Good Timing (Score 5, Interesting)

Well, I seemed to have lucked out with my first Apple purchase. One of the first e-mails I looked at this morning:

To Our Valued Apple Customer:

Apple is pleased to announce a new generation of iBooks with faster processor speeds. We invite you to visit the Apple Store at http://www.apple.com/store for details.

Your 600Mhz iBook has been upgraded to a 700Mhz iBook at no additional charge. If you would like to review the changes made to your order, visit http://www.apple.com/orderstatus.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at the number below. Thank you for choosing Apple!

Yup, that's right. My bad luck, I just ordered an iBook last week. This is a *very* cool move by Apple... they simply canceled my old order (for the low end model) and swapped in a new order (for the low end model). I'm saving $200 + tax on this, and getting a faster model.

Quick note for those who recommend gobs of RAM... that's done and done. Same day I ordered the iBook, I placed an order with Coast To Coast Memory for an addition 512 MB. $95 after tax and shipping, and it's already here.

That's the downside... I wanted the laptop this week. At least they had a good excuse for not getting it to me. :)