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Eug · 02:04 AM

Commence speculating...

I don't think it would be the 15.4" PowerBook. New iPod or iBook maybe...

Mobile Mod · Apr 13, 2003, 01:39 AM

i speculate they are updating the specials and such. i dont think there will be any new products or anything...

Justin

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 01:49 AM

Originally posted by Mobile Mod:
i speculate they are updating the specials and such. i dont think there will be any new products or anything...

Justin

i second that. apple doesn't just *post* stuff out of the blue. They announce 3 months before it's available in a big hyped up way.

Eug · Apr 13, 2003, 01:49 AM

Doh! Already posted here.

Eug · Apr 13, 2003, 01:50 AM

Originally posted by pamelah:
i second that. apple doesn't just *post* stuff out of the blue. They announce 3 months before it's available in a big hyped up way.

They have done it many times. eg. Speedbumps, etc.

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 02:04 AM

They might be updating the iBook and the iPod.

Eug · Apr 13, 2003, 02:06 AM

Originally posted by seanyepez:
They might be updating the iBook and the iPod.

Is there an echo in here?

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Apr 13, 2003, 02:09 AM

But on a sunday morn?

Lateralus · Apr 13, 2003, 02:10 AM

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

...

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by Eug:
Is there an echo in here?

There might be.

icruise · Apr 13, 2003, 02:37 AM

The last time this happened, all they did was to change the X-serve configs a bit and remove the old-style imacs. But interesting nontheless. We'll see.

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 02:38 AM

well it's been an hour and 10 minutes at least already. that's when the first person noticed and posted. that's soooo apple...always late...

lol

Lateralus · Apr 13, 2003, 02:39 AM

I think Jobs orders for this kind of stuff to be done, just because he knows it drives us insane. I'll bet he is somewhere laughing his ass off right now.

nobitacu · Apr 13, 2003, 02:46 AM

Cool, maybe new stuff soon.

Ming

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 02:48 AM

did anyone notice the last time it went down to update the main page for the 3 new program updates? how long did it take them to get back up?

aahh...but that was the front page. this is the store that's down. I won't be getting my hopes up. If it was big then the front page would be down

Lateralus · Apr 13, 2003, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by pamelah:
did anyone notice the last time it went down to update the main page for the 3 new program updates? how long did it take them to get back up?

aahh...but that was the front page. this is the store that's down. I won't be getting my hopes up. If it was big then the front page would be down

I have never seen them take the front page down.

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 13, 2003, 02:50 AM

damn still down!!!! man o man i hope somthing good is gonna happen!!!!!

icruise · Apr 13, 2003, 02:57 AM

While we're waiting, anybody else notice that the "Switch" and ".Mac" tabs at the top of the page don't load? I think I noticed this the last time they had the store page down.

eddiecatflap · Apr 13, 2003, 02:58 AM

..exciting , isn't it ?

Ryan1524 · Apr 13, 2003, 03:01 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
While we're waiting, anybody else notice that the "Switch" and ".Mac" tabs at the top of the page don't load? I think I noticed this the last time they had the store page down.

yea i noticed that too, the 'swicth' and '.mac' button doesn't load...
and does anybody know why apple.ca is slower to load than apple.com ?
or is it just my machine??

Lateralus · Apr 13, 2003, 03:02 AM

I broke my Refresh button...

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 03:06 AM

has anyone else noticed that it's saturday night and we're monitoring an apple webpage status? I think that is *the* definition of nerd/geek/dork/loser. (But I'm doing homework for finals, so I don't count

LOL!)

Ryan1524 · Apr 13, 2003, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
I broke my Refresh button...

LMAO

CaseCom · Apr 13, 2003, 03:22 AM

These late-night weekend takedowns are always just for maintenance. Product intros are on weekday mornings.

bartman00 · Apr 13, 2003, 03:29 AM

I'd like to see some bandwith and hit counter stats for when they're updating there site... crazys like us hitting refresh over and over!

Bart

icruise · Apr 13, 2003, 03:33 AM

It's back... What's changed? Don't see anything right off hand.

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 03:33 AM

Originally posted by bartman00:
I'd like to see some bandwith and hit counter stats for when they're updating there site... crazys like us hitting refresh over and over!

Bart

damn it! It's back up and I don't notice anything new

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 03:34 AM

Originally posted by CaseCom:
These late-night weekend takedowns are always just for maintenance. Product intros are on weekday mornings.

If I recall correctly, the site went down on the Saturday night before the Xserve was updated.

ae86_16v · Apr 13, 2003, 03:38 AM

Originally posted by eddiecatflap:
..exciting , isn't it ?

Hahahah.....you guys are so funny

pamelah · Apr 13, 2003, 03:41 AM

hey i think i noticed something different. in the powerbook 17" section, the keyboard backlighting is now white.

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 04:02 AM

Originally posted by pamelah:
hey i think i noticed something different. in the powerbook 17" section, the keyboard backlighting is now white.

You're very observant.

It's about time they changed that. In reality, the 17-inch PowerBook's keyboard backlight is white.

CaseCom · 04:25 AM

Originally posted by seanyepez:
If I recall correctly, the site went down on the Saturday night before the Xserve was updated.

That was a Tuesday morning. Or, before that, a Monday morning.

seanyepez · Apr 13, 2003, 04:36 AM

School was out that week.

There is no difference between weekdays and weekends when you're on vacation.

macndave · Apr 13, 2003, 06:56 AM

Originally posted by Icruise:
It's back... What's changed? Don't see anything right off hand.

Drat!!! I was hoping for new 15.x" AlPowerBooks and/or new iPods (and music download service). Oh well, the wait continues.

nobitacu · Apr 13, 2003, 08:09 AM

I guess they only did this to change that keyboard light, and the updated version of AppleWorks http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...adid=155578...

Ming

AssassyN · Apr 13, 2003, 09:40 AM

Ahhh just woke up to all this madness!

It's a shame nothing major was announced! Ah well!

Mohammed Al-Sabah · Apr 13, 2003, 09:42 AM

*sniff* nothing changed

escher · Apr 13, 2003, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by seanyepez:
If I recall correctly, the site went down on the Saturday night before the Xserve was updated.

I seem to remember that the Store went down over the weekend in preparation for a Monday or Tuesday intro. In other words, the Store went down over the WE, and then a second time on Mon/Tue morning. The new products appeared only after the second downtime, on a weekday.

Hope springs eternal!

Escher

CheesePuff · Apr 13, 2003, 11:45 AM

AppleWorks 6.2.7 with a new box!!!!

shrink · Apr 13, 2003, 12:05 PM

Is the Apple Store for Business New? There's a link for it on the left side of the regular Apple store page saying something about its introduction. I don't remember this being there, but then again I typically wouldn't pay attention to something like this either.

http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/We...tom?qprm=78313

AssassyN · Apr 13, 2003, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by shrink:
Is the Apple Store for Business New? There's a link for it on the left side of the regular Apple store page saying something about its introduction. I don't remember this being there, but then again I typically wouldn't pay attention to something like this either.

http://store.apple.com/AppleStore/We...tom?qprm=78313

Nah, this has been around a good while, but I'm not sure if this extra advertising was there before.

Phat Bastard · Apr 13, 2003, 07:32 PM

You guys are lame. I mean come on, don't you think a company like Apple needs to do some MINOR tweaking of their online store/webpage every once in a while? EVERY TIME the Apple Store is down a million of you guys assume something new is going to be announced.

And was there anything new today? Nope. Give it a rest.

DVD Plaza · Apr 13, 2003, 07:51 PM

Originally posted by Phat Bastard:
You guys are lame.

What's more lame - people getting excited over the "potential" of something, or someone being bothered by other people's excitement? Just a thought...

Originally posted by Phat Bastard:
EVERY TIME the Apple Store is down a million of you guys assume something new is going to be announced.

Given the new iPod and iBook are due to be announced any day, I'd say there's justified reason in assuming the store will be updated very soon...

swsteckly · Apr 13, 2003, 07:55 PM

Why do you guys think that new iBooks or iPods would be 'any day now'? Because a bunch of always-wrong rumor sites say so?

I think it will be summer before we see new versions of those products. Summer is a good time for consumer electronics, and a perfect time for a popular-in-education portable.

davidflas · Sep 12, 2012, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by swsteckly

Why do you guys think that new iBooks or iPods would be 'any day now'? Because a bunch of always-wrong rumor sites say so?

I think it will be summer before we see new versions of those products. Summer is a good time for consumer electronics, and a perfect time for a popular-in-education portable.

I am hoping that the G5 Powerbooks will finally arrive. What does everybody else think?

shifuimam · Sep 29, 2012, 05:09 PM

Spam AND a relevant post. That's a new one.

ETA: whoops, zombie thread. My bad!

Spheric Harlot · Sep 30, 2012, 03:41 AM

Originally Posted by shifuimam

Spam AND a relevant post. That's a new one.

He was just quoting the tenth reply in this thread.

Standard procedure for spammers.

Nergol · Oct 4, 2012, 10:21 PM

Down again as of October 4th at 11PM.