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MacBook Pro Shipments Still 'Seriously Delayed' By China Lockdowns
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At this point I don't see these types of supply chain disruptions ending any time soon.
China really messed up their long term CovId response. Their vaccines are useless and their "zero covid" policy has meant China is closed for business. I suspect this is really going to hurt them in the long run as global companies rethink their supply chains.
Great reason to not put all your eggs in one basket. should assemble Macs in multiple factories. Can't imagine them not expanding their supply chain with all the bottlenecks that have happened since covid. Lord knows they have the coin to expand!
The thing about diversification is that it gives you the best return for a given level of risk, or stated another way gives you the least amount of risk for a given return. It does not give you the best return, just the best tradeoff of risk vs return. So it is the safer long term strategy. But I can only assume Apple just pursued the highest return possible by having just about everything manufactured in one country without really quantifying the risk. So as long as things were going well they were able to beat the return that a diversified strategy would have given them and were able to ignore the risks but now the costs of the risks they took are cropping up. That’s why when someone at Berkshire Hathaway commented how Apple is the best managed company why it is meaningless. Diversification strategies are basically taught in Business 101 college courses so I would expect any well managed company would be cognizant of them. Especially in finance classes you spend a lot of time quantifying risk vs. return strategies.
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If Apple allowed upgrades a person could just but the standard base unit that is more readily available now and then upgrade the storage later after the supply chain issues have subsided.
Agreed. But Apple is heading in the exact opposite direction, as you know, so other than a move to some Windows laptop models or BYO desktops (good luck getting graphics cards!) we’re stuck.
Originally ordered a 16" M1 Pro w/ 32GB of unified memory and a 2TB drive through Apple a few weeks back - but I really needed a new machine asap (Apple had estimated my Macbook would arrive late June). Costco was running a deal on the mid-tier 16" model with 16GB of RAM and 1TB drive - between the deal for the laptop & the discounted price of Apple Care; saved a ton of money and already received my new machine!
Honestly, this machine is such an upgrade over any spec Intel Macbook Pro's. Massively impressed with everything about it so far and hope to get at least 3-4 years of heavy use out of the machine before another upgrade.
Honestly, this machine is such an upgrade over any spec Intel Macbook Pro's. Massively impressed with everything about it so far and hope to get at least 3-4 years of heavy use out of the machine before another upgrade.
I've just sold my old MacBook 16 and was ready to get the new m1 pro, for music production, but seeing these crazy shipment delays I will dust off my old windows based desktop to keep on working and will wait until m2 is announced. I don't really see the point of getting and m1 when it will be replaced in some months. As someone said, Apple should stop selling more computers until all the delays have been solved. This is not serious.
Ordered MacBook Pro 16 m1 max 64GB 1TB March 24 expected delivery date June 16-30 was supposed to come in May.
Yeah, I was going to post something like this. Iphones are one of Apple's cash cows, so of course that's going to get the utmost attention. IIRC, their subscription services are also making them decent amounts of $$ as well (Apple One, along with getting any of those a la carte), and even though that should also get no trivial amount of resources put into it, it doesn't have the same issues as manufacturing hardware.
Time to bring manufacturing back to the states with both people and of course first of a kind AI robots.
Yeah, I guess Apple makes decisions where to keep what available. For instance MacBook Air seems to be available in the US store within a few working days, but in The Netherlands delivery of all configurations is starting in July. Pro's apparently available in Canada for immediate pick up, in the US and NL delivery starting in July.
I ordered a Mac Studio and upgraded to the 10 core cpu with 32 core gpu, 64GB memory, and 1 TB ssd on 3/25 and it was going to arrive mid June but the delivery window got pushed back a week recently. Now I am just hoping it doesn't get pushed back any further.
DARN!! Microsoft just ruined Windows 11!!!
People are not going to like this.
Use to be only home version needed an online account.
DAM
Stuck to Windows 10 or Mac only.
www.pcworld.com
People are not going to like this.
Use to be only home version needed an online account.
DAM
Stuck to Windows 10 or Mac only.
New Windows 11 preview makes Microsoft accounts mandatory for (almost) all
The latest build of Windows 11 eliminates the option to sign in with a local account on Windows 11 Pro, forcing users to sign in with a Microsoft account instead.
www.pcworld.com
I'm guessing you are in the UK? Just go to John Lewis, they have loads. After being told at the apple store I'd have to wait 8 weeks I just went there instead.
Go elsewhere folks. If you are in the US, check B&H and Adorama.
My 16" Max, 64GB, 10 core, 32 core GPU, 1TB was delayed from Aprl 29 to "5 to 7 weeks" Apple didn't have a date.
I saw the other post that another user got one. So i went to Adorama's website. Ordered the exact config above and got it in 3 days. I have been using ever since and in love with this laptop.
My 16" Max, 64GB, 10 core, 32 core GPU, 1TB was delayed from Aprl 29 to "5 to 7 weeks" Apple didn't have a date.
I saw the other post that another user got one. So i went to Adorama's website. Ordered the exact config above and got it in 3 days. I have been using ever since and in love with this laptop.
Apple is in serious trouble. The lockdowns and chaos in China isn't going to end soon. On the contrary, it is just the beginning (of the end for the "Made in China" era). MBP is not a major revenue source for Apple, but think about when iPhone 14 got released later this year, and all the orders are getting delayed for a long time.
Last year Apple had stated publicly that they are trying to reduce the number of suppliers in their supply chain, the idea behind that was to have better control over components and "backdooring of parts". Fewer suppliers in theory means less chance of leaks and unauthorized sales of oem parts which is something Apple has been battling against since the "right to repair" movement in the U.S. started a few years ago. While a smaller supply chain means better control over suppliers and components when there wasn't a global pandemic, that doesn't seem to work so well when there are parts shortages due to logistics bottlenecks and Covid lockdowns. Looks like Apple's quest for more control over their supply chain has now backfired as a result of having only have a single factory assembling MacBook Pros in Lockdown city, a.k.a. Shanghai. Apple quest for ultimate control over their supply chain by reducing the number of factories and suppliers is basically like shooting themselves in the foot. Be careful what you wish for!
Damn! I ordered mine 4 weeks ago, and was given a 6-7 week estimate. Haven't heard any updates since, but by the sounds of things, hoping for the end of this month might be delusional.