[Darksider]

They don't have them in stores yet unless you get a new imac and it's taking forever for my order to ship from the apple store. Is there a new apple keyboard shortage?

[Kenneth]

I'm on the same boat with you. I have been phoning in the local Apple Store and The Mac Store since last Wednesday.

[ajprice]

I ordered my UK keyboard midday on Monday from the UK online store, it arrived today.

[jjk5]

I'm also waiting for Apple stores to get stock in. The original 3-5 on the bluetooth variant is now 4-6 weeks. Awfully frustrating...

[AppleOptionFour]

Houston ARS Keyboard Stock Report for 8/15/2007

• Galleria: Had some this morn but is out as of noon 8/15, Wired only
• First Colony in Sugar Land: Has "plenty." Wired only.
• Woodlands: Unknown

I got two wired during lunch at First Colony. Typing on it now.

[MacosNerd]

I finally ordered one through the online apple store. The salesmen were virtually clueless at my local apple. They told me that apple isn't releasing the keyboard for sale until mid/late September. They stuck to their guns even after I told them that it was showing 3-5 days availability at the online apple store. The wired one, the wireless does have that waiting period - I also told them that I wanted the wired kind but they still said middle/late september.

I didn't want to argue with them so I just ordered online.

[AppleOptionFour]

The Mac Specialists often have no idea when stuff will come in, unless they have been specifically told something which corporate rarely does.

[MacosNerd]

Originally Posted by AppleOptionFour 

The Mac Specialists often have no idea when stuff will come in, unless they have been specifically told something which corporate rarely does.

I agree but they seemed snootier and more arrogant the usual

[AppleOptionFour]

Originally Posted by MacosNerd 

I agree but they seemed snootier and more arrogant the usual

Totally understandable. Some of the ones at my old store were like that too. Don't take it personally; specialists come across that way and don't really mean it.

Also, when you get 1000 calls asking about inventory, it gets repetitious.

@OP: Any other updates on keyboards?

[yikes600]

I got one today.

I called my local Apple stores for 5 days after the announcement, and they never had them. I ended up ordering online. Today, I checked my local Apple store (UTC San Diego) and they had about 5 wired versions in stock. I grabbed one, and used an iMac on the way out to cancel my online order (it hadn't shipped yet). So far so good.. the box for this thing is only 1" thick... very impressive. There is definitely a shortage, because my online order had been doing nothing for a week.

[Cozmo85]

Do they still have the old keyboards or are they gone completely now? if i bring in my imac keyboard with problems for a replacement will i get the new aluminum one?

[mutelight]

It took about a week for me to receive mine.

[Kenneth]

I was in the New York City in the last couple days. The 5th Ave. Apple Store had plenty of new wired keyboards in stock, so I went ahead and bought one. The sales tax in NYC is lower than Seattle. However, I didn't check the availability in the Seattle area.