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Reggie Fowler · Apr 17, 2005, 08:25 AM

Tiger world premiere is suppose to be from 6pm to midnight. Does this mean Tiger won't be on the shelves before 6pm? Or is the hands on instruction starting at 6pm, but they will be selling it all day long?

Randman · Apr 17, 2005, 08:28 AM

What about in other parts of the world? Will New Zealand get it first??

issa · Apr 17, 2005, 08:42 AM

Here in Japan, Tiger goes on sale at 6:00 p.m. local time on the 29th. (That'd be 5:00 a.m the 29th EDT, and 2:00 a.m. PDT)

However, pre-orders are scheduled for delivery "on the 29th".

Bet my order arrives by that morning local time, or about a day ahead of North America.

FWIW

dopik · Apr 17, 2005, 09:27 AM

I have preordered it because I wanted to get it a few hours before 6PM. I really do not believe that they will tell the Fedex guy not to deliver it before 6... My hope now is that I will not miss it because I will need to wait until Monday...

That would suck

Dopik

derekn · Apr 17, 2005, 03:45 PM

If you go to a bigger corporate owned store, they stick to Apples rules to the letter.

If you want to get it early, try checking with a local independent reseller. I got the 10.1 upgrade and my 15 gig iPod a couple of days early by going that path.

They're willing to bend the rules a bit and start selling when they get stock.

MartiNZ · Apr 17, 2005, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by Randman

What about in other parts of the world? Will New Zealand get it first??

With previous releases we've always got it on the same day as the official release, so technically, yes I suppose we get it first

. I'm not sure about 6pm as the release time though - I guess that means the retailers will be having a late night for the purposes of Tiger as they'd otherwise be closed by then ... plus I'd rather be able to get it on the way to work on the Friday

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G0Ducks · Apr 18, 2005, 12:27 AM

Originally Posted by MartiNZ

With previous releases we've always got it on the same day as the official release, so technically, yes I suppose we get it first

. I'm not sure about 6pm as the release time though - I guess that means the retailers will be having a late night for the purposes of Tiger as they'd otherwise be closed by then ... plus I'd rather be able to get it on the way to work on the Friday

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Here in Oregon, we won't get it until 6:00:01

R

memory-minus · Apr 18, 2005, 09:15 AM

Originally Posted by derekn

If you go to a bigger corporate owned store, they stick to Apples rules to the letter.

If you want to get it early, try checking with a local independent reseller. I got the 10.1 upgrade and my 15 gig iPod a couple of days early by going that path.

They're willing to bend the rules a bit and start selling when they get stock.

And now they wonder why Apple doesn't send them stock anymore... hmmmmmmmmmm.

mitchell_pgh · Apr 18, 2005, 09:50 AM

It's rather standard that all the Apple stores close for an hour and then reopen at 6pm.

I'm guessing most stores won't even care if they sell it before 6...

P.S. if you can't wait a few hours for an OS upgrade... I think you have bigger issues to deal with

stuffedmonkey · Apr 19, 2005, 10:51 AM

Apple stores like to have events like that. They close the doors at 5pm, put out Tiger, get the store clean, and re-open at 6.

wtmcgee · Apr 19, 2005, 10:08 PM

Last year I remember I got Panther a day before it was out in stores. I think it was supposed to come out around the same time (6ish) on a Friday, and I got it the Thursday before via FedEx.

It's been a while, so I might have the dates and times messed up, but I did get it a day early.

tkmd · Apr 19, 2005, 10:44 PM

Guys I garentee that CompUSA or Bestbuy or CC will screw up and start selling them by the 26th or something.

stuffedmonkey · Apr 19, 2005, 10:59 PM

Tiger is available right now on bit...

/locked

Spook E · Apr 20, 2005, 07:03 AM

My local apple retailer said that they couldnt hand it over until the 30th for some reason which i can't remember. It boiled down to apple said so i think

k2director · Apr 20, 2005, 04:52 PM

I bought my copy of Panther about 7 hours early by going to a little Mom and Pop computer store on launch day. They didn't seem to have any qualms about selling it to me a few hours before Apple's evening launch, and I was happy to avoid the crowds at my official Apple store.

memory-minus · Apr 20, 2005, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by stuffedmonkey

Tiger is available right now on bit...

/locked

Don't you mean...

/sued

MacDog · Apr 21, 2005, 12:42 AM

I'll also be going to an independent Mac reseller, rather than one of the two Apple stores... I'm not going to stand in a dang line to spend money on a software upgrade.