Oh yes, the Apple store is down

C'mon, you knew this was coming. It's Tuesday -- didn't your ultra-sensitive Apple radar go all blinky pink on you as soon as the clock struck midnight? No? Guess that was just us. At any rate, it's clear something is afoot, and if those buzzes about MacBook and / or MacBook Pro refreshes we heard all day yesterday are right, there's gonna be some happy fanboys out there today. If they were wrong? Do the words Cupertino Riot of '08 mean anything to you? Stay tuned here for absolute, up-to-the-minute, breaking news. Huzzah! Oh, and we also see the UK / Australia outlets (among others) are also temporarily out of service. Goodie.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:23AM]

I just bought a MBP sunday... if there is an update im carting that b***h right back to the apple store. And screw them if they think im gonna pay a restocking fee.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:25AM]

So, why again did you buy a MB at the weekend and didn't "unseal" the box?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:28AM]

So he can make false complaint about Apple ripping him off on Engadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:30AM]

OH wait, you mean Allan, well, he probably read the rumor crap when he got back home so he held himself from opening it up, or it's a gift to someone, or something like that.

If not, well, what I said.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:30AM]

Impulse... not to mention... if its a lousy MacBook update I could care less today and would still keep the MBP... but if in fact its a MBP update... away she goes.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:56AM]

Good explanation.

Now tits or gtfo fattie.

[ack154 Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:38AM]

Well I bought it this weekend and it is literally sitting at the post office waiting for me to pick it up. I got the note yesterday that it'll be available after 9am... so I have about another 20 min before I can skip out of work for a few min and get it.

So it'll still be sealed when I pick it up. :)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:32AM]

Yeah Aprime since you know it all.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:38AM]

Yes now get down on your knees and do me a rimjob.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:39AM]

YEAH YOU F*IN WISH, JUST KEEP LETTING YOUR DOG DO IT LIKE U ALWAYS DO.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:54AM]

EFG does better rimjobs.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:34AM]

Ohh come on Apple... why do I have the feeling Steve is sitting in front of a matrix of Cinema Displays, watching the matrix and fiendish smiling at our excitement?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:36AM]

It's back, MacBook Pro update. They now have multitouch

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:37AM]

its back!!! i swear to god this time aprime!!!

[Giorgos Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:37AM]

It's up!
Faster MacBook's and MakBook Pro's

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:38AM]

Truth.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:40AM]

NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB
Multitouch

woop.

Too bad I got my MBP last Fall.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:40AM]

LED-lit 17" is official

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:41AM]

MB only gets a minor spec bump.

I'm done folks.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:38AM]

Slow.
News.
Day.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:54AM]

I'm not having any problems.

[ack154 Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:40AM]

Oh come on... fix your stupid reply function!

I even know about the "click on the date and time to reply" trick and it still messed it up.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:40AM]

New Macbook and MacBook Pro ^^

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:39AM]

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1/storeyo9.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:46AM]

Look, a typo, maybe Apple isn't perfect after all

/Sarcasm

(It's in the 17-inch section, a douple-layer SuperDrive)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:40AM]

macbook and macbook pro updates, including multi touch and led screens for the pro... as rumored, as expected... although nice bumps to the pro line... makes me wish my laptop would die so i could get it replaced for a new one...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:08AM]

Apple Store is back up. New Macbooks and Macbook Pros

[vredjal Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:41AM]

It's up...Multi-touch MBPs and they are more powerful...no redesign so the one I have is still "cool." The 2GB iPod Shuffles are available too.

[Tilezzzzz Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:54AM]

Howcome on the US site they have 512mb graphics cards but the uk site it os still only 256mb?

Everything else is the same.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:58AM]

Because you touch yourself at night.

[ramchagol Posted Feb 26th 2008 8:49AM]

This Journal Doth Suck Mucheth.

A little less of Apple fetish would be good. I can't comprehend how exactly this is news worthy (not once but like nearly every few days dishing out the same old news, oops it's down again). unless one is a Steve Jobs worshipping fanbot, concerned about the store and checking it every few minutes for a new mac (like adding few common features everytime but highlighted as "revolutionary" ...), it is of no concern to most folks.

/* typed on a Mac G5 with Leopard, Firefox :) */

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:02AM]

And its up, multitouch on the pro and speed bumps on the MB.

[Tilezzzzz Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:01AM]

Ahh right, that must be it then :o/

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:28AM]

Good!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:19AM]

Why are you so concerned if Apple Store is down? Do you need to buy stuff there every half an hour? Please, give us a break with this kind of posts and focus on real journalism.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:23AM]

Because blogging is journalism right guys

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:30AM]

Jan 22nd 2008 5:09PM You MAC homos need to get a life. Fuck MAC

Feb 20th 2008 10:52AM The Manson family is going to kill you for stealing little Charles' baby toy.

Jan 22nd 2008 5:11PM no one is going to make a player for linux because its gay. Now unpress your face from the screen, get your thumb out of your ass and buy a windows based pc. TARD

Internet tough guys make me all wet.

[umijin Posted Feb 26th 2008 9:32AM]

Actually, the RSS feed for Apple news already has the announcements. Look here: www.apple.com/macbookpro/?sr=hotnews.rss

[telepheedian Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:30AM]

Guess what? The Zune Marketplace is down too! But of course, nobody really cares about that, right?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 10:44AM]

Nope, nobody cares.

[Snake Robot Podium Posted Feb 26th 2008 12:05PM]

Call me a noob, but why does the Apple store always go down when a new product hits? Could you imagine if Amazon was like this?

[custmmade Posted Feb 26th 2008 12:56PM]

what happened to the price drop for the iphone and ipod touch

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 26th 2008 1:15PM]

Do Engadget bloggers get paid by the post?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 1st 2008 10:13AM]

agree on the cost of iPhones. Not a lot of price drop. Its all in the content.

http://www.okiphones.com