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Are the new MBP's on display at local Apple Stores?
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13" non touch bar version is, 15" touch bar model is in a glass case in very few select stores.
Only the 13" non touch bar version in both Apple stores near me, I don't think anyone has seen the touch bar variant available to test in store yet 
Crazy. I was in a store the Friday or Saturday of the release week and was told they would get the touch bar version the following week. Still nothing .
I also asked about the airpods and was told they are coming on time for sure (still 2 / 3 more days in October left). Just a day or so later Macrumors posted an article about further delay.
. I also asked about the airpods and was told they are coming on time for sure (still 2 / 3 more days in October left). Just a day or so later Macrumors posted an article about further delay.
Even when products are launched with an availability of "today", I've noticed it still takes a couple days for them to show up on on the tables.
Yes. I put my hands on one at the NYC Grand Central Station Apple store. However it was a few days ago and it was the 13" "Can't Touch This" version. After having read reviews of the confirmed lower battery life on the 2016 Touch 13", I think Ill go back and get the 2016 13" non-touch for the better battery life.
Crazy. I was in a store the Friday or Saturday of the release week and was told they would get the touch bar version the following week. Still nothing
I also asked about the airpods and was told they are coming on time for sure (still 2 / 3 more days in October left). Just a day or so later Macrumors posted an article about further delay.
just for future reference, Apple Store employees no nothing until literally the day of. Odds are you will hear it here first.
5th Ave. location has the 13" and 15" on display behind glass. Staff said they should have demo units within a week (probably this weekend).
my local store has several touch bar models in the back. Very cloak and dagger like, none on display, you have to approach one of the workers, who then calls the back office, who then converses with the magical genius in the back, only then are the touch models released for the highest caliber of customer. It's ridiculous. I can't order one for pickup in store but they're hush hush available.
you do realize you're now in danger for posting this?
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Hey killawat... love your sig...
Miss our old stomping ground!Turns out the joke was on me for the last 1.5 years. I was waiting, waiting, waiting and now it looks more and more like Im buying a refurb 2015 :-(
My local Apple Store in Ann Arbor, MI had the 13" on display today (Wednesday) and had units to sell even from yesterday (Tuesday) - that's how I got my Space Grey 13" 3.3/512/16 in hand and canceled the order that was still weeks from delivering.