> On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 04:22 PM, Steve Fuller wrote: > >> Ugh. Got a mail from PC Connection today. My 17" powerbook has been >> delayed until the 21st now. It was supposed to ship at the end of the >> week. I love Apple's hardware, but I really have to say that I am >> quite irritated by the fact that they cannot seem to ship everything >> that they >> announce within any sort of sensible time frame. They somehow managed >> to >> get the 12" AlBooks out the door in pretty short order. Thankfully I >> can >> use my wife's Lombard for my fix for another week or two (not that >> she's >> going to be happy about that) > > well........ when ordering a brand new, not-yet-shipping product, it's > probably not wisest to order from a catalog reseller if timeliness is > important. why? because Apple ships to THEM, then they ship to YOU. > the delay is inherent to whom you've ordered from.
I ordered a 17" PowerBook from the Apple Store within a couple of hours of the introduction. The ship date on the order has been 3/20 since a week or so after I placed the order - before that it was "7-10 weeks". Note that means that on the day it was introduced Apple gave a shipping window in contradiction to the "next month" announcement... KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
