Advance orders for OS X release

[esc]

Is anyone taking advance orders for OS X? Is anyone besides Apple going to offer it on the release day?

[iRock]

i would imagine most places that sell macs will have os x on the 24th. CompUSA, college campuses, etc...I know they've all had os 9 and 8.5 on their release dates, so i see no reason x will be any different. They'll probably have demo days at compUSA (apple gets people to go demo the os)

[Moof]

At MWSF Steve Jobs said that OS X would be available "in stores" on March 24.

[Moof]

At MWSF Steve Jobs said that OS X would be available "in stores" on March 24.

[macboy73]

that's bs i'm afraid. remember all of this stuff about how "we are delivering dual processor g4s starting TODAY". i didn't get mine until 4 weeks later. it wasn't shipped until 1 week before that. people'd be lucky to see it, ESPECIALLY on a saturday.

[endian]

a CD is a bit easier to manufacture than a G4

[griffman]

Easier to manufacture, and much more predictable parts content. Apple is in control of 100% of the core OS. They may have to wait for some third party stuff they want to bundle on the CD, but that becomes an easy decision -- ship the OS, then press a new version if any third-party stuff was missing.

I'm certain OS X will be in stores on the 24th; I'm holding out hope for a midnight launch party at the local Computer Store (it's real name; Mac only dealer since the Apple ][!).

-rob.

[macboy73]

true, but that same thing happened with x beta remember???? but he admitted in his jan. keynote that they were unprepared for demand (ten times as much as expected), so maybe now they will have enough. who knows.

[iRock]

you can order os x at apple now. those people who bought the beta get 30 bucks off too

[endian]

outpost.com has OSX for preorder, according to the spam they just sent me