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Okay, so there are times I see things on the Mac web, and I wonder, I really, truly wonder...
Do people even make an attempt at logic before they post "news"?
I speak of the article on silicon.com entitled "Apple's Tiger delayed at Amazon"
Since when has Amazon become the controller of Apple's release schedule?
Now, Amazon is a really cool site. If they don't have it, it only exists on eBay, or that's how it seems sometimes. But why would anyone use a date posted on Amazon and think that date was when Apple is shipping Tiger, when they haven't announced it yet on their own site. Steve Jobs has issued no press releases. No, Apple is now going to use Amazon to announce ship dates.
Am I the only one who looked at those dates, and went, "oh yeah, right"? I know I'm not, Shawn King at Your Mac Life did the same. but evidently, Jo Best over at silicon.com decided that like the final word to Virginia about Kris Kringle, if Amazon says it's so, it's so:
Apple is cutting it fine to make good on its boast that the latest version of its Mac OS, Tiger, will ship in the first half of next year.
Amazon.com has now changed the date from which it expects to ship Tiger: initially when taking pre-orders, the e-tailer gave a release date of 31 March 2005. That's now slipped to 30 June.
What.the.heck?
Apple isn't cutting anything fine. They haven't announced a ship date. Heck, you could say Tiger will ship on St. Swiven's day and be as accurate as Amazon.
I know it's real hard to dial a ten digit number, or email someone at Apple, but come on, let's at least make a vague attempt to double-check a dubious claim before stating that Tiger is "delayed".
Posted by John C. Welch at 18:37 | Permalink
Comments
Well, technically, St. Swithen's Day is July 15, which is not in the "first half of 2005," so chances are you'd be slightly less accurate by definition...
Posted by: Matt | October 24, 2004 10:51 PM
LMAO...damnit, now I have to find another day that doesn't really have a day to use.
Posted by: John C. Welch | October 25, 2004 12:58 PM
