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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

#194 — brick & mortar Apple Store

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?

-- 

Tim

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#195

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.

they're definitely more than a showroom but they do not do build to
order there, only the standard configurations.

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#196

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.

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#199

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.

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#200

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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#206

On 8/30/11 8:32 PM, Tim Lance wrote:
> 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.
>
If you don't need anything special, the stores generally will have a 
good selection of the standard configurations.  You can also get more 
ram installed, but that is really too expensive and generally can't be 
gotten while you wait.


-- 
Lloyd

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#211

On 31/08/2011 02:18, Your Name wrote:

> 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.

It'll often end up being re-sold on the refurb section of the Apple 
Store website in that case... which I mention only to remind folk that a 
surprising amount of the kit you can buy at a discount that way is 
actually brand new, for reasons such as this.

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#197

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
(in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):

> 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?
> 
> 

Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at Apple's 
prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd have 
nothing.

-- 

Tim

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#198

In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
> 
> > 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?
> 
> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at Apple's 
> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd have 
> nothing.

The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
You'll save money that way.

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#201

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:42 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <jollyroger-E4E7A8.19524230082011@news.individual.net>):

> In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
>> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> 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?
>> 
>> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at Apple's 
>> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd 
>> have 
>> nothing.
> 
> The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
> You'll save money that way.
> 
> 

For sure. The price for the 128 GB SSD is tempting but they give no specs. 
And they want more than double for RAM than what you can get anywhere else.

-- 

Tim

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#202

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:34:49 UTC, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> wrote:

-> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:42 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
-> (in article <jollyroger-E4E7A8.19524230082011@news.individual.net>):
-> 
-> > In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
-> > wrote:
-> > 
-> >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
-> >> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
-> >> 
-> >>> 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?
-> >> 
-> >> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at Apple's 
-> >> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd 
-> >> have 
-> >> nothing.
-> > 
-> > The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
-> > You'll save money that way.
-> > 
-> > 
-> 
-> For sure. The price for the 128 GB SSD is tempting but they give no specs. 
-> And they want more than double for RAM than what you can get anywhere else.
-> 

Just to let you know, if you have to send it back to Apple for service
they may pull your non-Apple RAM and insist that your use of such may 
have been the cause of any problem, no matter how unrelated that is.  
They did this to me a few years ago, but they at least returned the 
RAM packed with the MBP.  


Mark

-- 
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Warpstock Europe 2011 - http://www.warpstock.eu 

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#204

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:32:16 -0500, Mark Dodel wrote
(in article <cLdq6jdb1N4Q-pn2-sEHgsos7RQfq@localhost>):

> On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:34:49 UTC, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> wrote:
> 
> -> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:42 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> -> (in article <jollyroger-E4E7A8.19524230082011@news.individual.net>):
> -> 
> -> > In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
> -> > wrote:
> -> > 
> -> >> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
> -> >> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
> -> >> 
> -> >>> 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?
> -> >> 
> -> >> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at 
> Apple's 
> -> >> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid 
> they'd 
> -> >> have 
> -> >> nothing.
> -> > 
> -> > The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
> -> > You'll save money that way.
> -> > 
> -> > 
> -> 
> -> For sure. The price for the 128 GB SSD is tempting but they give no specs. 

> -> And they want more than double for RAM than what you can get anywhere 
else.
> -> 
> 
> Just to let you know, if you have to send it back to Apple for service
> they may pull your non-Apple RAM and insist that your use of such may 
> have been the cause of any problem, no matter how unrelated that is.  
> They did this to me a few years ago, but they at least returned the 
> RAM packed with the MBP.  
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 

Yep!

-- 

Tim

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#207

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:32:16 -0500, "Mark Dodel"
<madodelNOSPAM@ptd.net> wrote:

>Just to let you know, if you have to send it back to Apple for service
>they may pull your non-Apple RAM and insist that your use of such may 
>have been the cause of any problem, no matter how unrelated that is.  
>They did this to me a few years ago, but they at least returned the 
>RAM packed with the MBP. 

This used to be common, but I haven't had any problem.   I've heard
that they stopped doing this, but don't know for sure.

-- 
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace 
to the legislature, and not to the executive department." 

- James Madison

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#203

Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:42 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
> (in article <jollyroger-E4E7A8.19524230082011@news.individual.net>):
> 
>> In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
>>> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>> 
>>>> 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?
>>> 
>>> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at Apple's 
>>> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd 
>>> have 
>>> nothing.
>> 
>> The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
>> You'll save money that way.
> 
> For sure. The price for the 128 GB SSD is tempting but they give no specs. 
> And they want more than double for RAM than what you can get anywhere else.

Yep, you can definitely do better.

I'm loving my OWC Mercury SSD:

<http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/>

I get most of my RAM from Crucial.

-- 
Posted from my iPhone.

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#205

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:38:49 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article 
<2020216586336450944.145398jollyroger-pobox.com@news.individual.net>):

> Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:52:42 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
>> (in article <jollyroger-E4E7A8.19524230082011@news.individual.net>):
>> 
>>> In article <9c5enmFcs7U1@mid.individual.net>, Tim Lance <nope@nada.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
>>>> (in article <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
>>>> 
>>>>> 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?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, nospam & JR. I'm not wanting the SSD (yet!), extra RAM (at 
>>>> Apple's 
>>>> prices!), nor the 2.3 GHz i7 so I may be OK. I had grown paranoid they'd 
>>>> have 
>>>> nothing.
>>> 
>>> The SSDS and RAM are things I would add afterwards myself, personally. 
>>> You'll save money that way.
>> 
>> For sure. The price for the 128 GB SSD is tempting but they give no specs. 
>> And they want more than double for RAM than what you can get anywhere else.
> 
> Yep, you can definitely do better.
> 
> I'm loving my OWC Mercury SSD:
> 
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/>
> 
> I get most of my RAM from Crucial.
> 
> 

Good to know re: OWC Mercury. That is in fact what I was looking at. I think 
I have bought RAM from a different source every time I've bought. LOL

-- 

Tim

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#208

On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
(in message <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):

> 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?
> 
> 

If it was me, I'd pick up my phone and give the store a call and ask if they 
had on hand what I wanted.
tom koehler

-- 
I will find a way or make one. 

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#209

In article <0001HW.CA831C72000644A5F04075D0@news.frontiernet.net>, tom
koehler <tvnospamkoehler@nospamfrontiernet.netinvalid> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:11:30 -0500, Tim Lance wrote
> (in message <9c5912F5sqU1@mid.individual.net>):
> 
> > 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?
> 
> If it was me, I'd pick up my phone and give the store a call and ask if they 
> had on hand what I wanted.

If it was me, I'd also check the prices at other official resellers and
reliable webstores. (I can't remember which website it is, but either
AppleInsider.com or Macrumors.com, or both, often has a list of discounted
prices for those in America.)

Here in New Zealand and Australia there's are the JB Hi-Fi and Good Guys
chains of stores that sell Apple computers at prices which are often
cheaper than Apple's own website (and only a little more than Apple's
Educational pricing) ... although again, that's standard off-the-shelf
stock, not build-to-order.

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:02:10 -0500, tom koehler
<tvnospamkoehler@nospamfrontiernet.netinvalid> wrote:

>If it was me, I'd pick up my phone and give the store a call and ask if they 
>had on hand what I wanted.

But going to The Apple Store, talking to the salesmen, and getting
hands-on experience is not an onerous task.   Maybe he'll find
something that works better for his wants ready to take home.

-- 
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace 
to the legislature, and not to the executive department." 

- James Madison

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