Cycles of emotion post-Apple purchase.

I ordered a new laptop on Monday.

My original-model, 4-year-old Macbook was still working fine internally, but the battery was completely gone and the cracks in the body were getting worse from years of hard living in a backpack and field-reporting abuse.

My mom offered to help me pay for it, so that helped too. 

Anyway, I was really excited when the order was placed. I got a 15-inch MacBook Pro, the one on the lower end of the processor scale. And I have a free trial through my company for Insight and FinalCut Pro.

Hooray, a laptop that can be used without being plugged in again and will have nifty video editing software.



Then, Tuesday morning, I get this:

"Apple is pleased to announce the new 15-inch MacBook Pro, featuring Intel Core
 i5 processors—the fastest dual-core processors available—along with
 next-generation NVIDIA graphics and a battery that lasts up to 8-9 hours on a
 single charge. It sets all-new benchmarks for Mac notebooks."



Are you serious Apple? I know you are notorious for keeping updates quiet and annoying customers, but seriously, it happens to me about 12 hours after ordering something?

But wait.

I got this e-mail last night:

"Since your order has not shipped, we have upgraded it to the new 15-inch
 MacBook Pro at no extra charge."





Edited by agentwhale007 - 14 April 2010 at 6:09pm

My friend predicted the release a couple days before it happened.  He had happened to be surfing around the Apple store online and had some connection issues with it or something.  Said he was positive the only thing that could have done it was them preparing all the new information and whatnot for the release.

This was rumored about a week ago actually. I read the headline on digg. Its cool that they upgraded you for free though.

When i bought my Powerbook Ti G4 they upgraded to the Al ones like 3 weeks later. I was pisssssssed.

I want an Ipod touch soon but I'm going to hold off the temptation long enough until fall when they release new ones. I'd be pissed if I got one now only to have one thats way better come out a couple months later. It might even have a camera.

A must read for anyone considering getting an Apple Product

usafpilot07 wrote: My friend predicted the release a couple days before it happened.  He had happened to be surfing around the Apple store online and had some connection issues with it or something.  Said he was positive the only thing that could have done it was them preparing all the new information and whatnot for the release.

Wait, so the apple store was down, and he "predicted" new products. He must be some super psychic....because that's what happens every time the store goes down.

Shub wrote: Not to sound like an Apple hater, but that is just silly. I know that they like to maintain secrecy about new products and new product releases, like the ipad, but keeping tight wraps under relatively minor updates to their computer lineup is just irritating.

It's not just upping the processor or screen this time:

Inside the new graphics switching

choopie911 wrote: usafpilot07 wrote: My friend predicted the release a couple days before it happened.  He had happened to be surfing around the Apple store online and had some connection issues with it or something.  Said he was positive the only thing that could have done it was them preparing all the new information and whatnot for the release. Wait, so the apple store was down, and he "predicted" new products. He must be some super psychic....because that's what happens every time the store goes down.

Obviously I didn't mean anything quite so dramatic.  He had just mentioned to me in passing that he thought Apple was going to release something in the coming days, and then explained to me why.


He's a HUGE apple fanboy, so he probably spends enough time on their site to even notice when the load-times are a milisecond off.

Thanks, choop.

No, I'm not saying that Macs and Macbooks aren't successful. But they aren't the "hot" products at Apple anymore.

There is a difference between buying an ipod a week before they come out with a new color, and buying a $2000 laptop, only to find out that you didn't sufficiently scour the rumor sites, and your machine is a generation behind.

Along with their stubbornness, their strict secrecy with updates for high-priced items are one of the reasons Apple annoys me.