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It is officially March 18 in Australia and New Zealand, which means that it's Mac Studio and Studio Display launch day. Customers in these countries are always the first to get their hands on new devices, and Apple's new studio devices are being delivered.

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The Mac Studio and Studio Display are starting to arrive to customers who pre-ordered when the devices went up for sale following the "Peek Performance" event, and customers will soon begin to share their photos on Twitter, Instagram, and the MacRumors forums.

New Zealand does not have Apple Stores, so Australian customers will be the first who are able to pick up a Studio Display or Mac Studio at a retail location, provided Apple has stock. Availability in Australia will give us an idea of what we can expect from other stores worldwide.

Apple will likely sell stock configurations of the Studio Display and the Mac Studio at its retail stores, with pricing beginning at $1,599 for the Studio Display and $1,999 for the Mac Studio. Supplies of both devices were limited on ordering day, so retail stores may also have limited quantities.

If you try to order a Mac Studio or Studio Display online, the order won't ship until April, so a retail store is now the only way to get a launch day device.

Following New Zealand and Australia, sales of the MacBook Pro will begin in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and then North America. Apple Stores‌ globally are opening up right around 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. local time to allow customers to pick up reserved devices and make walk-in purchases.

Today also marks the delivery of the first iPhone SE and iPad Air models, though those are mostly iterative updates and not quite as exciting as the new studio product lines.

Have a new Mac Studio or Studio Display? Share pictures below and let us know what you think of your new device.

Article Link: First Mac Studio and Studio Display Orders Begin Arriving to Customers in Australia and New Zealand
 
I am glad I held off as I want a Pro capability that IS upgradeable. The new Studio Display is lacking in a lot of areas IMHO.
 
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Benchmarks would be great on the Mac Studio Max please. I should get mine tomorrow in the US.
 
I usually see dedicated threads in respective product forums for unboxing and pictures.
Right…there are those threads to in the discussion forums. But there’s a lot of non-members who frequent MacRumors front page with traffic, just to glimpse at the photos/reading first impressions. Not uncommon in the slightest.
 
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My Studio went from “to be delivered March 21”, then “preparing to ship” but then back to processing with a new EDD of April 1st (my head-cannon for this shift is that they dropped mine during packaging and went uh, guess he’s back in the queue then). Then it changed again today to shipped, but with a EDD of March 28th. So not sure at all what to make of it as I’ve never seen an Apple product take 10 days in shipping but hopefully should be getting mine next week at least.

My Studio Display has been quite unphased and still just says some time between 24th and 31st.
 
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20 years later this is probably the closest we’ve gotten to Job’s vision for the G4 cube. A computer positioned between consumer macs and high-end workstations contained in a miniaturized cube.

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Yes I remember those well I found one it's funny how they continue to repurpose old innovation.
 
Curious how to open Mac studio up
Does anyone know what this little pill shape is for under the Mac Studio?

Also, notice how it says made in Malaysia 🇲🇾 and not China 🇨🇳, that’s interesting.

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Picture obtained from Twitter: @MKBHD
 
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