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MikeD · Aug 12, 2004, 04:08 PM

Wasn't sure if there was a real shortage of these in the retail chain as opposed to ordering online from the apple store.

Mike

MrForgetable · Aug 12, 2004, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by MikeD:
Wasn't sure if there was a real shortage of these in the retail chain as opposed to ordering online from the apple store.

Mike

yes, 4 days ago at Apple Store Pasadena they were selling a bunch of them.

blikum · Aug 12, 2004, 05:37 PM

Plenty in stock in Northridge, CA. also.

sworthy · Aug 12, 2004, 05:49 PM

Plenty in stock in San Francisco.

Rev-O · Aug 12, 2004, 07:58 PM

Both Apple stores in the Denver metro area have 'em in stock. Usually at least a half dozen or so.

d.fine · Aug 13, 2004, 03:53 AM

Apple Store here had only about 10, and I got 1 of them

subego · Aug 13, 2004, 04:06 AM

Mountain of them in Chicago

ryju · Aug 13, 2004, 07:25 AM

Can we get a report in Buffalo? I'm planning a visit

driven · Aug 13, 2004, 08:05 AM

Northpoint (Atlanta # 2) is stacked to the hilt with them. I'm pretty sure that Lennox Square (Atlanta #1) has quite a few as well.

Personally I was a little disappointed in the device. I was surprised that it really didn't support wired devices. My sister bought one, but since she could ONLY support the wireless eMac she just bought she had to return it because it wouldn't also support her wired PC. She ended up going with a NetGear 802.11g router. (She had no interest in the music streaming stuff)

southtdi · Aug 13, 2004, 09:42 AM

Boca Raton store had them as of last weekend. When I asked about it (I already have one) the sales guy went into a long pitch about what it does, etc plus telling me how fast they are seling. I then asked him why the only one on display was located behind teh Genius Bar.......

bluedog · Aug 13, 2004, 11:15 AM

I've been to the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN and the Roseville, MN store and they have them.

Although an employee at the Roseville store which just opened about a month ago said they weren't sure they had them - when I saw them on the shelf. They seem to be a high selling item that may get out of stock depending on the replenishment schedule for your store.

bradbissell · Aug 13, 2004, 12:46 PM

Apple store in Cambridge, MA had 8 on the shelves yesterday.

-Q- · Aug 13, 2004, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by driven:
Northpoint (Atlanta # 2) is stacked to the hilt with them. I'm pretty sure that Lennox Square (Atlanta #1) has quite a few as well.

Personally I was a little disappointed in the device. I was surprised that it really didn't support wired devices. My sister bought one, but since she could ONLY support the wireless eMac she just bought she had to return it because it wouldn't also support her wired PC. She ended up going with a NetGear 802.11g router. (She had no interest in the music streaming stuff)

And to confirm, as of yesterday, Lenox had a metric ton of them (well, not really, but they did have plenty of stock).

And I don't know if your disappointment is justified. I don't think the Express is designed to be a full-fledged router. It's primary purpose seems to be the music streaming and, oh yeah, it can also serve as a wireless router if necessary (especially useful for trips). For your sister's needs, it doesn't sound like it'd fit the bill and the netgear was the way to go.

MaxPower2k3 · Aug 13, 2004, 08:53 PM

tekserve in NYC has plenty.

no 20GB iPods, however, old or new. lots of 40s and quite a few 15s. we actually had some gold and blue minis in stock today, but we sold those quickly.

MikeD · Aug 14, 2004, 10:23 AM

Wow! Thanks for all the reports. Now I can go make my trip. Do they offer education discounts for these at the Apple stores?

Mike

subego · Aug 14, 2004, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by driven:
Personally I was a little disappointed in the device. I was surprised that it really didn't support wired devices. My sister bought one, but since she could ONLY support the wireless eMac she just bought she had to return it because it wouldn't also support her wired PC. She ended up going with a NetGear 802.11g router. (She had no interest in the music streaming stuff)

Not quite sure what you mean here. It's certainly supporting my TiVo, which is connected into the ethernet jack. I'd be really surprised if you couldn't slap a hub on it and have it work dandy as a router.

Of course, as was mentioned earlier by -Q-, the music streaming is the whole point.

driven · Aug 14, 2004, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by subego:
Not quite sure what you mean here. It's certainly supporting my TiVo, which is connected into the ethernet jack. I'd be really surprised if you couldn't slap a hub on it and have it work dandy as a router.

Of course, as was mentioned earlier by -Q-, the music streaming is the whole point.

I need to plug the cable modem into some port. If there is only one port ...

subego · Aug 15, 2004, 04:12 AM

Originally posted by driven:
I need to plug the cable modem into some port. If there is only one port ...

I see what you're saying, it doesn't support more than one wired device at a time without a switch or hub.

The statement "it really didn't support wired devices" came off as the AE not supporting wired devices... at all.

driven · Aug 15, 2004, 09:00 AM

Sorry for the confusion. :-)