[djohnson]

I see all of the iPod mini topics, but none had this news! In my ADC newsletter, Apple says:

100,000 Pre-orders for New iPod mini

The iPod mini, the world's smallest portable music player ever to
hold up to 1,000 CD-quality songs, began shipping on Friday,
February 20. Apple has received more than 100,000 pre-orders for the
iPod mini, which was introduced last month.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2004/feb/17ipod.html

How cool is this?I am hoping to become an owner of one some day soon... Green or Blue would rule!

[Minty Fresh]

WOW!!! That's incredible....so much for all the "it's too expensive....it will never sell" posts!

[Link]

That doesn't mean a hell of a lot. They sold over 100,000 imacs before they shipped and to this date I don't think the sales ever climbed at that pace again (basically more like a mountain jump and then they slid down again)

[Minty Fresh]

Originally posted by Link:
That doesn't mean a hell of a lot. They sold over 100,000 imacs before they shipped and to this date I don't think the sales ever climbed at that pace again (basically more like a mountain jump and then they slid down again)

I'm gonna go out on a limb here...and say I predict the iPod mini to be Apple's best selling product ever.

[dantley]

I think it will once it gets below the $200 price point. I bought one today and love it though.

[d4nth3m4n]

Originally posted by dantley:
I think it will once it gets below the $200 price point. I bought one today and love it though.

i want a setup pic. assuming your sig isnt lying.

[chris v]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i want a setup pic. assuming your sig isnt lying.

He can't afford a digital camera.



On Topic: I think we'll see the price reduction before xmas, and with luck, a larger version-- perhaps 6 GB? I don't think Apple will sit on their hands here. Sales figures a month from now will be interesting. Does anybody know how the retail stores did Friday evening and Saturday? Have they sold out?

CV

[Cadaver]

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i want a setup pic. assuming your sig isnt lying.

Why would you think he'd be lying about his rig?
Lots of us are Appleholics and have more equipment than necessary. Or, have a lot of hardware necessary for work.

Me:
-Dual 2.0GHz G5, 22" Cinema, 1.5GB RAM, SuperDrive, 160GB SATA HD, 120GB WD JB1200 HD in FireWire case, Radeon 9600 Pro, iSight, 3G 20GB iPod, D-Link bluetooth module, Apple wireless BT keyboard, MX700 mouse, Logitech Z-560 THX speakers, Adaptec 4-port USB 2.0 PCI card, MacOS X 10.3.
-iBook G3 600, 640MB RAM, 15GB HD, Combo drive, Airport, MacOS X 10.3.
-Blue & white G3 @ 900MHz (PPC750fx), 576MB RAM, 60GB HD, ACard UltraATA PCI, Radeon Mac Edition PCI, 17" Studio display w/ DVI-ADC adapter, Apple USB keyboard (from G5), MX300 mouse, MacOS X 10.3, ProSoft Novell OS X client.
-AMD AthlonXP 2600+, Asus nforce2 mobo, 120GB WD JB1200 HD, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, 24x black Sony CDRW, 16x black Sony DVD-ROM, Directron silver aluminum case, black MS Office keyboard and wireless explorer mouse, Dell 18.1" 1800FP LCD monitor, D-Link 802.11b PCI card, Altec-Lansing speakers + sub, WinXP Pro, Office 2003.
-Dell Latitude D800 notebook, 1.7GHz Pentium-M, 1GB RAM, 40GB HD, 15.4" LCD @ WUXGA (1920 x 1200), internal 802.11b, internal bluetooth, Combo drive, GeForce4 4200 Go GPU, docking station w/ Dell 17" 1703FP LCD, Logitech Elite keyboard, MS wireless explorer mouse, WinXP Pro, Office 2003.

And it all gets used. The Dell Latitude and the B&W are at the office; the G5, the iBook and the home-brew AMD are at home.

It's not so hard to imagine that many (most) of us here on MacNN require computers, often several, for our livelihood.

[SouthPaW1227]

^^^ whoa nice Latitude man, awesome laptop