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Delivery time for MacBook Air

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wrcousert

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I ordered a new MacBook Air (M2, 256gb SSD, 16gb RAM) last night (6/17/2023) and it is scheduled for delivery to my nearest Apple Store on July 5th. Does anyone know why the delivery date is two and a half weeks into the future? Is there another supply chain issue? Any chance Apple will deliver it sooner than that?
 
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Demand might have ramped up since launch pushing ETAs out a bit, this is normal.

Apple is also very conservative when it comes to their estimated delivery dates - they like to under-promise and over-deliver in that area (which is smart as orders will usually appear to ship earlier than expected).

Save a few incidents with customs and or weather, I've always received my Apple BTO orders from China a couple or a few days sooner than the ETA. In a couple of cases, over a week sooner.

And in my area, FedEx is much faster (China to New York) than UPS.
 
Also, pre-orders wise, apple was offering free express delivery, and doesn't look like that is an option any more for BTO
 
Aboo said:
Also, pre-orders wise, apple was offering free express delivery, and doesn't look like that is an option any more for BTO
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I think it's interesting that nobody seems to have 16gb MacBook Air's in stock. I tried the Apple Store and Best Buy, and they both have delivery weeks away. Even Amazon doesn't have them in stock.
 
What color are you looking for? Like a previous poster said, it looks like the 16gb/1tb config is easier to get. It looks like it's in stock and shipping tomorrow for the space gray, starlight, and midnight options. There's only a delay on the silver one. That's actually why I headed up with the Midnight color. I was debated between Midnight and Silver and the Midnight still had release day delivery when I purchased mine.
 
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I just checked. It has the same delivery date as the one I ordered.
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May be location based. I just checked my location and Midnight and Space Gray are both available for delivery tomorrow or Tuesday in my area for 16gb/1tb
 
I ordered the Midnight version. Color choice really doesn't matter, especially since I could always order a different skin for it later. I think I'll just wait and hope that Apple gets it early. If not, I'm not really in a rush to get it.

I just wish the website had given me options. If another color was in stock, even if it was at another store, It's likely that I could have got it a lot sooner than July 5th. If anyone at Apple is reading this, please look into it.
 
That's so strange and must be location based. I understand though. I would want it faster than that. Hopefully you'll get it quickly, Apple does seem to be good about that.
 
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I ordered the Midnight version. Color choice really doesn't matter, especially since I could always order a different skin for it later. I think I'll just wait and hope that Apple gets it early. If not, I'm not really in a rush to get it.

I just wish the website had given me options. If another color was in stock, even if it was at another store, It's likely that I could have got it a lot sooner than July 5th. If anyone at Apple is reading this, please look into it.
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Are you doing store pick up? Store pick up does list delivery commitment of July 5, but shipping to home states June 30-July 5. I suspect it will end up showing up a lot sooner than June 30 if that's the case.
 
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Are you doing store pick up? Store pick up does list delivery commitment of July 5, but shipping to home states June 30-July 5. I suspect it will end up showing up a lot sooner than June 30 if that's the case.
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Apple says mine will arrive at my local Apple Store on July 5th. I can provide a screen capture later if you like.
 
I ordered my Midnight M2/13"/16/512 on Friday, Apple says delivery on July 3rd, UPS shows June 29th.
 
I ordered the 15 inch M2 MBA with 16gb RAM on June 21 and was given a July 5 pickup date at the Apple Store. Last week the estimate changed to June 28 but got an email June 27 that is was ready for pickup.

I had not planned to buy any Apple gear this year but besides the MBA I bought a M2 Pro Mac Mini in March and two HomePod Mini in May. I swear no more major Apple purchases until the Vision Pro comes out next year.
 
I have used SSD's since about 2010 (dozens of them) and can guarantee you, you will not even have a clue there is a difference unless you have very specific needs and workflow. I use a 2017 MSI desktop with a NVMe that runs about 1500read - 1000 write. I also have a year old homebuilt PC with a NVMe that runs 3500-3000. In most cases you can not tell any difference. It is only if I am transferring a large (hundreds of GB's) amount of data that I can tell.

Do not worry about the speed unless you have specific needs. But in that case, I would not buy an Air. I have a PC with 3 monitors and 6 drives for work. This is not what I need the Air for. And I believe if you have the use case for a faster drive, you already know it and will get what you need.
 
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