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The New York Department of Education has halted an order on Macs due to a wireless connectivity issue with their infrastructure.  Apple has been hard at work trying to resolve this issue and a fix is expected to come with a new Leopard release, most likely 10.5.3.  For now the machines are being held at a Dell facility in Austin, Texas because of a contract the DOE has with Dell that allows them to handle all of the school system’s tech ordering.  The schools are still able to order and receive machines that rely on a wired ethernet connection rather than wifi.

Apple has apologized in both an email and an Apple product catalog notice for the two month delay.  The company has been franticly working on this issue in hopes of getting the machines shipped as soon as possible.  Hopefully Apple gets 10.5.3 out soon because I have been experiencing wifi issues with my iMac as well and would love to see this problem resolved for everyone.

Via [AppleInsider]

Sometimes I wonder what the people over at Apple are thinking. Just weeks after Apple launched their fourth Apple Store in the NYC area, reports surface that one of Apple’s 40 stores that will be launching next year, will be in the Upper North Side of NYC. Another one in NYC? They already have their flagship Fifth Avenue Store, as well as the SoHo Store, 14th Street Store and Staten Island outlets. Apple is planning to tear down, and rebuild 1981 Broadway, which is currently the location of an 8500 square-foot Victoria’s Secret. Rent in the area is about $275 - $300 a square foot, which will end up costing Apple a pretty penny. Obviously, if they are looking to open another NYC Apple Store, there must still be customers. Somewhere.

Via [MacNN]