[gdraynal]

do apple's newly released products start appearing in apple stores around the ship date promised for pre-orders or sometime after that?

[Wraven]

I'm guessing no earlier than Feb 15th (but more likely the 18th - the Saturday after the shipping date - that's the day of the week Apple introduces most new products in their stores).

[LudwigVan]

Originally Posted by gdraynal do apple's newly released products start appearing in apple stores around the ship date promised for pre-orders or sometime after that?

According to an Apple Store employee I talked to a couple days ago, yes, new hardware appears in-store around the time--sometimes a little before, if they're lucky--the shipping dates.

[neiltony]

So a good question would be...are there units available for in store purchase when they arrive? Or, do you go on a waiting list?

[Brad]

I had to fix the title of this thread.

In the English language, the apostrophe is never used to indicate a noun's plurality.

[intlplby]

the two store's i talked to said second week in february ...so the 8-15 or so....

some stores do waiting lists and some don't

e.g. the SOHO store doesn't do a waiting list, but the Southpoint store in NC does

[Back2Mac]

Will they actuall stay in stock though? I didn't order one because I really need to see a new product first. If the battery life is decent, and it doesn't run too hot to actually use as a laptop, I'm all over it.

[Artap99]

I bought the new Powerbook revision around this time last year. The stores had them around the same time they were shipping out, and I got ahold of one about a week later.

[kabal]

indianapolis will, but nashville wont, atleast on time... lol

[tacvbo83]

i just came back from compusa and the guy there said next week...but then again....it looked like he did not even know anything about macs in general....he just said he had heard something