U.S. iPad Pre-Orders Set to Begin at 5:30 AM Pacific Time Tomorrow

[lostngone]

Because the "normal" US timezones sys admins will be on duty at that point. When folks try to 'slashdot' Apple's ( and satellite content support servers ) there will be the normal folks on duty to catch any hiccups that leak through.
Apple's servers/networks are certain to get hammered for a while. Might as well have your normal folks, who got a good nights sleep, manning the ramparts.

Not that the servers won't be prepped for an onslaught but sometimes "stuff happens" and may need to fix something.

The secondary effect is hopefully get bit of a wave as folks wake up.

[ This is another one of the overlooked problems when they implied would launch worldwide on a single day. You'd get a bigger wave, longer aftershocks , and a substantially more complicated logistics. Doable, but why inflict that much pain on yourself on the first time out of the gate. ]

What "normal" sysadmin/netadmin do you know is at the office before 5:30am on a normal day? I would think midnight would be much better because you could update/role the pages and open the floodgates at a slow time to catch any problems. Starting the sell at 5:30am PST/8:30am EST will cause an immediate hit/load and leave little room to fix anything without pissing off a lot of people waiting to push the "buy" button.

Even if you started at midnight the time-zone effect would still stagger the load a bit.

 

[DoFoT9]

I hope Oz preorders aren't that far off.

me too. but apples website says "shipping late april". so yea

Netherlands is not even on the list... I just sent an email to sjobs@mac.com. I wonder if I will get a reply..

damn man that sucks! i hate how apple is so... country-ist!

 

[Daniel B]

US credit card

Do they require a US credit card to reserve for pick-up?

Thanks,

Daniel

 

[sammich]

So...who wants to pre-order one for me and ship it to Australia?

 

[DoFoT9]

So...who wants to pre-order one for me and ship it to Australia?

haha i was thinking the same thing!

 

[jnadel]

So...who wants to pre-order one for me and ship it to Australia?

Hah, good point! If Apple doesn't put too strict of a limit on how many you can buy, I could probably do it.

 

[DoFoT9]

Hah, good point! If Apple doesn't put too strict of a limit on how many you can buy, I could probably do it.

heh? heh?

there would be a little something in it for you, of course

 

[jnadel]

heh? heh?

there would be a little something in it for you, of course

Sounds like the makings of a deal. Always happy to help out other Apple fans too.

 

[DoFoT9]

Sounds like the makings of a deal. Always happy to help out other Apple fans too.

BAHA! no complaints on your end then

im just waiting for australian prices to be announced so i can decide whether to wait for the aus version, or if its going to be worth investing in shipping etc.

 

[jnadel]

BAHA! no complaints on your end then

im just waiting for australian prices to be announced so i can decide whether to wait for the aus version, or if its going to be worth investing in shipping etc.

Perfect. Just let me know if I can help out. If you decide that you do want me to buy right in the morning tomorrow (er, today), just let me know within the next 10 minutes or so.

 

[DoFoT9]

Perfect. Just let me know if I can help out. If you decide that you do want me to buy right in the morning tomorrow (er, today), just let me know within the next 10 minutes or so.

[ If you need help with it, just shoot me an email at *email*. Please reply when you have my email so I can edit it out ]

i have your email you can get rid of it.

very tempting...im just not sure about the transaction would take place, ive never swapped money across continents!

 

[jnadel]

i have your email you can get rid of it.

very tempting...im just not sure about the transaction would take place, ive never swapped money across continents!

Thanks

I haven't either, but I'd say that Escrow.com is probably the best bet. No offense of course , but I'd be wary about using other methods, especially given the transcontinental nature of the transaction.

 

[DoFoT9]

Thanks

I haven't either, but I'd say that Escrow.com is probably the best bet. No offense of course , but I'd be wary about using other methods, especially given the transcontinental nature of the transaction.

ill send an email to keep this thread free

seriously cant wait for it to be released though! so excited!

 

[lostngone]

ill send an email to keep this thread free

seriously cant wait for it to be released though! so excited!

I'm telling Steve on you!!!

 

[DoFoT9]

I'm telling Steve on you!!!

he should be happy that i want it asap. more money for him! get him up to 135th richest sooner

 

[DirkBreeuwer]

Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Uk.... Were is the Netherlands???

 

[peterdevries]

Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Uk.... Were is the Netherlands???

yeah, I'm with you.. Germany, Spain etc make sense because they are larger markets, but Switzerland?

 

[.Andy]

Jealous . I'm looking forward to the Australian release. Still quite a few weeks to go.....

 

[DoFoT9]

Jealous . I'm looking forward to the Australian release. Still quite a few weeks to go.....

i hate how apple only thinks of america

 

[AnDi86]

Anyone want to buy me one and ship it to the UK?

 

[Winni]

i hate how apple only thinks of america

You can't blame them. It's the only country where they have some market share and the US is where they make most of their money. Once you've left American territory, you won't be seeing many Apple logos anymore.

 

[DoFoT9]

You can't blame them. It's the only country where they have some market share and the US is where they make most of their money. Once you've left American territory, you won't be seeing many Apple logos anymore.

are you serious? you cant be serious.. please tell me you are not serious!

come to any university in australia and count the number of laptops going around. more then half are apple computers!

im gobsmacked. i cant believe you just said that!

within the last 2 years i have convinced a good 5 friends to buy a mac. and some of them have turned their friends (not that my doings means that it influences apple that much).

thats totally un fair though. you cant discriminate by country/continent. apple claims that they are a world wide organsation. that means they bring products out at the same time. they did with Snow Leopard. and with some of their more recent products (appletv, ipods). you would think they have enough resources to bring them out at the same time everywhere. or at least GIVE US PRICINGS OR A REAL RELEASE DATE.

it would be interseting to see the percentage of US vs rest of world with regards to how much apple makes.

 

[wolfie]

You can't blame them. It's the only country where they have some market share and the US is where they make most of their money. Once you've left American territory, you won't be seeing many Apple logos anymore.

bahahaha
what a clown.

 

[deckwalker]

You can't pre-order yet

Did anyone who signed up to be notified about the latest iPad news ever receive any emails?

No, but if you look at the iPad page the email notification said something to the effect of: "notify me when you can pre-order." You still can't pre-order, so they haven't sent the emails. I'm guessing they'll send them out tomorrow.

 

[igazza]

i hate how apple only thinks of america

Apples planning 2 build 50 retail stores outside of american this year.