Apple Store Down - Its hardly the cat?

NullZer0

What ya think?

Sad Professor

Possibly making it available for pre-order...

NullZer0

Oh yeah,

Does anyone know if it will be available on the launch day, or even the next day at any O2 or 3 stores in Dublin?

Ham'nd'egger

Shop is back up

WizZard

Hamndegger wrote: »

Shop is back up

No it's not

Ham'nd'egger

WizZard wrote: »

No it's not

My mistake, it isn't up.

NullZer0

Hamndegger wrote: »

My mistake, it isn't up.

How do you make a mistake like that?

Ham'nd'egger

iRock wrote: »

How do you make a mistake like that?

From calling up an unopened window from last week:o

Sad Professor

It's back!

And yup, it's Leopard. Pre-order now for shipping on Oct 26. €129.

NullZer0

and.... PREORDERED woo!

stakey

excellent... /me takes credit card out of wallet

Cabaal

Not sure if I'll pre-order, now that is out I don't think I'm that pushed

440Hz

Ill just pick mine up in Londinium when im over a few days later me thinks.

Cabaal

I'm not happy with the delivery turn around even if I did order from apple, woulsd be nice if they provided a faster option.

440Hz

Urgh dont get me started on Apple delivery, im having SERIOUS issues with them at the mo. Sick of it now.

Cabaal

440Hz wrote: »

Urgh dont get me started on Apple delivery, im having SERIOUS issues with them at the mo. Sick of it now.

ah go on start, what are they doing thats causing issues?

do tell...

440Hz

Well, its a long one...

I had my Touch pre-ordered right... and then I bought it in CompuB, so I went online to cancel the order.. fine. Cancel order, basket empty, great. Log back in... baskey not empty, odd. Try again, Cancel order, success, great. Log back in ... no success, grrrrr.

Ring Apple. "No problem, I will cancel it now for you". Great.

Few days later - email from Apple "your item has been prepared for shipping" errrr hello.

Ring Apple give out. "Very sorry miss we will sort that right away". Great.

Few days later - email from Apple "Your item has been shipped" - ffs

Ring Apple, not a happy camper, give out. "No problem, we will get the driver to bring it back and refund your card.

Come home from hospital to find... iPod Touch has been delivered to my house. AAHAHAHAHA.

Ring Apple. Livid "Oh very sorry, we will issue a return and have TNT collect it and refund your card". Ok, fine, ill take that option.

... ... ... 3 weeks later... ... ... I still have my f'ing Touch. Rang Apple loads of times "just on to the courier he will be with you by the end of the day" *waits* nothing. Ring Apple asking to speak to someone about a complaint... "sorry, we dont have a dedicated complaints line" me:"who can I take to then" apple:"your complain has been logged with this call" me:"urgh!!". Frustrated, ends the call to India which is costing me as much as he second shrink wrapped Touch which has been charged to my VISA.

Rang VISA - rudely told not their problem and that I'm stuck with it. Grrrrrrrrr ffs. LIVID.

NullZer0

Bring me back one!

Flashraziel

How long will it be before the shop in Dublin will have machines with leopard on them? I want to buy a Macbook (My first Mac) but I'd much rather wait for 10.5.

440Hz

Flashraziel wrote: »

How long will it be before the shop in Dublin will have machines with leopard on them? I want to buy a Macbook (My first Mac) but I'd much rather wait for 10.5.

Anytime after the 26th if its a halfway decent store tbh.

Flashraziel

Sorry if I wasnt clear there I mean the official seller in Dublin. the One near Molly Malone. Glad I wont have to wait too long so, especially after reading about your problems with their shipping!

440Hz

Official resellers should have them in on the day of the release. Ready to ship with machines that is.

Flashraziel

fantastic!. now i'm off to try and sell my Dell Laptop:p

440Hz

Cremo wrote: »

anyone know if there'll be shops in ireland (dublin) selling this on the 26th?

^^ in theory, official resellers should have it on the 26th.

Dman001

Thanks.

Zapp Brannigan

Cremo wrote: »

you shouldn't do, but with all O/s' i prefer to do a complete reinstall.

anyone know if there'll be shops in ireland (dublin) selling this on the 26th?

Cool thanks! I'm looking forward to it now!!

chrislad

Excellent. I'm in New York the week after so I'll pick it up there. 90euro as opposed to 129. Crazy.

Rollo Tamasi

I'm going to wait till I upgrade the RAM on my MB before updating the OS. I presume I will need to buy two licenses for both my MB and iMac? Do Apple have any prevention to check against this?

Also, I wonder does this mean that Safari and Bootcamp are to come out of Beta if they're being released as part of Leopard?

440Hz

Rollo Tamasi wrote: »

I presume I will need to buy two licenses for both my MB and iMac? Do Apple have any prevention to check against this?

Nope and nope. I theory you need one for each. In practice, no.

zAbbo

I know warez I'll get mine yarr

Gillo

The official sellers had them in stock on the launch day for 10.4 so there's no reason to think they won't this time around.
The unit's (desktop's & laptops) they have in store on the day won't have 10.5 as they will have been built / assembled before 26/10 but Apple usually offer some sort of upgrade deal if you buy you Apple within a certain timescale.

This info could be incorrect and I am open to correction, but I am going from past experience working as a reseller.

Gauge

Yay! I can get Applecare AND Leopard in New York! Woohoo!

440Hz

zabbo wrote: »

I know warez I'll get mine yarr

now now.. down with that sort of thing.

Breezer

gillo wrote: »

The official sellers had them in stock on the launch day for 10.4 so there's no reason to think they won't this time around.
The unit's (desktop's & laptops) they have in store on the day won't have 10.5 as they will have been built / assembled before 26/10 but Apple usually offer some sort of upgrade deal if you buy you Apple within a certain timescale.

http://www.apple.com/ie/macosx/uptodate/
Buy any Mac between 1st October and 29th December and if it doesn't come with Leopard you can buy it for €8.95

ZENER

zabbo wrote: »

I know warez I'll get mine yarr

Careful now !!

ZEN

Rollo Tamasi

Breezer wrote: »

http://www.apple.com/ie/macosx/uptodate/
Buy any Mac between 1st October and 29th December and if it doesn't come with Leopard you can buy it for €8.95

SWWWWWEEEEEEETTTT!
Ordered two iMacs on Thursday for work but wasn't fussed about Leopard being on them (would prefer Tiger because of the whole work environment thing). This is handy, I'll get work to pay for my personal upgrade on my macbook.

setanta5

Rollo Tamasi wrote: »

I'm going to wait till I upgrade the RAM on my MB before updating the OS. I presume I will need to buy two licenses for both my MB and iMac? Do Apple have any prevention to check against this?

Also, I wonder does this mean that Safari and Bootcamp are to come out of Beta if they're being released as part of Leopard?

you could get the family version. I think its about 30-50 quid dearer and allows you put it on 3 machines.

Breezer

setanta5 wrote: »

you could get the family version. I think its about 30-50 quid dearer and allows you put it on 3 machines.

Isn't it 5?

Oirthir

Yup, it's 5.

But's only personal customers all living under the same roof, excluding business & enterprise customers...

Idleater

Breezer wrote:

http://www.apple.com/ie/macosx/uptodate/
Buy any Mac between 1st October and 29th December and if it doesn't come with Leopard you can buy it for €8.95:)

Boo!!!

Stupid September

WizZard

Breezer wrote: »

http://www.apple.com/ie/macosx/uptodate/
Buy any Mac between 1st October and 29th December and if it doesn't come with Leopard you can buy it for €8.95

Yay, I just bought a Macbook Pro last week. Leopard for €8.95 for me

Cabaal

WizZard wrote: »

Yay, I just bought a Macbook Pro last week. Leopard for €8.95 for me

bastard

WizZard

Ordered

Hugh_C

Cabaal wrote: »

bastard

Hey, this is a family group and you a moderator an' all...


It's probably going to be the upgrade-only version of the DVD and not the full retail version, like Apple has done on previous releases.

440Hz

Cabaal wrote: »

bastard

hughchal wrote: »

Hey, this is a family group and you a moderator an' all...

Exactly!!

Who are you insulting now Cabaal... read my new charter you scum (ps I know you have cos you copied it ya ******), ohhh errrr I mean ...

(ps the filter didn't catch that cos its just real *'s, not censoring anything)

Cabaal

the filter didn;t catch the word so I guess its ok by the admins

as such I'm covered by the general boards rules which also apply in your charter

440Hz

Cabaal wrote: »

the filter didn;t catch the word so I guess its ok by the admins

as such I'm covered by the general boards rules which also apply in your charter

I would say "lmao" but that would be breaking my charter. So i'll just "roll on the floor laughing" instead.

Cabaal

440Hz wrote: »

I would say "lmao" but that would be breaking my charter. So i'll just "roll on the floor laughing" instead.

I would comment further but I think this is gone off topic enough :cool:

440Hz

Cabaal wrote: »

I would comment further but I think this is gone off topic enough :cool:

Ahhh its a dying thread anyway, "apple store being down" is old news at this stage, and there is a new "hip" place to talk about all things Leopard now, so I'm not going to give out this time. I'm a very reasonable dicta...mod don't you know.

WizZard

What's a dictamod?

440Hz

WizZard wrote: »

What's a dictamod?

Im like a recording device... but a modern one. :rolleyes:

Im like a super mod... Apple style, you can call me iCeilingLeopard kinda like ceiling cat, but not pervy, and well just better.