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Shortages of Intel's Arrandale Chips Continue, But Apple Maintains Short Shipping Windows on Standard MacBook Pros

aiqw9182 said:
This is the reason why it's better to have multiple chip suppliers. The sooner AMD gets on board the better.
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apple does not have to worry about supplies, and if they did start to use AMD they can kiss any special favor from Intel, that one bitter taste to Intel. ARM on the other hand Intel would be so happy I think if Apple acquired it.

I have nothing against AMD but I see no reason to move to them at this time, but that may change in the future for sure.

But I do like their 6 core chip, tight.
 
kiljoy616 said:
apple does not have to worry about supplies, and if they did start to use AMD they can kiss any special favor from Intel, that one bitter taste to Intel. ARM on the other hand Intel would be so happy I think if Apple acquired it.

I have nothing against AMD but I see no reason to move to them at this time, but that may change in the future for sure.

But I do like their 6 core chip, tight.
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Supplies were the very reason as to why this update took so long... and Intel hasn't been doing Apple much favors as of late by forcing them to use their graphics for their i processors which would essentially cripple the 13".
 
Well I ordered 2 MacBook Pro 17" i7 7200 rpm 500gb drive with Antiglare through the online Business Store, on the 13th at 12:30pm. I still have "not yet shipped" on the order. I have called Apple several times, but nobody can tell me exactly why they have not shipped (even though other exact configs ordered after mine have). All they have done is refunded the overnight shipping charge. This is so frustrating.:mad:
 
Intel is really pushing its luck. AMD awaits if they continue to drop the ball. I hope that doesn't happen but one has to believe Apple will lose patience.
 
High Resolution

I'd like to know why Apple charges $100 extra for the High Resolution screen when it could just be included with the Macbook. Of course I understand it's to make extra cash, but really, it's a feature that's norm for laptops. Actually, 1080p is the norm now for laptops.

Maybe Apple is trying to milk it as much as they can, until they HAVE to include it.

Either way, it's no problem for me. I'm assuming it'll have this high resolution next round of updates, in which case, I'll upgrade!
 
lewchenko said:
Delays in Europe huh...

maybe they gave the european stock to the US like they did the iPad..

or

less demand in Europe due to the price hikes (again) despite the currencies being stronger than they were at the last update.
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The biggest delay factor in Europe was due to the Icelandic volcano causing flights to be completely shutdown for almost a week. My Girlfriend's new MBP had been delayed because they couldn't ship the units from China.
 
Eidorian said:
The iPad has everything to do with the launches of other Apple products.

Otherwise other vendors have been able to provide a wide range of Arrandale based computers since January.
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They could've easily released the new MacBook Pro's in January. It was just slight spec bump, nothing that would steal the iPad's thunder.
 
13" is definitely responsible for the most sales and it is still C2D.
Only the highend premium notebooks have Arrendale and they are not that big in volume. I doubt Apple needs all that many chips. Asus or Acer need a lot more as they ship the chips in much cheaper high volume notebooks.
 
Just ordered my 15" MBP. When I selected the 7200rpm drive, the shipping went from 24 hours to 1-3 days... Then I selected the hi-res glossy display... and it jumped to 5-7 days.

:(

Well it'll be here sooner or later... Hopefully before my May 7th trip to New Orleans.
 
My order went in on April 14th for a 15" i7, 8GB ram with the high res, antiglare screen. Yesterday I got an email indicating that the ship date has slipped to "on or before May 5th". So basically 3 weeks from order date.
 
Eidorian said:
I think the big question is why didn't they?

It's barely worth mentioning on their home page.
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Apple always delays notebook updates by one to several months. We waited for penryn, we waited for Montevina etc. The only thing that gets updates near product launch seems to be the Mac Pro and Apple's mobile devices.
 
aiqw9182 said:
Read the title of this thread for your answer.
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Sadly I'm not that pedestrian.

chrmjenkins said:
Apple always delays notebook updates by one to several months. We waited for penryn, we waited for Montevina etc. The only thing that gets updates near product launch seems to be the Mac Pro and Apple's mobile devices.
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I believe that the iPad had a much stronger influence than the usual delay.
 
Still waiting for my Core i7 hi-res 15" MacBook Pro

I ordered my upgraded 15" MacBook Pro from Expercom.com last week (the 16th) and they still haven't received my MacBook Pro from Apple. They had one heck of a deal on exactly what I wanted - the Core i7 processor, hi-res display and 7200-RPM hard drive, plus AppleCare Warranty - for just $2,500 including shipping! NO taxes - the most beautiful thing about internet commerce. Their shipping window was 3-5 business days, so maybe I'll get lucky and it will ship today! Not holding my breath after reading this however. :rolleyes:
 
cmaier said:
Unsteady supplies, and it took some time to engineer the dual-graphics solution and to obtain the graphics part for the 13".
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32nm and the AES instruction set are the only changes that stand out for Westmere.

Auburndale was in the pipeline until then entire 45nm dual core, four thread line was replaced.
 
Eidorian said:
The constant rumors of new Arrandale MacBook Pros. Intution as well but I admit that I don't run Apple.

iPad is the star for Apple. All other products take the back burner. Even OS X itself.
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I won't argue with your latter assertion. I believe that Apple thinks they are getting marketshare from the bottom up, luring people in with their cheaper mobile devices and getting the up-sell eventually.
 
i was going to wait about a week or so after launch to see if it would be worth it, im so glad i bought it within 2 hours of the launch, otherwise waiting for it to ship would be the death of me!
 
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