Comments on: Apple begins iPad preorders but overwhelming demand slows Apple Store Online

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:12:47 +0000

was just in austin for radiohead and while i was waiting i ordered myself a white 32 att!! cant wait for sxsw and my new ipad!

By: FTB

FTB — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:21:22 +0000

it’s just timing.
nothing to do with browser.

Mine went through with only a little sluggishness. and at 7pm pacific..
Apple sent me the email saying avail for pickup on march 16th at my local apple store. (I wanted the pickup cause nobody will be here to sign during the day) yet some people said they ordered before me and got a later date..

so odds are with my luck, i’ll get an email from apple soon saying it will be ready in december now.

By: Jean Poole

Jean Poole — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:35:32 +0000

I tried in vain for 4 hours to order an iPad on Safari, I finally changed browsers to Firefox this morning and was able to place an order on the first try. What is going on?

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:07:19 +0000

Success! That was a painful few hours trying and trying, but persistence paid off! 32GB white wifi 4G and the new Apple TV! See? I’m setting the conditions for success next year. My wife prefers white! It worked this time

By: Thryll

Thryll — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:13:54 +0000

I wandered around a grocery store picking up bananas and such with one hand and using my iPhone 4S in the other hand in an attempt to order iPads for my wife and me. Same experience as for many here: crashes, dumped carts, etc. But after
30 minutes, bingo — 32gb black wifi. And after another 30, 16gb black wifi.
Then I got the emailed invoices: TWO each of the iPads — on four invoice numbers, so it apparently was not a
quantity issue.
That means SIX iPads in a two-person household until four get sold. What the heck!

By: pacificfilms

pacificfilms — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:40:51 +0000

Comparing AAPL and AMAN on peak transactions is hardly a valid comparison. Look at the number of product divisions, products and variations of products within a set AMZN carries, Black Friday or 24/7.
You jump from ‘a few hundred thousand’ to ‘a mil or two’ on a day which happens, most likely, once a year for a company with a very small product line with relatively small variation between products.
If you think Apple didn’t think this through, plan to expedite sales and make the process smooth, then not much else to say here, so simply chiding them may be your best option.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:34:15 +0000

64 gig wifi 4G

By: FTB

FTB — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:04:40 +0000

Look into a case like the otter box if they are going to be “in the field”
I don’t use them, but I have seen many that do.

you could always run Quickbooks via parallels. Sucks that Quicken refuses to make the Mac and PC versions of quickbooks the same.

By: FTB

FTB — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:01:50 +0000

Damn you Apple… you just cost me a grand.
64gb black AT&T iPad 3 + Apple TV.

But I saw the Pick up at store option… So I’m shipping the Apple TV, and picking the iPad up in person

Now.. to start clearing the iPad 2 for resale.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:47:48 +0000

Sounds great till you hit your data limit, at those speeds with 1080P video, should take about 5 hours. What do you do the rest of the month.

By: dance dance Monkeyboy

dance dance Monkeyboy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:39:44 +0000

There’s no point in whining about Apple’s servers being crushed- gexponentiallyFrom here on out, the number of people attempting to preorder Apple’s latest iDevice each time is going to increase- exponentially. Each. Time. Exponential increase.

Do you think somehow your order is special? That there are not millions upon millions of people doing the same as you, at the exact same time as you? It’s not- they are. So, if you insist on your instant gratification, man up. Suck it up. This is how it is from here on out.

By: iRobot

iRobot — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:22:10 +0000

It’s hard to believe that they couldn’t have done better. I don’t buy it anymore. It’s been five years since the first time something like this happened with the original iPhone. If Amazon can handle the millions of transactions on Black Friday, Apple ought to handle a few hundred thousand, or a mil or two easy. There is no more excuse for this kind of crap, not from Apple, nor any company whose bread and butter depends on it.

By: FutureMedia

FutureMedia — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:03:28 +0000

Have to wait til the 16th to order from MacConnection which has been barred from taking pre-orders by Apple til then to save $83 of sales tax for my ATT Black 64GB model. So I’ll be behind y’all.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:09:46 +0000

I waited till 6 PM E.S.T and breezed thru the purchasing process on line. White 32gb with engraving ordered in less than two minutes. Still no email confirmation.

By: currentinterest

currentinterest — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:43:08 +0000

Ordered Black 64GB 4G LTE and new Apple TV (2 of them). A few long pauses, but no trouble ordering. Delivery is set for March 16.

By: regpollard

regpollard — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:29:01 +0000

Finally got mine. Once I saw how long it was taking for the store to get back online I took it as a clue to mentally prepare myself for delays. After sitting out the first 2 generations I was determined to get a 3rd gen immediately once available so I was gonna wait as long as it took. Luckily that was less than 10 tries. Whew!

By: Incarnato

Incarnato — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:20:43 +0000

sell em on e bay. Lol. I’m sure stores won’t be able to stay stocked for weeks after they launch. Just like any other igadget when it 1st comes out. There will be price gouging going on for a bit.
Is what I don’t get is apple had to know shits gonna go crazy on preorder day. Is there nothing they can do to make sure this won’t happen. It get annoying trying to pre order and it crashes over and over and over. And if you don’t pre order it can takes weeks after launch date to finally find one.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:16:43 +0000

You betcha. 64g, black, AT&T, black smart cover and APPlan. Took three hours before I finally made it through the process. March 16th here I come

By: Muscatman

Muscatman — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:09:16 +0000

Oh yes, was trying at 12.00 AM till 1.30 AM Muscat time, no chance, slept till 4.30 AM, woke up again and tried 3 times and was able to finally place the order..it was worth the lost sleep….4G 64GB, Black as my current 64GB is almost full and local operator here in Oman is launching LTE network soon…

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:50:46 +0000

Ooops ooops more ooops then I got in wait wait walk away come back and u ordered

By: joseph Blough

joseph Blough — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:35:46 +0000

4.5 hours after the end of the presentation I got a black, 32gb Verizonator ordered but so far no email confirmation.

By: Think

Think — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:35:45 +0000

Wow, dumb ass, why don’t you look up all the first day launches. There has always been a problem on day one.

Oh that’s right, you go stop by Apple’s IT department and tell them what to do to fix this. I’m sure you know more than what Apple’s engineers do.

By: michael ro

michael ro — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:32:07 +0000

Ordered 2 Verizon 4 G 64 GB iPads and an Apple TV 3 at about 3 PST. No problems at all. Delivery 3/16

By: Ansel

Ansel — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:14:33 +0000

2 iPads – the limit – my Partner will order 2 on his account …..

we also made the decision to dump nextel and try some iPhones, so we got 3 of them – but we are a roofing company so it is tough to work with but we are going to try ….. our total bill was over $4k …..

we are also working with Filemaker Database and have a 15 year old database we are upgrading and going to mobile Filemaker – Our 1996 database still servers us well and has a ton of info in it – built with Filemaker 4.0 and upgraded to 9 and then 10 over the years ….

We are almost total Apple but still have to use Windows for Quickbooks and Exactamate software, which is a drag …

Apple products offer so much value and are of exceptional quality ….

By: ElvisXtreme

ElvisXtreme — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:02:36 +0000

It took me 5 minutes to place my order! logged in at 4:02pm and was out by 4:07. I guess i was lucky? In any case, I am getting mine deliverd on the 16th!!

16gb/black/at&t

By: WaterLily

WaterLily — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:55:41 +0000

Crunch – I hope so – cos the A15 dual core Slamdung hopes to have arrives in spring

By: WaterLily

WaterLily — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:53:32 +0000

The new version of Apple TV
also Delivers on March 16 – Free Shipping – $99.00

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv

By: iRobot

iRobot — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:51:34 +0000

If multiple people ordering multiple iPads by mistake causes a sellout, then that’s gonna be a huge problem for Apple. If I mistakenly get 30 iPads instead of one, that’s gonna be a huge problem for me.

By: progressiveagentprovocateur

progressiveagentprovocateur — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:42:31 +0000

32GB Black WiFi.

My trusty iPad 2 (32GB WiFi) will be up on eBay with a Ship date on the 19th.

Does anyone know if the iPad 2 cases will fit the 3 or do we have to replace like from iP1 to 2?

By: Dean Waterman

Dean Waterman — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:39:39 +0000

AT&T 32GB and Verizon 32GB on the way!

By: TED

TED — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:30:26 +0000

What do you expect when 50,000 people are all try to order at once and than keep clicking buttons because it is not working right. Friendly DOS attack.

By: Orandy

Orandy — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:27:17 +0000

After trying for 3.5 hours, on Apple’s site with an iPad 2, and at the same time with the App on an iPad 1, finally got through on the site for a 16-gig, Black WIFI.

Stoked

By: Pirate

Pirate — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:20:52 +0000

Agreed. I’m in Austin as well. AT&T has been very good, and their LTE is supposed to be very fast. Can’t wait.

By: FTB

FTB — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:14:53 +0000

Ill buy mine, but probably in a month.
But I’ll be ordering my apple tv tonight.

By: blackhat

blackhat — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:14:34 +0000

Just ordered 2 iPad’s 64gb/AT&T and apple TV. took me about 20 tries as well

By: David

David — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:01:02 +0000

Still down in the UK, but I am not really looking at getting the iPad right away. I might end up having to wait weeks before they are available anyway.

By: mickjames

mickjames — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:00:14 +0000

That’s what happened to me too! I had 10 in my cart on the iPhone app and I had to remove them all and start over cause you can’t just adjust the quantity for some reason……but I got it worked out eventually.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:59:24 +0000

Dude, I totally agree with Tony. Historically Apple has been overwhelmed at launches. Perhaps heads did roll during Steve’s regime. Perhaps they’ll roll again. All I know is that anyone who has ordered a new iPhone or iPad on day one has had an experience just like today’s. PS— snarky comments like your “comprehension app” remark scream out how incredibly defensive you are the minute someone disagrees with you. If you don’t like disagreement why the F’ do you post to begin with?

By: mickjames

mickjames — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:57:42 +0000

oh yeah……ordered up my Black 64GB AT&T 4G version…..I live in Austin and I hear the AT&T LTE just screams there. My iPad 2 was Verizon and I wasn’t that impressed with it or their customer service although i do have a 4G LTE usb dongle from Verizon and it screams pretty good. Can’t wait!

By: rdiddly

rdiddly — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:56:50 +0000

I got a 32GB 4G White iPad 3 and an Apple TV 3. It took about 1/2 hour to get it done. Could have been much worse in my opinion.

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:49:46 +0000

64 GB Verizon! Took about half an hour but I finally got it!

By: Handsome Smitty

Handsome Smitty — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:45:29 +0000

This is ridiculous. I’ve never had such a crappy experience buying online – uh, TRYING to buy online. Good grief – all those servers and still dysfunctional.

Sucks!

By: Empty Tank

Empty Tank — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:43:04 +0000

Still Trying. Was about to check out for 64 GB white and got a message “Oops return to the Store” Now after selecting the iPad again, there is nowhere to go – nothing is happening!

By: Quazze

Quazze — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:42:33 +0000

Question remains which I have yet to locate: which is a better iPad to purchase (Verizon or AT&T)? I have my iPhone 4S with AT&T; no troubles there. However, if Verizon has greater LTE coverage, is The Verizon model best?

By: Ron Burgundy

Ron Burgundy — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:36:50 +0000

Hopeless – tried for hours. Via Phone?? The automated voice asks what you are trying to order, if iPad it hangs up!

By: webstyr

webstyr — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:36:47 +0000

Got mine ordered finally. Can’t wait!

By: Wingsy

Wingsy — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:33:57 +0000

That iPad I just bought was a gift from Apple (1.47 shares of AAPL)

By: RL

RL — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:30:21 +0000

Pulled the trigger on two 32gb blacks. My wife and I do not share well. Had the iPad 1 with 3g 64gb. Looked to see how much space I had used thus far and it was only 20gb. I figure I didn’t need the 64gb. Also I am mostly near WiFi and if not I will just use my phone for emails and the like. This is going to be a huge jump from what I am used to on the iPad1. Took about 20-25 tries for each iPad.

By: breeze

breeze — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:30:18 +0000

Succeed…

By: breeze

breeze — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:29:28 +0000

Will acceded eventually unless this all cases a sellout…