Staples Selling Mac OS X Early
from the oops dept
How do you make Steve Jobs mad? You go against the plan. And, in this case, the plan is to launch Mac OS X on March 24th. However, some Staples stores have been selling it early. Apparently no one filled them in on the plan. The trick, if you want an early copy, is to find the right Staples store clerk who has no clue, and ask him to run in the back and get you a copy. The article names a few of the stores that are carrying the OS openly, but also mentions one Staples store (in Ithaca, NY, of all places) that apparently has none in stock. That's very fitting for Ithaca. Perhaps the local townspeople are boycotting it because it's too big of a name and they are coming out with their own IthacaOS or something (note for those of you who didn't realize it: I lived in the nothingness that is Ithaca NY for a period of time).
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Ithaca is GORGES!
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right on the money
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