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Apple Store currently down
- BrailleHunting 10y agohttp://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/what-expect-at-apple-product-announcements-store-down-3599868/ http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/what-expect-at-apple...
- BrailleHunting 10y agoWhy the down vote? It was a rumor that proved basically correct, as usual.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoNew MacPro would be earth shattering. Gonna happen?
- petepete 10y agoMore likely discontinuing MacPro and Mac Mini.
- zelos 10y agoAnd announcing a reasonably priced mini-tower with a decent GPU and expansion slots. What? I'm allowed to dream, right?
- panzerboy 10y agoNo. Maybe a new iMac. Definitely new iPads.
- WatchDog 10y agoIts just a computer, no earth will be shattered.
- lukeholder 10y agoIf they release new Macs without a keynote, it shows how much they don't care about the Mac anymore.
- nkkollaw 10y agoFrom what I read, they're expected to release more iPads. For sure there will be an event with a few journalists. Probably too late for something bigger. As for caring, the iPod was introduced at a small event at Apple's headquarters. I don't know if the size of the venue has necessarily anything to do with the importance of the product.
- sillysaurus3 10y agoApple was still floundering when they inro'd the iPod.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0SVBCJqLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0SVBCJqLs It's remarkable how small the room was. But I don't think it was small due to exclusivity.
- Longhanks 10y agoI don't care for a keynote. I want modern hardware with OS X on my desktop. If they release that online only, I am happy, too. What's the advantage of a keynote taking 1,5 hours, showcasing apps I'll never use and demoing projects that don't interest me?
- lanna 10y agothere have never been keynotes for refreshes (updated specs), only redesigns (new features and form factors)
- sschueller 10y agoWhat I don't understand is why the store has to go down for new products? Amazon doesn't have that problem and isn't there a certain loss of sales while the store is down? The only positive I can take from this is for IT people dealing with their bosses. "Well, Apple does it".
- darkmagnus 10y agoAt this point, it is all part of the buildup and drama or releasing new products. Creating a buzz.
- nkkollaw 10y agoDefinitely. We wouldn't be talking about it.
- verytrivial 10y ago> What I don't understand is why the store has to go down for new products? Hint: We are now here talking about it.
- gbrown_ 10y agoI think Apple can get away with having their online store down for a few hours and not miss out on making money, unlike Amazon. Also as evidenced by this post it builds marketing hype.
- paradite 10y agoApple and Amazon are on the opposite ends of the e-commerce spectrum. Amazon is about volume of sales, Apple is about hype and class.
- sparkling 10y agoRight now, all over the world, there are hundreds of news outlets covering this "downtime". Also right now, thousand of users a refreshing the page to see whats coming. I am pretty confident that they are not losing any money during this, quite the opposite ;)
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- zichy 10y agoAn animated GIF. Really, Apple?
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- oscarteg 10y agoThe site is not https but the GIF is. Some important GIF.
- singularity2001 10y agoTo me the Apple Store is 'constantly down'. It happened so often that I had to wait over half a minute for some results that I shy away from the store altogether.
- BrailleHunting 10y agoApple needs a radically new, practical product, either of the better (ie Project Titan, Viv-like, Zeiss smartglasses) or new category defining type, not for profitability reasons but for strategic/goodwill ones. "Health Watch" that takes my temperature, checks blood-sugar, cortisol & blood pressure might be good too.
- nkkollaw 10y agoThey'll do something with augmented reality for sure.
- nkkollaw 10y agoI wonder why the text has to be an image... :-/
- artpar 10y agoSeems to be a gif