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yoyoman · Oct 21, 2003, 07:35 PM

http://homepage.mac.com/trilby/PhotoAlbum11.html how did he get his copy.

Footy · Oct 21, 2003, 07:40 PM

Simple.... he knows somebody!

I know someone that has a boxed copy already myself. I've heard that some retailers have it in store already so that person could possibly work for one of those retailers. Fringe benefit of sorts. Then again maybe he's Steve Jobs.

Anand · Oct 21, 2003, 07:42 PM

Well, is 7B85 the GM?

CaseCom · Oct 21, 2003, 07:45 PM

Originally posted by Anand:
Well, is 7B85 the GM?

There are TWO 7B85s!

CIA · Oct 21, 2003, 07:46 PM

well, is 7B85 the GM?

Nice....

The real question is, how rich is this guy? A PC and a Powermac, with 5 moniters hooked up between the two, and I saw a FP iMac in the background. Also owns a Segway, and a sick little car to boot!
I guess living conditions in the UK are better then I thought!

Anand · Oct 21, 2003, 07:47 PM

Originally posted by CaseCom:
There are TWO 7B85s!

LOL

CIA · Oct 21, 2003, 07:47 PM

Also does this mean we can start unlocking and actively using Panther support threads?

schk · Oct 21, 2003, 07:48 PM

Originally posted by CIA:
Nice....

The real question is, how rich is this guy? A PC and a Powermac, with 5 moniters hooked up between the two, and I saw a FP iMac in the background. Also owns a Segway, and a sick little car to boot!
I guess living conditions in the UK are better then I thought!

My thoughts exactly when I saw that page, heh.

RooneyX · Oct 21, 2003, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by CIA:
Nice....

The real question is, how rich is this guy? A PC and a Powermac, with 5 moniters hooked up between the two, and I saw a FP iMac in the background. Also owns a Segway, and a sick little car to boot!
I guess living conditions in the UK are better then I thought!

Well, best in the world. It's not Kansas, you know.

But I bet he has a big ass company and is friends with Apple distribution there.

gorickey · Oct 21, 2003, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
It's not Kansas, you know.

Hey now, easy on the Sunflower state (lived there 23 years before moving)....

SupahCoolX · Oct 21, 2003, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by CaseCom:
There are TWO 7B85s!

Exactly. One still has the debug code. The other is GM.

Oneota · Oct 21, 2003, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by gorickey:
Hey now, easy on the Sunflower state (lived there 23 years before moving)....

Did you remember to turn off the lights?

gorickey · Oct 21, 2003, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by Oneota:
Did you remember to turn off the lights?

I think the wife did as we closed the door...

CollinG3G4 · Oct 21, 2003, 10:10 PM

Those are obvious fakes.

Notice the copyright date on the CD!

gorickey · Oct 21, 2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by CollinG3G4:
Those are obvious fakes.

Notice the copyright date on the CD!

Huh?

WJMoore · Oct 21, 2003, 10:24 PM

Originally posted by Anand:
Well, is 7B85 the GM?

Yep says so in the title of that webpage.

spatterson · Oct 21, 2003, 10:31 PM

Originally posted by CIA:
and a sick little car to boot!

HAHA

Mac Guru · Oct 21, 2003, 10:32 PM

Also does this mean we can start unlocking and actively using Panther support threads?

Sorry, until Apple officially supports and recognizes Panther as a product and not just "coming in xxxxxx days" they're still on lockdown.

Mac Guru

kcmac · Oct 21, 2003, 11:49 PM

There are 3 discs so there must be 3 7B85's.

I was born and raised in Kansas. Now live just across the border in Kansas City, Mo. We left a few lights on for ya.

Backing everything up tonight on our iMac and PB. Friday is almost here.

RodriCO2000 · Oct 22, 2003, 12:07 AM

Does anyone remember the BIG fluke Staples did back in the 10.0 Days? Many Staples stores sold 10.0 4 days EARLIER..... I saw it on MacNN, ran to the nearest Staples, and asked the nice guy to look for the new Mac OS. All I said was "It has a big blue X on the cover"

Sure enough he gets it and I had my hands on X a full 3 days before official release date.

I already had mine on order from Apple so as soon as I got my Apple copy I went to the Staples and returned my Apple provided 10.0

Those were the days.......

RooneyX · Oct 22, 2003, 12:22 AM

Originally posted by RodriCO2000:

Those were the days.......

Yep. Stood in line at midnight to buy that terrible OS. Sexy girls were passing by on the way to the clubs and asking us what we were waiting for. We said an operating system. Doh, I felt like such a geek. And I'm the guy who always gets the best girls so I was scratching my head wondering why I was in that queue and not the clubs.

jbhopper · Oct 22, 2003, 12:38 AM

I wonder if people will mistake the Panther box for the Malcolm X movie... or is it just marketing to attract more afro-american users

Since EBCDIC · Oct 22, 2003, 01:04 AM

I, too, read about the Staples mistake and took advantage of it, racing across San Francisco to my local shop.

Had 10.0.0 in my hot little hands days early, and boy did it feel good to run a mostly-baked UNIX on my PowerBook. (I'd run A/UX years earlier, but it didn't pass the baked test ;-)

I remember discussion of a clause in the Apple contract that included a fine of a huge amount of money per mistake, but I never heard if Apple tried to collect, or it was all fluff, or whatever.

Anyway, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, THANKS STAPLES!

tooki · Oct 22, 2003, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by jbhopper:
[B]I wonder if people will mistake the Panther box for the Malcolm X movie... or is it just marketing to attract more afro-american users

Never mind the Black Panthers.

tooki

Jbroad572 · Oct 22, 2003, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by jbhopper:
I wonder if people will mistake the Panther box for the Malcolm X movie... or is it just marketing to attract more afro-american users

Good observation

Esquare · Oct 22, 2003, 03:17 AM

Originally posted by CIA:
The real question is, how rich is this guy? A PC and a Powermac, with 5 moniters hooked up between the two, and I saw a FP iMac in the background. Also owns a Segway, and a sick little car to boot!
I guess living conditions in the UK are better then I thought!

He doesn't have the money for a decent camera, though. And I swear that is a picture of MY cat. It has the same black.... color...

nredman · 04:25 PM

Originally posted by Esquare:
He doesn't have the money for a decent camera, though. And I swear that is a picture of MY cat. It has the same black.... color...

*lol*

i thought that also but my cat seems to have alot of clones out there

GeneShifter · Oct 22, 2003, 02:49 PM

Well, pics are gone now. Message says Apple requested they be taken down until Friday. haha.

nobitacu · Oct 22, 2003, 02:55 PM

Damn him and his connections!!!! I want my copy now!!!!

Ming

CatOne · Oct 22, 2003, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by yoyoman:
http://homepage.mac.com/trilby/PhotoAlbum11.html how did he get his copy.

I believe it came in the mail (FedEx, whatever).

The thing is, Apple has already sent many/most of the copies out for pre-orders. They're hoping they arrive on Friday, but sometimes they arrive early. Apple doesn't control all shipping all over the world, even though they try and time these things, some copies will arrive earlier than Friday, and some will arrive later.

Amazing!

dmcnickle · Oct 22, 2003, 03:39 PM

Originally posted by gorickey:
Hey now, easy on the Sunflower state (lived there 23 years before moving)....

I still live there. Lots of lights on.