Macbook 13 inch 2015 retina order i made

[Alexrat1996]

look what i order for college on Friday at a apple store in king of Prussia pa mall and my order still says processing
does this mac book i order come from the factory from china or California

Shipment 1 Available to ship: 1-3 business days
Delivers: Jun 2 - Jun 4 by Standard Shipping

13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display



With the following configuration:

• 3.1GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz
• 8GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
• 128GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
• Intel Iris Graphics 6100
• Force Touch trackpad
• Accessory Kit
• Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide



AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook / MacBook Air / 13" MacBook Pro - Auto-enroll

 

[Cole Slaw]

All the Macs I ever ordered that were new (not refurbs) always came right from China.
Congrats on your new MacBook Pro, BTW!

 

[Cuniac]

They usually come hot of the line from china

 

[Alexrat1996]

thanks for letting me know i called apple they said it should ship by Thursday since today Monday is a holiday

 

[diesel]

look what i order for college on Friday at a apple store in king of Prussia pa mall and my order still says processing

does this mac book i order come from the factory from china or California



Shipment 1Available to ship: 1-3 business days

Delivers: Jun 2 - Jun 4 by Standard Shipping



13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display







With the following configuration:



•3.1GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.4GHz

•8GB 1866MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM

•128GB PCIe-based Flash Storage

•Intel Iris Graphics 6100

•Force Touch trackpad

•Accessory Kit

•Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide







AppleCare Protection Plan for MacBook / MacBook Air / 13" MacBook Pro - Auto-enroll

Congrats. One friendly recommendation though is that I noticed you opted for the i7 processor, however the $200 extra money spent on that would be put to better use on doubling the ram to 16 or doubling the ssd to 256.

 

[Alexrat1996]

my dad didn't want spend much more i got my college discount and the apple employee recommend to get that configuration and i ordered it directly in the store

 

[Mr.C]

my dad didn't want spend much more i got my college discount and the apple employee recommend to get that configuration and i ordered it directly in the store

I think you're misunderstanding what has been said. For $100 less you could have got either 16GB of RAM or a 256GB SSD. Either of those would have been a far better upgrade then the slightly faster processor. Going from 2.7GHz to 3.1GHz is pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things to be honest. At most it's probably 5-10% increase in speed.

 

[prism]

my dad didn't want spend much more i got my college discount and the apple employee recommend to get that configuration and i ordered it directly in the store

That was bad advice, the apple employee is a fool!

 

[hobsgrg]

That was bad advice, the apple employee is a fool!

Yes getting the 256Gb SSD would have been better as 128Gb can run out quickly and also the 256Gb SSD has significantly faster write speeds.

Upgrading the CPU delivers the least improvement for your money. Doubling RAM to 16Gb would be useful if you were running VMs or some other memory demanding tasks.

On CPU demanding tasks you won't see a noticeable difference, the other two potentially would.

 

[Alexrat1996]

i might upgrade the hardrive

 

[prism]

i might upgrade the hardrive

You can't, unless you return it and reorder or change your order before it is delivered.

 

[Wahlstrm]

That CPU upgrade is really horrible value for your money.

The 256SSD or the 16GB ram will give you a lot more in the long run.

Change the order if you can.

 

[clovehitch]

That CPU upgrade is really horrible value for your money.

The 256SSD or the 16GB ram will give you a lot more in the long run.

Change the order if you can.

You can't, unless you return it and reorder or change your order before it is delivered.

This. Typical uninformed advice from Apple geniuses. Don't mess around--at last resort return the unopened box and reorder or better yet, take one off the shelf and save your family some money.

 

[T5BRICK]

i might upgrade the hardrive

The SSD is removable, but there aren't any 3rd party upgrades available. You really can't upgrade it at the moment.