Purchasing Aperture - Serial?

Hi all,
Well I'd like to purchase Aperture for my shiny new Mac Book Pro. The shipping time listed online is 3-4 weeks! My question is, if I purchase online, will I immediately get access to my serial code? I have friends with the install disks that I could use, but of course I'd need my own serial.
Thanks!
Matthew

If you want Aperture immediately, you might consider purchasing 1.0 retail and then upgrading to 1.01 and then 1.1 on line. See this thread for further information:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=450961&tstart=15

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