February 1st, 2008
Gallery: MacBook Air Unboxing
Yesterday was a very happy day for me.
I ordered a MacBook Air (stock 1.6GHz configuration) about 30 minutes after the Macworld Expo keynote address wrapped up. I received an email confirmation gave me a “ship by” date of February 6 and an “delivers by” date of Feb. 11. So much for two weeks I thought.
Much to my surprise I receive an email notification on January 29th informing me that my shipment Date was January 29, and that it would deliver by February 01. Oh, the joy!
Apple also provided a FedEx tracking number which I used to follow its progress on FedEx.com, setting up the requesite email notification at every step of the way (of course). The path went like this:
Jan 29, 2008 Picked up SHANGHAI CN
Jan 30, 2008 Arrived/Departed ANCHORAGE, AK
Jan 31, 2008 Arrived at FedEx INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Jan 31, 2008 Delivered at 12:17 PM
Fully expecting to get it on Friday, I refreshed the tracking page Thursday morning to find out that my MacBook Air was on the truck for delivery yesterday (Thursday) - a day early. Another example of Apple under-promsing and over-delivering.
Last night I took a bunch of shots of the unboxing experience which you can enjoy in this gallery. (Captions will be coming soon, after I get some sleep…)
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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