New iBooks and Apple Store

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Posted by pudge on Tuesday April 22, 2003 @12:05AM from the mmmm-istore dept.

Vokbain writes "Apple just released new 800 and 900 MHz iBooks, and unveiled a redesigned Apple Store as well." Looks kinda cluttered to me.

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God bless Credit Card Companies by Komarosu · 2003-04-22 00:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Thank god for credit card companies, if i didn't get rejected i would of bought one of the 700mhz ones about 2 days ago.

Now i can get one of these slightly faster beauts for the same price...oh wait i cant :(

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1. Re:God bless Credit Card Companies by Anonymous Coward · 2003-04-22 08:28 · Score: 5, Informative
  I call bullshit. Someone please moderate this misleading post down.
  Apple's sales policies are here. The only policy even remotely resembling what you said is stated:
  Should Apple reduce its price on any shipped product within 10 calendar days of shipment, you may contact Apple Sales Support at 1-800-676-2775 to request a refund or credit of the difference between the price you were charged and the current selling price. To receive the refund or credit you must contact Apple within 14 business days of shipment.
  You cannot exchange an item for a just-released newer version, ever. You may exchange one for the same item or refund within 10 business days, provided you didn't open the box. If you did open the box, there's a 10% fee. So the only circumstances under which one could do what you say are:
  
  You send it back for a refund within 10 business days of receipt (not 30)
  
  Only if the item was unopened
  
  You then initiate a new order for the new version, and get stuck in the back of the queue for shipment (which can take weeks for just announced products)
  
  Otherwise, tough crap! That's the way it is when purchasing technology. It may well be obsolete by the time you get it!
The Apple Store by lowmagnet · 2003-04-22 00:34 · Score: 5, Interesting

The Apple Store appears to be more usable to me. For starters, I can click on a picture of an iPod and jump right to the iPod page, instead of the digital lifestyle device page. This link used to be in the upper left of the old store.

I can see and pick from pictures of Apple products instead of going to a 'software' page and first. This is a big usability plus.

All of the laptops and systems are laid out and ready to be clicked upon.

If you want cluttered design, pick up a MacMall catalog, or visit the MacMall site, both grand examples of clutter and inappropriate exclaimation.

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Re:Is 800Mhz New? by jokell82 · 2003-04-22 00:53 · Score: 5, Informative

The new 800Mhz replaces the previous 700Mhz as the low end iBook. You probably have a combo drive in your 800, well the new 800 only comes with a CD-ROM (as well as a few other changes to make it the low end).

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Re:Thanks for the UI tip, Slashdot. by pudge · 2003-04-22 02:10 · Score: 5, Funny

Sorry, next time I won't have an opinion. My bad.