crewmeal,
Is there a reason why you need one "right now" and can't wait a couple of weeks for the launch demand to die down (or just order online via the Apple store).
If you think about it, Apple just want to ensure a fair, level playing field on a first come, first serve basis. The potential problem with telling people about availability is that you'll get the eBay brigade turning up to buy a handful of units to resell at inflated prices on the aforementioned auction website.
I suspect therefore that the "policy" only applies around the launch period, and that post-launch they'll probably be more than happy to tell you about availability.
maliyahsdad2,
I'm getting rather sick and tired of childish comments on here from people who can't manage to say anything else about Apple other than regurgitating the same old "fanboy", "hype" rubbish they've heard down the pub.
I appreciate you probably don't work in the IT industry and hence look at things from a consumer point of view (and a one-sided biased consumer at that !). But those of us in the industry can't help but recognise that a lot of hard work and effort has gone into making top quality products.
Choice of computing platform is like the traditional topics of religion and political party allegiance. They all have good and bad points, and they all have an inherent tendency to create never ending arguments. As with the latter two items, the best course of action with computing is also to keep schtum rather than stand on your silly little soapbox sounding like a madman in the belief that you're right and those who follow the other side are mistaken.
Last edited by mixture; 18th March 2012 at 09:00.