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rogifan_new said:

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rogifan_new said:

LoneStar88 said:

stangaddict said:

I really like this news site and will likely always come here for Apple news, but this is pretty bad in terms of positive slant. 

Apple missed the holiday season big time with this one. They touted an end of October release and over shot that date by a country mile. You rightfully point that out, but I'd hardly call this releasing in time for the holiday season. A handful of people who happened to order within a couple of hours of a release that was a surprise (December, not October) will luck out. However, there are going to be a lot of disappointed people this holiday season. 

Some people are totally clueless, or at least unappreciative, of what it takes to get a new product thought of, designed, engineered, tooled, production/supply lines set up, packaging designed and produced, pricing, marketing/advertising, logistics, etc., etc.,—over literally YEARS!! No, none of that matters if one's precious holiday shopping season is ruined because Apple cares enough NOT to release a product until it's really as good as they can make it.

This will most likely be yet another shining new product to add to Apple's ever-more-attractive ecosystem of products, which continues to attract more and more customers every year. This next trip around the sun will bring us yet another holiday shopping season before you know it.

Why did Apple announce them in September with end of October shipping if, other than for a handful of people, they wouldn't be available until the new year? If this was any other company people here wouldn't be so generous.

If we knew the actual reason why they were delayed your question would be answered, but we'll probably never know other than speculation. I don't think Apple intended on shipping these that late. Obviously something came up pretty important that delayed the shipping of this product. Would you rather they rushed it out and had a flop of a product off the bat? Then, people would be all over Tim Cook about shipping products before they're ready now just to make a few extra bucks for the holiday season. You know people would have done that. There are people all over these Mac sites just waiting for Tim to screw up so they can call him out on it. Plus, you typically only get one chance to make a first impression with a new product and if they would have shipped these with known issues they might not be very successful. 

No I'd rather they just wait and not ship until they had sufficient quantity. Shipping to only a handful of people just so they can say they got these out in time for the holidays is no good imo.