No coil whine. I could absolutely hear a high pitched noise that my old Mac Mini did not make, and it was annoying me yesterday. After a few minutes of trying to figure out if it was coil whine, when I got closer to the Mac Studio I realized the fan noise did not bother me and the high pitched noise got quieter.
I do see it showing an estimated date now, but as I try to complete checkout I get an error:
I hate when reviewers use this word. Building my PC, "binned" meant I was selecting the highest scoring CPU, actually tested to have the best overclocking outcomes. In Apple land it means a CPU with a lower core count than the other that is on offer. In truth all chips are binned in order to be used appropriately and minimize yield loss. So I also find the use of the word a bit comical !
I found it fast as well! Less than 1 hour using Migration Assistant over TB and most of my stuff is on external storage. Don't know exact time...I hit go, went down to eat breakfast, and it was done when I came back up. Almost zero downtime, which I appreciate in the middle of the semester!
I used a Time Machine backup to transfer my stuff across (a regular old USB-A HDD). Some of the apps didn’t play nice, but it wasn’t a big issue to just reinstall them and be on my way.
Mine too is estimated to arrive 19/21. Just checked and it's "preparing to ship" OMG. It's been processing since the 12th.
Mine only was in “preparing for ship” for a day, I was surprised. Hopefully yours moves out of “preparing to ship” just as fast.
I found a thread on the Apple support site from a couple years ago, where a user with the same issue states they discovered it was due to using gift cards combined with In Store Pickup. Indeed I am trying to do so, I've been saving up gift cards for a while in anticipation of this purchase. If that's the issue, sigh.
I go to the online store, customize the Studio, add to bag. Go to checkout, select Store Pickup option and enter pickup person (me). At the payment step, I select my credit card, add the 8 gift cards and go to review step. All looks great there, I try to complete the purchase. It spins for a few seconds then bumps me back to the pickup/delivery step with an error message "The Delivery & Pickup Option you've chosen is no longer available for this order. Please select a new option below." Has happened both using my Apple ID and trying to checkout as a Guest.
Ive been chatting with support for about an hour (cant believe how much time I've wasted on this) and the rep said if I redeem to Apple ID it can't be used in store. There are mentions of this online, such as here:
