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New 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pro Orders Now 'Preparing to Ship'
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Unless you buy a Pro model if you are a Pro fessional, which these are designed for. We bought three almost maxed out 16“ within a minute of the apple store coming back up, and will buy more soon. People who don’t know what ROI is think these are pricey. They’re not. ROI is quick. The Air is a perfect consumer model that will smoke anything else it’s size and price. I think that’s the forum for you.
Thanks for letting me know I’m in the wrong place and should go someplace else. ?
I am getting a 16", M1 Max, 32 core GPU, 64GB RAM, 2TB disk. I ordered an hour after announced.
Arriving Nov 17-24.
Arriving Nov 17-24.
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More that if you are complaining about $2k for this laptop you 1) have not seen the price of the prior 16" (or its predecessors), and 2) are not the target demographic for them. The last 4 Macbook Pros I have purchased for personal work and development have cost: $2900 (15"), $3200 (15"), $3300 (16"), and $3800 (16" M1 Max). The only reason the new Intel MBP is more expensive than mine (2019 model) is that the 560X was the top end when I purchased. If I had purchased last year I would have expected to pay $3700 since the Radeon Pro is ~ $300 more expensive than the old option. I have gotten my money's worth out of all these computers and do not expect to pay less than $3k for a top-of-the-line MBP ever. If you think the price is steep then you have the wrong expectations for a high-end laptop (Mac or otherwise).
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My 16"/1TB/M1 Max/32/64GB is marked as preparing for shipment with an estimated delivery of Nov 3-5. This has been the estimate since I completed the order.
Mine says preparing to ship. 3rd macbook ever... 2009 -> 2015 -> Now.
Oh yeah, sorry, I must have not been visiting all the ‘pro’ forums demanding a notch in their screen. Of course I’m not a ‘pro’ in the current Macrumors forum sense, I just use my work supplied Apple laptop to make a living. In that sense, like I said earlier, the incredible performance of the M1 Pro and Max will ensure these laptops sell well. From a design perspective, this iteration of laptop is a step back and it looks like someone Huawei would be selling.
Mines similar, just moved to preparing to ship, but still showing arrives Nov 3 - Nov 8. Here’s hoping we get it quicker!
Please do not use ROI as an excuse to justify the high cost of the pro laptops. Companies that make products for business users love your way of thinking because they know business users will offset the costs of the machine against the running costs of the business therefore the company being able to price their product as high as they can get away with.
These pro laptops are still pricey even from a business user standpoint (my opinion)
Hoping so! Mine still says preparing to ship, Nov 3-5 delivery. Let’s hope they ship ours out this weekend!
Ordered mine within a few minutes of them announcing the pre-order. 16" M1 Max with 32 GPU and 64G RAM and stuck with the 1TB drive. Expected delivery Nov 5-10. Can't wait.
For all of you complaining about the notch...how can you make such a decision without actually seeing it in the real world. I'm not talking about the few seconds you saw on the apple event. Maybe you just aren't happy unless you can complain about something. Bottom line is, if you don't like it...don't buy it. As for me, computers are a tool. I don't get all butt-hurt over small things like a notch, I work through them. Those complaining about the price being too much. These laptops are not meant for you then and there are many other options both windows and mac that may better fit your budget. Please show me another laptop that is close to the same performance at a substantial cheaper price.
For all of you complaining about the notch...how can you make such a decision without actually seeing it in the real world. I'm not talking about the few seconds you saw on the apple event. Maybe you just aren't happy unless you can complain about something. Bottom line is, if you don't like it...don't buy it. As for me, computers are a tool. I don't get all butt-hurt over small things like a notch, I work through them. Those complaining about the price being too much. These laptops are not meant for you then and there are many other options both windows and mac that may better fit your budget. Please show me another laptop that is close to the same performance at a substantial cheaper price.
It must be the customization you chose that caused the prolonged shipping date. I also ordered immediately after the Apple Event. Mine will be received on Tuesday, 10/26. I ordered a 16” MBP with the M1 Max, 32GB RAM, 32 - Core GPU in Space Grey.Literally ordered mine 1 minute too late and ended up with a Nov 4 - 8 ship date. I’m excited but for that much money I do wish I was getting it on release day
I ordered the 16.2 inch Macbook Pro with 64gb and 2TB. The site was not working upon trying to order after the keynote, The apple store on my phone was not working. So I made my order by calling them. They haven't pulled the money out of my account yet. I have an arrival date of Nov 17-24 listed. We'll see.
I think you missed the point of my comment. The point being.
My opinion, when in agreement with site rules and policy, is just as valid as the next users.
The poster was outright dismissive of my opinion, pretty much telling me to get lost.
Your comment makes sense in the context of my original post. You cite factual reasons as to why you disagree with me (valid ones, IMHO) and make a cogent argument as to why you believe your viewpoint is worthy of consideration (it is). So your post served to convince me that perhaps my viewpoint was wrong, and worthy of re consideration.
Disagree with me, that's just fine. Cite a valid reason, I will listen to it (like yours) and consider that I'm not the primary market for a $2,000 laptop.
But the form equivalent of "sit down and shut up" is at a minimum, rude and unproductive. "Durafab" told me this wasn't the form for me. I didn't know it was their place to dictate which forums were for me. I suppose I'm just not cool enough for the room these days....
yeah yeah ok, go on and show off to the rest of MR that you can afford top of the range M1 mac pro's, just had to make it known to everyone didn't you.