My experience is NOBODY knows even those with vast experience of website updates... (unless they work at Apple)
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My experience is NOBODY knows even those with vast experience of website updates... (unless they work at Apple)
Publish and be damned is also a motto of mine... contrary to popular belief (including my own) I wasn't Ballmersied in the end BTW!
How many hours has it been down for now? Has anyone known the store to go down for this amount of time before?
As I indicated before, I can't count the number of times these threads have popped up over the years, with people swearing there would be new Macs in the morning, only to have the store come back up with little or no changes, and no new models. Speculation on new models is fine, but you would think people would be able to tell the difference between a possible update and routine maintenance, especially since Wednesday morning maintenance has happened so many times over the years, and there are dozens of threads like this one, proving it.
Glad you finally found the cure!I wasn't Ballmersied in the end BTW!
Yes, it's routinely down for 3-6 hours.How many hours has it been down for now? Has anyone known the store to go down for this amount of time before?
BUT who cares? for some its just a bit of fun, if it bothers you so much put them on your ignore list.
Not sure if you have noticed but a part of Apple is built on hype just like this...
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Why these threads have to turn into a vindictive hate fest is beyond me...It's a debate folks, everybody is entitled to his / her opinion.
Why these threads have to turn into a vindictive hate fest is beyond me...It's a debate folks, everybody is entitled to his / her opinion.
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Why these threads have to turn into a vindictive hate fest is beyond me...It's a debate folks, everybody is entitled to his / her opinion.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
You were able to add a SSD to iMac last year but it was only 256 and you needed to sell yourself to the devil to pay for it
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Hoping for MacMinis. I can see it possible they put them up before Lion but have a longer lead time on them i.e. 2 weeks. That means they will be shipping after Lion has been released and means you don't have new hardware and software orders all peaking at the same time.
You were able to add a SSD to iMac last year but it was only 256 and you needed to sell yourself to the devil to pay for it
and thats what I am speaking about, small ssd for system is a must, not a premium highly prices option, in year 2012
Unfortunately these long down periods have not been product refreshes in the past. In the weeks leading up to WWDC there were a couple of them for 6-8 hours. Of course there were a bunch of people saying it's because Steve Jobs is not around any more to flip the switch and shows how Apple is going down.
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I am talking about stuff like this:
It still does not confirm that a refresh is happening though.
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Oh of course. They probably do it on purpose sometimes on a slow day and have a good laugh.
This sounds like a lovely idea, doesn't it? Shame it's not true.
I might be "entitled" to hold a foolish opinion, but that still makes me a fool, and I should be scolded for it.
We all may be entitled to express our opinions, but our 'entitlement' is not a defence against having those opinions questioned, corrected, or laughed at.
In short, everyone is entitled to criticise your opinion.
Merely having an opinion is not enough. You should be prepared to show your reasoning or otherwise defend it.
I couldn't agree more. It seems that all to often, the vindictiveness comes from those who are least secure with themselves. Therefore they strike out at others.
Sadly they fail to understand how lucky they are, after all this is an Apple community were we have terrific products to enjoy.
Yet as the saying goes, "some people are never happy".
This sounds like a lovely idea, doesn't it? Shame it's not true.
I might be "entitled" to hold a foolish opinion, but that still makes me a fool, and I should be scolded for it.
We all may be entitled to express our opinions, but our 'entitlement' is not a defence against having those opinions questioned, corrected, or laughed at.
In short, everyone is entitled to criticise your opinion.
Merely having an opinion is not enough. You should be prepared to show your reasoning or otherwise defend it.
Indeed. People always go on about their rights, but they forget the responsibilities that come with those rights.
Criticism is an opinion BTW.
So let the opinion of the opinion of the opinion (etc) flow.
It's not.
I have it in front of me, but its all down one side.. still showing as just MBP & MBA as new.
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