[Ti] 17" ship dates?

[Kynan Shook]

MOSR is continually the largest stockpile of bull I have ever 
encountered on the internet.  Just after they make that claim, they say 
"Apple expects to be able to offer 17-inch models for sale to new 
customers on demand by the first of April."  Now, unless only about 20 
people have ordered the 17" PowerBook to date, there is no WAY Apple 
will clear the backlog in 7 to 10 days.  You might find a few retail 
stores that have ordered more than they have presold and hence have one 
or two hanging around for a day, but it'll take quite a while for 
everybody to get their laptops once they start coming.

It really just sounds to me like the author is taking the various 
estimated ship dates (people generally have something like March 20, 
27, or April 10, as far as I've seen), averaged them to get the 
"initial shipping" date, then hopped onto the Apple store, where he 
found a 3-5 week wait for a new order today, which would put it at the 
beginning of April.  Of course, it'll be longer than 3-5 weeks to get a 
new order shipped to you in the same day.

<sigh>
I just can't wait until I get my 17"...  And one of my employers might 
buy me a 12" too...  :-D  I'll have to wait a couple months to find 
out, though.

Alex <alex at fotomotion.net> writes:
> Macosrumors suggests that the shipping dates for pre ordered 17"
> Powerbooks will be the last 7 to 10 days of this month. Its as good a
> guess as any I've heard.
>


Kynan Shook
kshook at mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/kshook/index.html