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Re: brick & mortar Apple Store

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:18:35 -0500, Your Name wrote
(in article <yourname-3108111318350001@203-118-185-177.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>):

> In article <jollyroger-C8502C.19364430082011@news.individual.net>, Jolly
> Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> In article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I have always bought online - sometimes Apple, sometimes 3rd party. 
>>> I'm thinking to try the local Apple store and realize I know nothing 
>>> about how they really work. Are they merely showrooms or do they 
>>> actually have various configurations of stuff. Specifically I'm 
>>> wondering if I can just walk in and walk out with a MacBook Pro 
>>> configured the way I want - the 15" 2.2GHz i7/standard 4 MB RAM, 
>>> either the 5400 RPM 750 GB or the 7200 RPM 500 GB drive. BTW, I'll
>>> add a boot SSD in a few months.
>>> 
>>> What do you think my odds are?
>> 
>> You can't build-to-order in a store, but you can get standard 
>> configurations. And you can mess around with display units all you want, 
>> which is nice.
> 
> You can of course order a build-to-order computer at the Apple Store and
> return to pick it up once it has been delivered (or have it delivered to
> you of course) - they simply order one via the website as you can do
> yourself with the same delivery timeframes. You do have to pay for it when
> ordering since they can't easily re-sell a custom computer if you simply
> don't turn up to collect it.
> 
> Really the only bonuses of ordering it via the Apple Store are that you
> can pay using a non-credit card method and the Apple Store will have
> someone there to receive the delivery (during shop hours anyway) unlike
> perhaps your own house.

Yeah, but I don't want anything special. I just need it ASAP.

-- 

Tim

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brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 18:11 -0500
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2011-08-30 16:20 -0400
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-08-30 19:36 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) - 2011-08-31 13:18 +1200
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 20:32 -0500
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Lloyd E Parsons <lloydparsons@mac.com> - 2011-08-30 22:21 -0500
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Calum <com.gmail@nospam.scottishwildcat> - 2011-09-01 11:28 +0100
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 19:48 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-08-30 19:52 -0500
      Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 20:34 -0500
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store "Mark Dodel" <madodelNOSPAM@ptd.net> - 2011-08-30 21:32 -0500
          Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 21:44 -0500
          Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> - 2011-08-30 21:36 -0600
        Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2011-08-31 02:38 +0000
          Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> - 2011-08-30 21:46 -0500
  Re: brick & mortar Apple Store tom koehler <tvnospamkoehler@nospamfrontiernet.netinvalid> - 2011-08-30 23:02 -0500
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) - 2011-08-31 18:16 +1200
    Re: brick & mortar Apple Store Howard Brazee <howard@brazee.net> - 2011-08-31 10:00 -0600

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