MacBook Pro Shipments Still 'Seriously Delayed' By China Lockdowns

[TechRunner]

Pretty much anything you buy now gives you two options: Buy what's in stock and get it quickly, or order what you want, and wait an unusual length of time. That's true for electronics, cars, even houses (two-year+ lead time for BTO homes here right now). It will improve, but from what I'm reading, not in 2022.

 

[_mian_]

They have always done this. They do the initial payment checks during processing, but you aren't actually charged until a couple of days before the item is shipped (to allow for payment clearance prior to releasing the item for shipping etc)

Hi!

Not in my case.
I ordered on March 24 and, due to credit card limitation, i paid immediately through a transfer of €5,500 (approximately), executed correctly and acquired by Apple on March 25.
I too had picked up some accessories that were duly delivered in a few days.
However, to date i find myself having paid the full amount of the invoice without yet having the most important part in my hands. ?

 

[chucker23n1]

Or, at least, diversify supply chain.
("local" is not a precise location for a global company)

Well, Apple used to manufacture in the US and in Ireland. That was more local, and obviously helped reduce overall shipping congestion. If they're gonna centralize in East Asia, this also comes with an inevitable environmental impact…

 

[theSpringMaster]

Move manufacturing to Vietnam. It’s fully open for business now. Or at least diversify manufacturing.

 

[chucker23n1]

Some non-apple stores still have them in the UK for immediate collection and delivery.

KRCS have availability too, I think. They have online and some shops if you live in the Midlands or Hull.

Thing is, those stores will have far fewer options. I want, in order of importance, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, ten cores instead of eight. None of those can be customized after the fact; they're all essentially soldered. So it's not like I can pick something up in the store and then upgrade internals later. That makes buying from a third party quite unattractive for me.

I'm sure with something like the MacBook Air, most people just get the standard config anyway. But with the MBP, I wouldn't be surprised if fewer than 50% get the default.

 

[Scott Robinson]

Thing is, those stores will have far fewer options. I want, in order of importance, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, ten cores instead of eight. None of those can be customized after the fact; they're all essentially soldered. So it's not like I can pick something up in the store and then upgrade internals later. That makes buying from a third party quite unattractive for me.

I'm sure with something like the MacBook Air, most people just get the standard config anyway. But with the MBP, I wouldn't be surprised if fewer than 50% get the default.

True, all these are standard config ... but, for my own needs. 16" with 1tb is enough. Although my current Intel has 32gb, looking at various reports of 16gb vs 32gb on M1 pro, I'm going to save the extra, or upgrade to 2tb.

 

[OS X Dude]

Thing is, those stores will have far fewer options. I want, in order of importance, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, ten cores instead of eight. None of those can be customized after the fact; they're all essentially soldered. So it's not like I can pick something up in the store and then upgrade internals later. That makes buying from a third party quite unattractive for me.

I'm sure with something like the MacBook Air, most people just get the standard config anyway. But with the MBP, I wouldn't be surprised if fewer than 50% get the default.

KRCS offer full custom configs as my last CTO MacBook Pro was from them.

 

[citysnaps]

Move manufacturing to Vietnam. It’s fully open for business now. Or at least diversify manufacturing.

Does Vietnam have the turnkey physical infrastructure and trained human resources to manufacture (source parts/manufacture/test/QA/fulfill) 600,000+ iPhones per day? With the ability to instantly ramp that volume up and down based on demand?

Or the equivalent flexibility for lower volume computers?

 

[Freeangel1]

I'm waiting for the M2 versions of these machines.

12 percent increase in CPU power across the board.

And more power efficient to boot.

If I was in this situation I would cancel my order and wait for the better product.

 

[contacos]

to be honest, at this point they should stop taking orders until the situation improves and previous orders have actually been shipped. No one is going to be happy with taking an order and having it delayed numerous times

 

[Danoc]

It is going to get tough to ship in large quantities the new MacBook Air, expected to be a best seller.

 

[Isengardtom]

I don’t know what you’re talking about but these MacBooks are available in every single corner in EU.

Here in Belgium the 13inch is available for tomorrow delivery if you take a non customised option, as soon as you increase ram it gets pushed back by a few weeks. Same with Mac Mini and iMac 24”

14 inch / 16 inch starts 30 June - 14 July

 

[Freeangel1]

if this is true? This is bad for your Apple M1's on order.

I have long felt a Bad Recession was coming.

The economy cant go gangbusters forever.

Bill Gates says there's a 'strong argument' we're about to see a global economic slowdown

"I'm afraid the bears on this one have a pretty strong argument that concerns me a lot," the Microsoft cofounder said in an interview with CNN.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Nebulance]

This is likely the reason why my order of a 14" MacBook Pro (M1 Pro, 16 GB unified memory, 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU, 1 TB storage) slipped from April 20–25 delivery to June 7–22.

 

[StrollerEd]

Pretty much anything you buy now gives you two options: Buy what's in stock and get it quickly, or order what you want, and wait an unusual length of time. That's true for electronics, cars, even houses (two-year+ lead time for BTO homes here right now). It will improve, but from what I'm reading, not in 2022.

That was (almost) true when the M1 16" MBP was first released. What I bought off the shelf and had delivered on the day from CostCo (UK) was a bit over-spec'd for my short-term needs, and even with a discount, cost me more than the exactly-spec'd m/c. However, I don't regret that as at least I've had use of the beast

 

[WilburMercer]

Who would have thought having only one factory in the world, in an authoritarian dictatorship, could be a risky move?

 

[sorgo †]

The economy cant go gangbusters forever.

It can’t, especially when evil “people” like Bill are trying to kill it (and all the “useless eaters” along the way).

 

[reyesmac]

Sony has no problems having a PS5 shortage and having them sold for three times as much on the scalper market, maybe Apple can get in on that racket. A $3k M1 macbook air may just be what it needs to keep those profits rolling in. Or, maybe, they can figure out how to make computers closer to the countries they sell in instead of relying on the unfair competitive advantage next to slave labor provides.

 

[NeoSe7en]

I ordered a stock build 14” in early April and it’s not shipping until early June (for now) and I’m apparently one of the lucky ones.

 

[Magicite]

I ordered a 16" MBP w/ M1 Max+64GiB+1TiB on 1/25. It finally arrived 5/6.

 

[Random_Matt]

Massively more popular than the base studio then, my replacement only took two weeks. My initial order was only one week.

 

[cocky jeremy]

I just got one two weeks ago today. Never opened it. Wonder how much I can get for it. Brand new still sealed.

Probably more than you paid for it. Try and see. Supply and demand.

 

[jav6454]

At this rate I'll get my M1 Max when the M2 Max is being released!

Apple need to expand production and not put all their eggs in one basket!

Like have a small factory in the US or even have operations in places like LATAM or India if they want to push for Asia.

 

[Joestanxx]

Does Vietnam have the turnkey physical infrastructure and trained human resources to manufacture (source parts/manufacture/test/QA/fulfill) 600,000+ iPhones per day? With the ability to instantly ramp that volume up and down based on demand?

Or the equivalent flexibility for lower volume computers?

I think it is better than almost nothing for china

 

[colinsky]

Is the Mac Pro still produced in Texas?