macbook release date?

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goodymatt

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 9, 2008

• #1

with the new macbook being unveiled to the media on tuesday 14th of october, how long will it be until they are available for purchase? what it the usual amount of time you have to wait to buy that new product from apple?

many thanks

 

Vulcan

macrumors 65816

• Oct 9, 2008

• #2

1-3 days for it to be built, it takes 24 hours for it to ship otherwise. How long it will take for them to appear is unknown at this point in time. I presume the same day for pre-ordering.

 

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goodymatt

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 9, 2008

• #3

MysticMage said:

1-3 days for it to be built, it takes 24 hours for it to ship otherwise. How long it will take for them to appear is unknown at this point in time. I presume the same day for pre-ordering.

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any idea of how long till it will be available in apple high street stores?

 

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rickgmac

macrumors newbie

• Oct 9, 2008

• #4

Normally when apple launch new products, they are in retail stores within 24 hours

 

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aethelbert

macrumors 601

• Oct 9, 2008

• #5

rickgmac said:

Normally when apple launch new products, they are in retail stores within 24 hours

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The last three new products that I can think of (iPhone, iPod touch, macbook air) have all taken at least a few weeks from introduction to the time that they're available in stores.

 

macsensei

macrumors member

• Oct 9, 2008

• #6

akonradi said:

The last three new products that I can think of (iPhone, iPod touch, macbook air) have all taken at least a few weeks from introduction to the time that they're available in stores.

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Man! You beat me to respond to newbie. Yeah it usually takes a couple of weeks with hardware product releases.

 

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JLEW700

macrumors 6502

• Oct 9, 2008

• #7

According to the article on the front page (https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/09/apple-to-launch-an-800-laptop/) "Historically, price lists have appeared as early as a few days ahead of launch. The longest lead time in recent memory was about four days prior to a Monday iMac launch." So that means they should be in stores the same day as the event

 

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traeden

macrumors newbie

• Oct 11, 2008

• #8

does anyone know how long after the release of the new macbook the older models will decrease in price and if so how much of a decrease could be expected?

 

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rickgmac

macrumors newbie

• Oct 12, 2008

• #9

It's only when new products are released like the iphone, ipod touch and macbook air, that the stock is unavailable for a couple of weeks or till when steve set's a release date.

When the last macbook and macbook pro was announced, our store had stock within 48 hours and were in australia.

With previous models, if stores still have stock, they usually discount by 8-10% of the new model price. But if rumors are try about more price points this could differ this time

 

Abstract

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 12, 2008

• #10

goodymatt said:

with the new macbook being unveiled to the media on tuesday 14th of october, how long will it be until they are available for purchase? what it the usual amount of time you have to wait to buy that new product from apple?

many thanks

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Anywhere between 1 day and 4 months.