Re: The supply of this product is subject to regulatory approval (G5's)

2003-07-10 Thread Shay Telfer 

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 06:11, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
> I was just having a quick look at the G5's at the Apple Store and noticed

the abovementioned red note appearing at the bottom of the description of
each model.


While I didn't go and look, I'm *guessing* that this has to do with the
US export restrictions on super computers. Apple had this problem when
they announced the IIfx and at one stage even ran an ad-campaign
complete with tanks to highlight the performance.

So, while this is only a wild guess, that's where it comes from...

Onno Benschop


It's more likely that it has to be approved by Austel, as it's got a 
modem in it. This has caused delays in the past (and software patches 
for the Newton, for example, because it could make the wrong sounds 
with its speaker!).


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: The supply of this product is subject to regulatory approval (G5's)

2003-07-10 Thread DJ Grafix & Design 
on 10/7/03 8:00, Onno Benschop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> While I didn't go and look, I'm *guessing* that this has to do with the
> US export restrictions on super computers. Apple had this problem when
> they announced the IIfx and at one stage even ran an ad-campaign
> complete with tanks to highlight the performance.

The tank ad was for the G4's.

Re: The supply of this product is subject to regulatory approval (G5's)

2003-07-10 Thread Onno Benschop 
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 06:11, Adam Lippiatt wrote:
> I was just having a quick look at the G5's at the Apple Store and noticed
> the abovementioned red note appearing at the bottom of the description of
> each model. 

While I didn't go and look, I'm *guessing* that this has to do with the
US export restrictions on super computers. Apple had this problem when
they announced the IIfx and at one stage even ran an ad-campaign
complete with tanks to highlight the performance.

So, while this is only a wild guess, that's where it comes from...

Onno Benschop 

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