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- Reliable indicator?
- by Rugburn_man February 15, 2008 12:19 PM PST
- Has this been a reliable indicator in the past? Apple's website @
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- Re: Reliable Indicator
- by dadsgravy February 15, 2008 12:36 PM PST
- I think it's good enough.
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(4 Comments)12:18 pm Pac Time shows 24 hour availability for the models
mentioned...
Having 24hr availability from apple's site means nothing. Apple
can control there own inventory easier. They prefer to not have
their computers sit on a shelf for more than 90 days. So that a)
you have the best chance of getting the latest tech. and b) so
that every mac that is bought is within it's 90 days of phone
support right out of the box. It's marked with what year and
week it was made. And apple likes to keep them fresh and
retailers don't care.
So if apple were to send best buy a 1000 macbooks, best buy probably wouldn't send those back to apple, for fear of being
out of stock. And you might end up buying a macbook that was
made 7 months ago. So to combat this apple limits the supply.