So the promotion for a free iPod Touch with computer purchase ends September 15th and surprise surprise there is an event scheduled September 25-26th (Apple Expo Paris). Conveniently it is 10 days after the end of the promotion, so when they inevitably announce a new line of iPods no one can come back to the store and demand one in exchange for the one they got for free. Amazing how these things work. Not that I am not excited for the announcement.
Yes, but Apple Expo Paris is an event that Apple shuns and has specifically said it is not attending... I'm standing by September 9th.
It would only be a con if they couldn't sell it at full price. As that isn't the case, it isn't a con.
There will always be plenty of people who don't know about Apple's upgrade situations, and those who simply need to buy a machine despite it.
I wasn't talking about users. I know they will buy blindly. The retailers will clean out Apple's stock and then get stuck with the remains when Apple rolls out new models in a couple weeks...
I wasn't talking about users. I know they will buy blindly. The retailers will clean out Apple's stock and then get stuck with the remains when Apple rolls out new models in a couple weeks...
-Clive
If the retailers will clean out Apple's stock, how will they be stuck with the remains? The remains of what? You know that by the last week or so, they will be out of stock themselves. That's what always happens. They're not stupid. They won't buy more than they can sell.
If the retailers will clean out Apple's stock, how will they be stuck with the remains? The remains of what? You know that by the last week or so, they will be out of stock themselves. That's what always happens. They're not stupid. They won't buy more than they can sell.
I think he's implying that apple is trying to unload stock by getting resellers to purchase "4 weeks worth" of stock, and then releasing updates in two weeks, well before that stock is gone from the reseller's shelves.
Which I've gotta say, I don't think is realistic. That would be an incredibly unethical thing for Apple to do to their resellers, and they'd probably get sued to boot.
I think he's implying that apple is trying to unload stock by getting resellers to purchase "4 weeks worth" of stock, and then releasing updates in two weeks, well before that stock is gone from the reseller's shelves.
Which I've gotta say, I don't think is realistic. That would be an incredibly unethical thing for Apple to do to their resellers, and they'd probably get sued to boot.
Yes, that's at least part of what I also think he mean.
It is unrealistic. Apple simply doesn't do that. This stock will sell out before the new models arrive, as always.
Yes, that's at least part of what I also think he mean.
It is unrealistic. Apple simply doesn't do that. This stock will sell out before the new models arrive, as always.
Yeah...if the 3-4 weeks bulletin is true, it seems like it would be the best indicator yet of a concrete time frame for the refresh... 4-6 weeks from now, with the Macbooks potentially coming out a week or two before the iPod refresh.
This is unfortunate for me as I start law school in the middle of August, but I will make do with my Dell until the refresh at the beginning of September.
Yeah...if the 3-4 weeks bulletin is true, it seems like it would be the best indicator yet of a concrete time frame for the refresh... 4-6 weeks from now, with the Macbooks potentially coming out a week or two before the iPod refresh.
This is unfortunate for me as I start law school in the middle of August, but I will make do with my Dell until the refresh at the beginning of September.
Sorry about the timing issues.
Some of my friends kids are starting college this fall (how fast that seems to happen. One year left for mine). They start in the middle of August. That makes this timing real tough.
There is so much hype in the US market about the apple systems, where they are severe drought for these systems. Most of the members ordered these apple phones which will give tough competition against the Mac and ipod music systems.
Yes. Apple is on a tight schedule year after year. More products = more announcements.
For the first time the iPod Classic will not be refresh (or maybe it will), because why go higher than 80GB of 160GB. Can't imagine classic with 160GB and 250GB drives. INSANE! ...
I use that 160 GB iPod Classic all the time for just about everything as a disc at university and it is incredibly useful and so easy to just dump things into from the desktop. Too bad there is no disk mode on the Touch or iPhone, but I can understand with the smaller HDs ,but with the Classic, having it all there really is convenient; just be sure you have another backup device,just in case
MacBooks and MacBook Pros have been at 5-7 days shipping at the online Apple Store for K-12 Education Institutions for the past two months. Generally whenever Apple's going to release a new model the shipping estimates creep up to 7-10 days or 1-2 weeks. The online Apple Store for K-12 Education Institutions is the best indicator of drying up supply.
I've been away, and since I came back, all I've been seeing is the threads about the iPhone. As I just attempted to buy three, it's been on my mind a lot.
Yeah, I realize what the theads about. But, there isn't supposed to be much in the way of shortage in the computer realm just yet, which is why I asked IF they mean the iPhone.
With the first phase of the iPhone 3G launch in the rear view, Apple Inc. is now shifting much of its focus towards product refreshes targeting its two other revenue drivers and is advising resellers to be prepared for product shortages in the interim.
More specifically, the Cupertino-based company in recent days issued an advisement bulletin to some of its channel partners hinting at a manufacturing ramp down of iPods and certain Mac notebook models, which will result in limited supplies of those products in the coming weeks.
I didn't see a thing about iPhone shortages in this article. It was all about the iPods and notebooks.
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So the promotion for a free iPod Touch with computer purchase ends September 15th and surprise surprise there is an event scheduled September 25-26th (Apple Expo Paris). Conveniently it is 10 days after the end of the promotion, so when they inevitably announce a new line of iPods no one can come back to the store and demand one in exchange for the one they got for free. Amazing how these things work. Not that I am not excited for the announcement.
Yes, but Apple Expo Paris is an event that Apple shuns and has specifically said it is not attending... I'm standing by September 9th.
WTF? Only Apple could con retailers into loading up on soon-to-be-obsolete tech...
The RDF is true!
(The cake, however, is a lie...)
-Clive
It would only be a con if they couldn't sell it at full price. As that isn't the case, it isn't a con.
There will always be plenty of people who don't know about Apple's upgrade situations, and those who simply need to buy a machine despite it.
It would only be a con if they couldn't sell it at full price. As that isn't the case, it isn't a con.
There will always be plenty of people who don't know about Apple's upgrade situations, and those who simply need to buy a machine despite it.
I wasn't talking about users. I know they will buy blindly. The retailers will clean out Apple's stock and then get stuck with the remains when Apple rolls out new models in a couple weeks...
-Clive
I wasn't talking about users. I know they will buy blindly. The retailers will clean out Apple's stock and then get stuck with the remains when Apple rolls out new models in a couple weeks...
-Clive
If the retailers will clean out Apple's stock, how will they be stuck with the remains? The remains of what? You know that by the last week or so, they will be out of stock themselves. That's what always happens. They're not stupid. They won't buy more than they can sell.
If the retailers will clean out Apple's stock, how will they be stuck with the remains? The remains of what? You know that by the last week or so, they will be out of stock themselves. That's what always happens. They're not stupid. They won't buy more than they can sell.
I think he's implying that apple is trying to unload stock by getting resellers to purchase "4 weeks worth" of stock, and then releasing updates in two weeks, well before that stock is gone from the reseller's shelves.
Which I've gotta say, I don't think is realistic. That would be an incredibly unethical thing for Apple to do to their resellers, and they'd probably get sued to boot.
I think he's implying that apple is trying to unload stock by getting resellers to purchase "4 weeks worth" of stock, and then releasing updates in two weeks, well before that stock is gone from the reseller's shelves.
Which I've gotta say, I don't think is realistic. That would be an incredibly unethical thing for Apple to do to their resellers, and they'd probably get sued to boot.
Yes, that's at least part of what I also think he mean.
It is unrealistic. Apple simply doesn't do that. This stock will sell out before the new models arrive, as always.
Yes, that's at least part of what I also think he mean.
It is unrealistic. Apple simply doesn't do that. This stock will sell out before the new models arrive, as always.
Yeah...if the 3-4 weeks bulletin is true, it seems like it would be the best indicator yet of a concrete time frame for the refresh... 4-6 weeks from now, with the Macbooks potentially coming out a week or two before the iPod refresh.
This is unfortunate for me as I start law school in the middle of August, but I will make do with my Dell until the refresh at the beginning of September.
Yeah...if the 3-4 weeks bulletin is true, it seems like it would be the best indicator yet of a concrete time frame for the refresh... 4-6 weeks from now, with the Macbooks potentially coming out a week or two before the iPod refresh.
This is unfortunate for me as I start law school in the middle of August, but I will make do with my Dell until the refresh at the beginning of September.
Sorry about the timing issues.
Some of my friends kids are starting college this fall (how fast that seems to happen. One year left for mine). They start in the middle of August. That makes this timing real tough.
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Yes. Apple is on a tight schedule year after year. More products = more announcements.
For the first time the iPod Classic will not be refresh (or maybe it will), because why go higher than 80GB of 160GB. Can't imagine classic with 160GB and 250GB drives. INSANE! ...
I use that 160 GB iPod Classic all the time for just about everything as a disc at university and it is incredibly useful and so easy to just dump things into from the desktop. Too bad there is no disk mode on the Touch or iPhone, but I can understand with the smaller HDs ,but with the Classic, having it all there really is convenient; just be sure you have another backup device,just in case
Nope.
didn't think so
didn't think so
If you both are talking about the iPhone, then neither of you have actually looked.
Did you even bother reading this thread?
Mel,
Did you even bother reading this thread?
Since I've been posting in it all along, yes.
I've been away, and since I came back, all I've been seeing is the threads about the iPhone. As I just attempted to buy three, it's been on my mind a lot.
Yeah, I realize what the theads about. But, there isn't supposed to be much in the way of shortage in the computer realm just yet, which is why I asked IF they mean the iPhone.
With the first phase of the iPhone 3G launch in the rear view, Apple Inc. is now shifting much of its focus towards product refreshes targeting its two other revenue drivers and is advising resellers to be prepared for product shortages in the interim.
More specifically, the Cupertino-based company in recent days issued an advisement bulletin to some of its channel partners hinting at a manufacturing ramp down of iPods and certain Mac notebook models, which will result in limited supplies of those products in the coming weeks.
I didn't see a thing about iPhone shortages in this article. It was all about the iPods and notebooks.