The MacBook Pro saga continues…
Well this is an interesting story… As I wrote, on Tuesday of this past week I made some changes to my MacBook Pro order… Specifically I changed the hard drive from the 120GB/5400rpm model to the 100GB/7200rpm model.
Then I looked Wednesday, and the hard drive was still the 120GB/5400rpm model, but they put me at at 2.16GHz processor and added the requisite $300 to the order. So I called ’em up, explained what they did, and after a while on hold, they fixed it. But they screwed something up in the process and somehow lost my place in line, putting my ship date back to March 16th!!
The guy on the phone was *so* apologetic and said he’d give me a discount off the price (plus free 2-day shipping), and we said our goodbyes, mine being a bit more depressed than his.
Then late last night an e-mail appears in my box stating that my order has shipped and is en route. Sure enough, my MacBook Pro (with all the right specs) is on its way to me from Shanghai at the moment… due to arrive early this week.
And they still gave my my 3% discount. So I’m not sure if I actually *didn’t* lose my place in line despite what Apple said, or they are shipping these things *way* faster than they expected. Either way, I’m looking forward to getting my new toy in a few days!
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February 19th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
It would seem that Apple are having all kinds of issues with their (reportedly) ancient web based ordering infrastructure. These kinds of edits from both ends (due to the free CPU upgrade) and the sheer volume of back orders (ie. databases not being able to check them off as en route) are not what the original back end was designed for and aparently it hasn’t been upgraded in years… Perhaps it’s time for an upgrade themselves?
February 19th, 2006 at 8:42 pm
It would seem that Apple are having all kinds of issues with their (reportedly) ancient web based ordering infrastructure. These kinds of edits from both ends (due to the free CPU upgrade) and the sheer volume of back orders (ie. databases not being able to check them off as en route) are not what the original back end was designed for and aparently it hasn’t been upgraded in years… Perhaps it’s time for an upgrade themselves?
February 19th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
What’s with all the “Apple as a plural” references? It seems like every english class no-show that leaves a comment on any Mac related website makes this mistake. “Apple are having” —- Sheesh! IT’S “APPLE IS HAVING”.
February 20th, 2006 at 3:56 am
What’s with all the “Apple as a plural” references? It seems like every english class no-show that leaves a comment on any Mac related website makes this mistake. “Apple are having” —- Sheesh! IT’S “APPLE IS HAVING”.
February 20th, 2006 at 2:13 am
People in the UK (and probably other parts of the Commonwealth) refer to corporate (but singular) entities like companies and, indeed, the BBC, in plural form (i.e. “the BBC are broadcasting the Olympics on BBC2”). One wonders what else the Brits have done to mess up the English language…
February 20th, 2006 at 7:13 am
People in the UK (and probably other parts of the Commonwealth) refer to corporate (but singular) entities like companies and, indeed, the BBC, in plural form (i.e. “the BBC are broadcasting the Olympics on BBC2”). One wonders what else the Brits have done to mess up the English language…
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:29 am
How about a Geek Gab Special as soon as the Macbook arrives. I’m dying to know how fast Rosetta-using apps run in comparison to my trusty PowerBook G4 15″ 1,5 GHz. Especially the performance of Photoshop Elements would be very interesting along with M$ Office.
@lern: Don’t they also say “the police are here” in the US? I am not a native speaker, though, and have never been to the US … 😉
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 pm
How about a Geek Gab Special as soon as the Macbook arrives. I’m dying to know how fast Rosetta-using apps run in comparison to my trusty PowerBook G4 15″ 1,5 GHz. Especially the performance of Photoshop Elements would be very interesting along with M$ Office.
@lern: Don’t they also say “the police are here” in the US? I am not a native speaker, though, and have never been to the US … 😉