Of course you're missing the point. I don't think anyone here gives a rats a$$ about having to wait a few more days or even another week, it's about Apple selectively shipping the $29 version before the UTD orders. Most people (including myself) ordered back in June when we bought our new Macs and we are getting our order shipped days after people who ordered the $29 version 2 days ago. 😛
agreed.
i have read numerous people offer such insights as "you paid a cheaper price, be happy" or "go outside over the weekend" or "get a life" or "we all paid $x,000 for a computer at some point."
my issue is that -- for whatever reason (does it matter?) -- i prefer to do an OS installation on a weekend, when it will not interfere with other stuff i have going on (and i have time to restore an old OS if necessary).
regardless of price paid, apple staff repeatedly affirmed two things:
1) orders were processed in the order received;
2) UTD orders should arrive today.
what would have made me happy(-ier) is if we were simply told that customers who recently bought a mac and were eligible to participate in the UTD program could make a choice: pay $9.95 and get it sometime after launch, or pay $29 and get it on launch day.
had i not been told, repeatedly, that my copy would arrive at the same time, i would have made arrangements to get it another way.
if i had an apple store nearby, no big deal. however, the nearest one is 5h by car. the nearest best buy is >2h, too. couple that with the fact that we didn't learn the truth about these orders until mid-day friday, and it turns out to be a disappointment.
for the record, i have a rich life (as i imagine most folks here "complaining" do, too), and why is it wrong to (a) get excited about the launch of a new OS, or (b) guard our time and expect products to be delivered when customer service tells us they will, so we can plan an installation on our timeframe....AND get outside, spend time with families, work, do all the other stuff we like to do?
finally, to the guy who suggested it's appropriate for apple to ship in order of price paid..... would you feel any different if you ordered the low-end macbook, then waited extra days because apple was shipping macbook pros instead? if you ordered a pro, would you be ok with getting bumped for several days to those who ordered airs? would you all be ok getting bumped by a flurry of mac pro orders?
doesn't make sense, and it's generally not considered good business practice.
it's apparent that many commenting in such a way have limited life experience and are a little, perhaps, naive.
reasoning, not mine... 