[Ti] Shh! Delivery Date 17" Different from AppleStore

[Sherman Gregory]

At 10:47 AM -0500 1/27/03, David Ferleger wrote:
>Hi.
>I ordered the 17" PB the day after the Jobs Keynote.
>
>AppleStore website says MARCH 20 is expected delivery date for mine.
>
>HOWEVER someone I talked to at the AppleStore told me that those who
>ordered quite soon after the Keynote should have an arrival date of
>LATE FEBRUARY.
>
>This is consistent, by the way, with Jobs saying delivery would be 
>"next month" --
>namely February. Apple has always tried to keep - at least 
>technically - such a promise.
>So having a late Febr delivery for an early JAnuary promise is 
>technically 'next month.'
>
>I wonder what info others may receive.
>

My Brother ordered his just before noon on the announcement day.  He 
got a Feb 20 projected delivery date.  I ordered mine just after 
1:00PM and got a March 20 delivery date.  So, "quite soon" meant 
within a couple of hours.