For Microsoft Windows, we all learned long ago that you should not upgrade until Service Pack 1 of a new Windows version is out. In fact, many users never upgrade Windows at all…
For my MacBook Pro, even although I had bought Mac OSX 10.5 (Leopard) before 10.5.1 was made available, I waited until the .1 release was out before performing the actual upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. It worked fine for me — no upgrade problems.
Two days ago, I bought (and installed from 1.1.4) the iPod Touch 2.0 software upgrade. Afterwards, I could download apps from the new AppStore, but neither of my three downloads (Apple Remote, NY Times, Writing Pad) would even start — they immediately crashed back to the main menu. Even the double-reboot trick did not do it for me. Thank god, I did not pay for any of the apps…
Apparently, I’m not alone — just check out Apple’s forum on iPod Touch 2.0 upgrade problems.
Are we now at a point where we have to wait for .1 releases before installing (and more importantly to Apple, buying) any upgrades from Apple?
I certainly had no intention of getting even close to any Apple store this weekend due to the expected crowd of iPhone buyers. But someone spilled water over my Bluetooth keyboard last night rendering it totally inoperable, so I had to go and pick up a new one today.
As expected, the line of iPhone buyers was very long outside the store in Corte Madera, CA. (I asked the first person in line – they had been in line 3.5 hours at that time). When trying to enter the store, I was sent into a non-iPhone line where I ended up being number eight in line to enter the store. With the exception of one person, none of them ever owned an iPhone and almost all of them had no plans to buy the iPhone 3G either. To make the wait shorter (which was not really that bothersome, since we had nice conversations going) Apple handed out tickets for a free coffee, even to us non-iPhone buyers, at the Peet’s store right next door.
After around 20 minutes, I was first in line and 5 minutes later an associate came out and escorted me in. Within a minute, she had my Bluetooth keyboard in hand and was swiping my AmEx card. I was out in under 4 minutes and decided to get my free Peet’s coffee next door. However, the line of free Apple drink card holders was much longer there than the previous non-iPhone line at Apple. I don’t know about you, but there are only so many lines I can handle every day.
So when you read this blog entry, you might be glad to know that it’s the first thing that was ever typed on my brand-new Apple Bluetooth keyboard…
