Macbook upgrades

[le1parrain]

Same here. I need a laptop.
I ordered last nigh one from Apple store. Everything went ok (my CC was credited) but then received an email saying that they don't ship to freight forwarders (Shop & Ship)
So the order was canceled.

I guess that they know now that Aramex is behind that address.

[michl]

Michl, what a spreader of the good news are you. And I like the user-friendly underscore, yes.

Hey, thanks for the kind words :>

Speaking of out loud, WHERE IS THE MINI POWERBOOK????

I don't think these are in the cards any soon. Even rumors have stopped so...

And speaking of the moment, does anyone know what has happened to all the regular firewire ports on these machines? I see the USB and not that I am complaining about the firewire 800 but you know, all those cables with the (is it 600?) firewire... what to do?

Well, one way Apple keeps the Macbook different from the Macbook Pro is precisely by not including Firewire. See Macbook/Pro comparison page for further details.

The old Firewire is 400, new one 800 indeed. There are adapter cables, if you need - like this Moshi Firewire 800-400 adapter on the Apple Store.

[zekky4u]

..... but then received an email saying that they don't ship to freight forwarders (Shop & Ship)
So the order was canceled.

Wondering if this is UK or the US store..This is bad news has anyone else had the same issue? I had shipped to shop & ship US address like 2 weeks back though..

[le1parrain]

This is US. UK is more expensive so I didn't want to try.

[Macguru]

You can try Mac Mall

http://www.macmall.com/n/Shipping-An...nationalOrders

They are not only cheaper than Apple Store but they are the biggest resellers of Apple products and they also have an international orders number.

[le1parrain]

By International, They mean Canada.

[juliemoox]

You can try Mac Mall

http://www.macmall.com/n/Shipping-An...nationalOrders

They are not only cheaper than Apple Store but they are the biggest resellers of Apple products and they also have an international orders number.

That would be really worth a try. If they don't ship overseas then in the least everyone knows someone in Canada or the US who could forward the package. It is also worth checking out how much VAT one can claim from a mac purchase when leaving the UK (I.e., how much vat back minus fees) because the tax is not refundable in Canada or the US purchases. Also the dollar is quite strong in the UK right now. Trust me I never thought in a million years I would suggest shopping in the UK to save money, but.... Oh, the UK purchase has to be in-store to get the vat refund rec't. Online macstore purchases do not qualify.