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To: Cogito who wrote (51150)	2/15/2006 12:31:58 PM
From: OrionX	Respond to of 213177

Allen, My guess is that Apple has had some problem yet to be let out to the general public and the freebee upgrade is IMHO Apple's way of trying to comfort some pretty pissed off customers like you who were expecting their preorders to show up at their door any day now. This is highly uncharacteristic of Apple product launches. Speculations aside, I put in an order just this Monday for a MBP for my daughter, would just couldn't wait any longer, and her ship date was March 15. I figure that date is going to be even later now given that people who ordered the first day have now been delayed further. Oh well!

To: Cogito who wrote (51150)	2/15/2006 5:30:40 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 213177

Allen, I'm surprised there hasn't been any kind of negative reaction to this setback, marketwise. Then again, who knows, this may be a non-event as far as the market is concerned. -we-

To: Cogito who wrote (51150)	2/18/2006 7:32:11 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

How come the Mac Mini's haven't been upgraded? One wonders. Is it lack of a component or are Apple's hardware designers having a harder time than they thought they would keeping up with the change over? It seems like a no brainer. They squished components into iMacs and Laptops... Perhaps the new design is a bomb waiting to happen? Maybe they can't figure out a design that won't eat into iMac sales? They are looking pretty wimpy to me. When they first arrived on the scene there were somewhat compelling. Right now I can't imagine anyone buying one. They're basically obsolete G4 PPC Macs in a world where G5s are obsolete. Can a device be 'double obsolete'?