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Shipping Estimates Throughout Apple's Online Store Suddenly Rise

MBP is pretty much due for an upgrade. It has been 7 months since upgrade. Currently, MBP sucks against MBA from lacking SSD. MBA boots up under 15 seconds or less. MBP is slow as balls. It ain't MBP no more. 15 inch MBP screen has same resolution as 13 inch MBA. This needs to be changed like soon.

iMac also sucks balls with lack of SSD. 27 inch iMac boots slower than my 11 inch MBA. Why? Apple can offer minor updates by putting in Small SSD.

All of the iOS devices are due for an update.


Other than MBA, Apple Cinema Display and iPads, everything is due for refresh.

Perfect time for holiday shopping.
 
I'm in the US store and it says 2-3 weeks for all iPads right now. Unless I get it engraved, then it says 24 hours. huh?
 
hcho3 said:
MBP is pretty much due for an upgrade. It has been 7 months since upgrade. Currently, MBP sucks against MBA from lacking SSD. MBA boots up under 15 seconds or less. MBP is slow as balls. It ain't MBP no more. 15 inch MBP screen has same resolution as 13 inch MBA. This needs to be changed like soon.

iMac also sucks balls with lack of SSD. 27 inch iMac boots slower than my 11 inch MBA. Why? Apple can offer minor updates by putting in Small SSD.
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I've never appreciated the fascination with boot times. Probably because I only boot my computer a couple times a week, if that. My iPhone 4 takes just as long to boot as my MBP.
 
Maybe it is as simple as the shipping department going full steam on deployments of merchandising materials and "fixtures" for the expected iPhone and iPod Internet Always release.

Apple has a pretty broad transport bandwidth for shipping from suppliers to them and often directly to endpoints, so it may simply be that some manufacturers reduced the number of lines for Macs to reset for Pad, Phone, Pod. We will never hear the details.

There also has to be a couple of hiccups associated with expanding server capacity for the iCloud launch, which may impact sales transaction processing time since the launch is likely to see tens of millions of orders in the first week or two.

I wonder if any little birdies have ways to externally view internet traffic levels going to Apple's server farms?

Rocketman
 
What's the big deal? If you cannot delay gratification, then you really are in need of psychological help. But, then, that's true for most Gen X and Gen Y folks.
 
My 2 cents is that they are merely compensating for the tropical storms that are happening in that area of Asia. Either that or perhaps ensuring the latest software is in the units.

WW
 
hcho3 said:
MBP is pretty much due for an upgrade. It has been 7 months since upgrade. Currently, MBP sucks against MBA from lacking SSD. MBA boots up under 15 seconds or less. MBP is slow as balls. It ain't MBP no more. 15 inch MBP screen has same resolution as 13 inch MBA. This needs to be changed like soon.

iMac also sucks balls with lack of SSD. 27 inch iMac boots slower than my 11 inch MBA. Why? Apple can offer minor updates by putting in Small SSD.

All of the iOS devices are due for an update.


Other than MBA, Apple Cinema Display and iPads, everything is due for refresh.

Perfect time for holiday shopping.
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dude why don't you just put an ssd in your macbook pro??
and upgrade to a 1050p display
 
doctor-don said:
What's the big deal? If you cannot delay gratification, then you really are in need of psychological help. But, then, that's true for most Gen X and Gen Y folks.
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When I was young, I ordered via mail (that's "snail mail") and if what I wanted was in stock I'd be lucky to get it within two weeks after ordering. No Fedex option then either.

And while I'm at it, "get off my lawn!"
 
I think wrathwitch is onto something, pointing out weather problems in factory areas. Perhaps also hedging in case of possible disruptions in shipping, office hours, whatever, on 10th anniversary of sept 11?

doctor-don said: "What's the big deal? If you cannot delay gratification, then you really are in need of psychological help."

I couldn't WAIT to respond to your post! Had to do it right away. Right away! Got nauseous just waiting for my response to....arrgghh. Must need psychological help. Must see a doctor. Oh, wait! Nice marketing. :)
 
NutsNGum said:
Supposedly it's maintenance, and it's been like that for several days. My order went from 24 hours to 2 days back to 1 day.

All the refurbs were mysteriously gone last time I checked, as well.

EDIT: UK store, obviously
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Maintenance would be my assumption out the gate. Had it just been the ipods and the imac, i might have bit.
 
Another thought on product shipping delays

At some point (now?) Apple will be begin shipping massive amounts of new iPhones to the US. This could disrupt shipping schedules for the rest of Apple's products. There's got to be a limit on available planes and pilots that can fly that route.

OR,

If rumors that the new phones are being manufactured but are waiting for the new iOSare true, than hundreds of thousands of new phones are/have been shipped because they are NOT stacked at the factory. that just seems like a logistical nightmare. My guess is they are in the US. And THAT'S whats causing the disruption.

Plausable?
 
Nik said:
It's the Typhoon in Taiwan which affects air traffic: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-08-28/world/taiwan.typhoon_1_taiwan-pangasinan-luzon?_s=PM:WORLD

The shortages occur just now because the stocks have dwindled and reach a low today.
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It is probably this. Tim Cook is a supply chain genius, so it's unlikely they got caught out suddenly by supply issues.

I notice that the site is a bit inconsistent. If I select a base MacBook Air, it takes 3-5 days. If I customize it (bigger SSD, i7), it "drops" to 2-4 days.
 
Yearly inventory

I'm not sure how Apple does it, but all companies must take an annual inventory for tax purposes. Basically it means the company stops selling everything and counts all the items they have to sell. It can take a few days. There are certain legal methods of counting inventory one has to adhere to. Doing annual inventory is a great test of a company's efficiency, and Apple is a pretty efficient company, but they still have a lot of products to count!

This would explain why refurb items are taking longer - refurb stuff needs to be handled differently and can take longer to account for.
 
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