As we puzzle out the mysteries of the universe, I’m trying not to panic. But I must ask: what the devil has happened to Time Capsule? Yesterday, we saw that Best Buy had been advertising Apple’s new wireless backup solution in their weekly circular, and given that today is Tuesday (aka Apple Announce-o-rama), we kinda assumed that they’d be showing up in the Apple Store along with the new notebooks.
But as a wise man once told us: when you make an assumption, you make an ass of you and mption. And, I believe, a kitten dies. Or something like that. There are still, we concede, three whole days left in February for the Time Capsule to make its TARDIS-like appearance. The Apple Store still lists a vague “February” as a shipping date, and Best Buy’s online catalog says that both models are backordered, meaning “Usually leaves our warehouse within 1-2 weeks.” That could just be placeholder text, but we wonder if the doodad just isn’t ready to fly yet.
We throw this question to you, dear readers: have any of you pre-ordered a Time Capsule? Hearing anything that we aren’t?
I preordered about a month ago and my order status says ships February 29th and arrives on the March 6th.
Hitchhikers, Lost in Space, Doctor Who... care to slip in any other sci-fi references? :)
My order from the Apple UK online store says 'Prepared for Shipment' but with a tortoise like estimated delivery date of 12th of march. They're probably packaging all the pre-orders up first so they only have to make one trip to the post office.
I spoke with a Mac Genius today, who I am working with on a replacement unit... Which was delayed for the whole upgrade of the MB units... but I keep asking and he said they had expected them today as it was the "last release" day in February...
I ordered one from the Apple Store here in Japan (where I live) and it lists the shipping date of Feb. 29, and delivery on March 4th. Probably consistent with a "February release" but a little extreme in waiting for the very last day - a leap year day, no less. (Perhaps that's part of the marketing allure? The release on the 'leap year' day?)