*IF* Apple's new ad campaign is successful, they still have a problem.
Many of us agree that Apple's ad campaign is a good thing. More people will be buying Macs.
My question is, how is Apple's supply chain for the future? We saw the disaster that was the new iMac's rollout. If Apple managed to double market-share, don't we see even worse delays in shipping products, etc.?
But then, maybe I don't know enough about that kind of stuff, but it seems to me that what I learned in grade school still applies: When demand goes up, supply goes down.
My question is, how is Apple's supply chain for the future? We saw the disaster that was the new iMac's rollout. If Apple managed to double market-share, don't we see even worse delays in shipping products, etc.?
But then, maybe I don't know enough about that kind of stuff, but it seems to me that what I learned in grade school still applies: When demand goes up, supply goes down.
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low-fi
[ 06-11-2002: Message edited by: low-fi ]</p>
All my stuff from Apple has been bang on time, if not early.
low-?i
But if, for a variety of reasons (mostly due to Apple's insistence on total sececy for surprise announcements and 'must release on Stevenote' philosophy) you cannot, it is better to have production lag behind sales, rather than vice versa.
No one wants a warehouse full of highly depreciating merchandise.
In other words, don't fret.
Jettal