quiet as possible will be a welcome change.
The keyboard on my current late 2018 MBP sucks. I hate it. But I'm not going to upgrade for the sake of it. I'll wait a bit. Seems like every time Apple re designs their laptops, issues creep up.
Like in an old Plymouth....
It's not for a technical reason. It's done deliberately as a marketing tactic ! As as soon as it opens, people order for FOMO.
Probably zero money lost and I doubt it is a technical issue. It seems to be part of their marketing strategy.
You mean like "one more thing" - a mac mini for example ?
and "one extra little thing" - a car!
As another one in the UK, when I first saw the date, I lamented they hadn't deferred the launch by ten minutes.
18:10 on 18:10
At this time, I don't know if the script calls for releasing the NBP or the MBP. And maybe they are also deciding if to put black stickers or not in the last minute 😄
Do we have to have this discussion every time it happens? It's what Apple do. You might not trust Tim Cook to design a laptop, but I sure as hell don't see him sacrificing several hours of cash-rich online sales without some very lucrative payoff.
Go find a comparable example of a coordinated, multinational product launch with the same scale of public and media interest for comparison (not to mention the level of interconnection between product lines...), and find out what all the problems are... I can't really think of one - especially as new Apple products usually ship immediately or after a fairly short pre-order delay, even outside the US, versus the usual months wait between announcement and availability. The logistics must be horrendous...
Fingers crossed they release a new Mac mini. The current one wasn't powerful enough for me (and the Intel one got too hot), and I have 2 lonely screens waiting for a computer to attach to, as well as projects that need more work.
I hope that make it under £2000. or even £1500. An early Christmas present to me!
I hope that make it under £2000. or even £1500. An early Christmas present to me!
I was just trying to track my Apple Store order to see if it will arrive today. I love not being able to do it because of this 'marketing' crap.
my guess is to prevent anyone from ordering an older generation model and then canceling/returning it when new ones are out.
Me too. Mine is scheduled for courier delivery today and I won't be able to track it unless it goes out after the store comes back up. I have the 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. delivery slot.
Hopefully the system will still be able to send a text notifying me it is out for delivery, at least.
haha. Assuming you have the apple card you won't need a high limit since you can just purchase interest free monthly payments like the iPhone or even apple cases etc.
While less ram than my current 64gb MBP is okay, since I imagine the new ones will be so much more efficient. But worried that the new laptops won't offer as much storage. Currently have 8TB and worry the new ones will only be 4TB. I currently use a little over 4TB and could get beneath it but now I'd be constantly worrying about space.
