[dayglored]

> Interesting marketing scheme indeed! Has this ever been tried before? Does it work? Just asking.

Yeah, apparently they did the same thing with the iPhone at first. It's to keep early devices out of the hands of the gray market.

I'm sure that, just like with the iPhone, they'll back down from this position as soon as supply has caught up with demand.

[J Edgar]

Thanks for the insight! I like Apple because it not Microsoft, and the Mini Mac I use works good for what I want it to do!