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From: D.M. Procida on 9 Feb 2010 11:36
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> > Anyway, the store's back up but I've no idea what, if anything, has
> > changed. The MBPs are all still Core 2 Duo, and the prices look much
> > the same.
>
> I think it's just Aperture 3. Why they have to take the site down
> for two hours just for that is beyond me.

Sense of occasion. It can't possibly be for technical reasons.

Daniele
From: Elliott Roper on 9 Feb 2010 11:39
In article <slrnhn2vi6.nk6.bas(a)rialto.bas.me.uk>, Ben Shimmin
<bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk>:
>
> [...]
>
> > Anyway, the store's back up but I've no idea what, if anything, has
> > changed. The MBPs are all still Core 2 Duo, and the prices look much
> > the same.
>
> I think it's just Aperture 3. Why they have to take the site down
> for two hours just for that is beyond me.

SIlent fanfare?

....and rather tasty it is too.

I've got my order in already.

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From: Bruce Horrocks on 9 Feb 2010 17:21
On 09/02/2010 16:36, D.M. Procida wrote:
> Ben Shimmin<bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
>
>>> Anyway, the store's back up but I've no idea what, if anything, has
>>> changed. The MBPs are all still Core 2 Duo, and the prices look much
>>> the same.
>>
>> I think it's just Aperture 3. Why they have to take the site down
>> for two hours just for that is beyond me.
>
> Sense of occasion. It can't possibly be for technical reasons.

I got the T-Mobile sorry page last night which says: "Our techies are
doing clever stuff behind the scenes to make T-Mobile even better, and
they work their magic best when no- one's looking."
:-)

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From: R on 10 Feb 2010 07:38
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

> Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk>:
>
> [...]
>
> > Anyway, the store's back up but I've no idea what, if anything, has
> > changed. The MBPs are all still Core 2 Duo, and the prices look much
> > the same.
>
> I think it's just Aperture 3. Why they have to take the site down
> for two hours just for that is beyond me.

I wonder if Apple ever loses sales during these store closures.
Presumably some people might go to the store, see it's down
and not come back. Is the marketing effect always sufficient to
make it a net gain for Apple? I should imagine it is or Apple
wouldn't keep doing it, but one wonders.
From: Jon B on 10 Feb 2010 08:01
R <me32(a)privacy.net> wrote:

> Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
>
> > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk>:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > Anyway, the store's back up but I've no idea what, if anything, has
> > > changed. The MBPs are all still Core 2 Duo, and the prices look much
> > > the same.
> >
> > I think it's just Aperture 3. Why they have to take the site down
> > for two hours just for that is beyond me.
>
> I wonder if Apple ever loses sales during these store closures.
> Presumably some people might go to the store, see it's down
> and not come back. Is the marketing effect always sufficient to
> make it a net gain for Apple? I should imagine it is or Apple
> wouldn't keep doing it, but one wonders.

Actually it's a good point that, somebody says 'the stores down' and
half the world who up to that moment had no interest in the store, find
themselves hitting refresh till it's back up. I bet they do gain some
sales of people caught in the moment.
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