UK New MacBook Pro Thread.

[Sonic]

Got it... 2.6/512/16! Ordered 12/6, due today, came today.

No defects, lovely. Expensive but lovely. Still weighty compared to the old Alu MBP I have. I do see some sluggishness but the rate at which games play makes me think this is something that can be improved in software. It's such a pleasure to use this screen, that I'm prepared to take a small hit in scrolling smoothness... Hopefully as people have said it will be improved in ML anyway.

Good luck with yours, everyone!

 

[Hioctane]

Mines not due till 19th-25th July
Makes no odds if it arrives early as I'll be away on holiday. Unless it arrives mega early.
If it arrives late it will miss my Birthday

Oh well, there is always their 'token of appreciation' to cheer me up, along with my nice new 1st ever Mac of course

 

[Aksta]

Some people have been getting theirs earlier than that date though so it isn't set in stone.

Haven't heard of anyone in the UK getting their before the estimated delivery in the 2-3week group

 

[deerfaced]

So I'm guessing now I have to wait for the apple order page to update with a tracking number for fedex/ups or something?

No sneaky way of finding out? The status page said it went to goldstar?

 

[striker33]

Got it... 2.6/512/16! Ordered 12/6, due today, came today.

No defects, lovely. Expensive but lovely. Still weighty compared to the old Alu MBP I have. I do see some sluggishness but the rate at which games play makes me think this is something that can be improved in software. It's such a pleasure to use this screen, that I'm prepared to take a small hit in scrolling smoothness... Hopefully as people have said it will be improved in ML anyway.

Good luck with yours, everyone!

Most of the laggyness in terms of the UI will be fixed.

You will always get scroll lag in browsers though. Even my maxed out 2011 iMac 27" got it when only a few browser windows were open.

When browsers are updated to take advantage of the CPU better, things will improve no doubt.

 

[vito]

Ordered mine on the 15th, shipped yesterday, says for delivery on the 7th! Probably have it on the 10th I suspect.

Apple estimate prior to shipment was the 18th of July.

 

[r3dm4lcz]

Still haven't ordered mine. With the current delivery estimates of 3-4 weeks, I'm tempted to just wait until month-end and see the estimates again. Are people finding the estimates correct?

I was on holiday immediately after the WWDC and only got back last week. All the news of lag shocked me at first and was a little confusing. Finally got round to reading the full Anand review today and had a bit of an enlightenment. All of this lag is around the highest resolution, correct? This seems a moot point from my point of view as I'll be using 'Best for Retina' mode and not the 'More Space'. Am I understanding this rightly? Seems a lot of people's posts on here are very confused.

Also, if this is right, presumably the frames rates are identical when comparing rMBP 'Best for Retina' with normal 2011 MBP?

 

[CRD90]

Yep! You might well get it before me, though. I'm taking the morning off, if I go to work to find out it's arrived and i've missed it after a month of waiting? I'll spew. Shame i'm working all weekend

Mine says:


Same as you? Reckon it's in the UK....

Yeah, it seems to have arrived a lot earlier than the estimate, but is now waiting at customs. Hopefully it passes through quickly!

 

[Taylor-C]

My UPS Tracking Info just changed to say that it had it's 'Export Scan' from Shanghai (even though it was shipped yesterday...).
Apple is still saying 5th delivery and UPS says 6th!

 

[i-aamir]

Praise be to the god of all things green and fruity .

It has arrived!

Congrats on the new machine and thanks for the ups info earlier.

Please let us know your thoughts once you've had a good play with it. In particular about the scroll lag? Does it happen in safari on general websites?

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My order status still says:

Estimated Delivery Date (Subject to change) Jul*06,*2012
In Transit to Customer - Shipment on Schedule *

Even though it was delivered to the merging centre Yesterday at 8:30pm!

No UPS info yet either I wonder how long it will take.

Anyone in the same position waiting for ups tracking info to appear on apple's bridge point site?

 

[TopToffee]

Congrats on the new machine and thanks for the ups info earlier.

Please let us know your thoughts once you've had a good play with it. In particular about the scroll lag? Does it happen in safari on general websites?

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Mine still says:

Estimated Delivery Date (Subject to change) Jul*06,*2012
In Transit to Customer - Shipment on Schedule *

And it was delivered to the merging centre Yesterday at 8:30pm!

No UPS info yet I wonder how long it will take.

Mine's said the same thing (In Transit to Customer) since about noon. I'm hoping this might indicate a delivery tomorrow, in spite of the 6th estimate.

Can't see why UPS would want to keep high value stuff like this sitting round in their warehouse.

 

[i-aamir]

Mine's said the same thing (In Transit to Customer) since about noon. I'm hoping this might indicate a delivery tomorrow, in spite of the 6th estimate.

Can't see why UPS would want to keep high value stuff like this sitting round in their warehouse.

Yeah I agree it's quite odd to be honest. Have you had any UPS info yet?

 

[parish]

Mine's said the same thing (In Transit to Customer) since about noon. I'm hoping this might indicate a delivery tomorrow, in spite of the 6th estimate.

Can't see why UPS would want to keep high value stuff like this sitting round in their warehouse.

So does mine, but the 5th not the 6th although the shipping email said on or before the 4th!

Not got a UPS tracking number yet - presumably that appears next to Delivery Service? Has yours got a tracking number?

 

[TopToffee]

Yeah I agree it's quite odd to be honest. Have you had any UPS info yet?

not yet, no.

 

[Scissors]

For those whose rMBP has not yet gone "preparing for shipment" and who think they be in for a long wait, from my own experience I can now say that Apple's estimates can be very conservative.

I originally ordered an hour or two after the UK Apple Store came back online following Tim Cook's presentation on 11 June. I was given an estimated despatch of 5-7 days.

A couple of days later I read that the memory wasn't upgradeable, so I cancelled my original order and had a new estimated despatch of 3-4 weeks with an estimated delivery of 12 to 18 July. Not ideal because I'm on holiday then but I thought I'd rather have what I really want than what I can manage with.

Anyway, to my amazement, my order went "preparing for despatch" last Monday, 25 June and was shipped on 26 June. It arrived today, a full 9 days earlier than the earliest, and a full 15 days earlier than the latest, estimated delivery dates.

So, my advice would be to get your order right (one or two on here have doubts about whether 8GB is enough - change it now before it's too late) and you may just get lucky and get your order much quicker than you expect.

Mark

 

[ayzee]

Congrats on the new machine and thanks for the ups info earlier.

Please let us know your thoughts once you've had a good play with it. In particular about the scroll lag? Does it happen in safari on general websites?

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My order status still says:

Estimated Delivery Date (Subject to change) Jul*06,*2012
In Transit to Customer - Shipment on Schedule *

Even though it was delivered to the merging centre Yesterday at 8:30pm!

No UPS info yet either I wonder how long it will take.

Anyone in the same position waiting for ups tracking info to appear on apple's bridge point site?

I'm in the same boat, no ups info yet, delivery estimate 5/6th July

 

[Edswr]

I love everyone's fervour on this thread especially when it comes to tracking their laptop down!
I'm wondering if anyone can help me out. My laptop's been ordered through something at Uni, so unfortunately I don't have access to the tracking details. I've been bugging the crap out of the guy on the phone - I was expecting a delivery today but alas its still shipping to the supplier.

All I know is that they ordered it on the first day it came out (Although I assume they mean the 12th) and it comes bundled with a Superdrive; from what I've read off this thread that might slow things down. The model is the basic lower config, and they said yesterday "Its shipping from China" if thats any clue.

I can only wish it to hurry up but if I get an idea of when I can pick it up, that would help my sanity.

 

[daleski75]

I love everyone's fervour on this thread especially when it comes to tracking their laptop down!
I'm wondering if anyone can help me out. My laptop's been ordered through something at Uni, so unfortunately I don't have access to the tracking details. I've been bugging the crap out of the guy on the phone - I was expecting a delivery today but alas its still shipping to the supplier.

All I know is that they ordered it on the first day it came out (Although I assume they mean the 12th) and it comes bundled with a Superdrive; from what I've read off this thread that might slow things down. The model is the basic lower config, and they said yesterday "Its shipping from China" if thats any clue.

I can only wish it to hurry up but if I get an idea of when I can pick it up, that would help my sanity.

Did you order it through a 3rd party?

 

[Edswr]

Did you order it through a 3rd party?

Basically, yes. I will get it the day after it arrives with them.

 

[BB.King]

Anybody ordered on the 12th still shows Processing Item? Getting a bit pissed off my are still not ready to ship, they are not even BTO, just lower and higher rmbp.

 

[killianb]

Anybody ordered on the 12th still shows Processing Item? Getting a bit pissed off my are still not ready to ship, they are not even BTO, just lower and higher rmbp.

Yup. I ordered on the 12th too and mine is still processing.

 

[jeopardy2311]

Sorry guys but i am not understanding this tracking thing. How are some people tracking using UPS and I cant? I got the shipped email today and I only managed to see some information on expo's website that indicate it is coming with a batch that weighs 236 KGs but i cant see anything else. How can I track it with UPS (if that's possible?) ? Thanks a lot

 

[PVisitors]

Still haven't ordered mine. With the current delivery estimates of 3-4 weeks, I'm tempted to just wait until month-end and see the estimates again. Are people finding the estimates correct?

I was on holiday immediately after the WWDC and only got back last week. All the news of lag shocked me at first and was a little confusing. Finally got round to reading the full Anand review today and had a bit of an enlightenment. All of this lag is around the highest resolution, correct? This seems a moot point from my point of view as I'll be using 'Best for Retina' mode and not the 'More Space'. Am I understanding this rightly? Seems a lot of people's posts on here are very confused.

Also, if this is right, presumably the frames rates are identical when comparing rMBP 'Best for Retina' with normal 2011 MBP?

I can only give you what I saw from the Apple store, but I did spend around 15 minutes playing with it and then a quick comparison to the normal MBPs. (Surprised how busy the Apple store was, yet there were about 7 MBPR's on a table and I was the only one there on it aside from some people glancing quickly. Nor did an Apple rep approach me, which I put down to it probably not being in stock).

But the lag was over-stated. It was a tiny bit choppy on theverge but that is because it is full of rich content, but completely useable. Scrolling at 100mph up and down most normal pages there was barely any lag. Indeed neither did the GUI lag like people are saying. If you were to scroll in normal use, it would be perfectly acceptable. This was at 'best for retina'. The way some people talk about the lag issue on here they make it sound like it is unresponsive to your touch on the trackpad and that it judders everywhere. This was not the case.

Using 1900x1200, it did lag a bit more and there were some general GUI lag, and I think I would agree with Anand. Right now, 1900x1200 is borderline unusable in Lion, but best for retina to me was perfectly acceptable.

Oh, it is also worth noting that this didn't even have the 1gb software update applied. So I imagine if this was applied, it would be even less noticeable. Remember this is lion performance and will only get better once Mountain Lion is released.

However, unfortunately it wasn't to the levels of a normal Macbook Pro. When I compared to the original models, you could tell the MBP scrolled much smoother. Buut, if I hadn't seen the Macbook Pro original performance, I wouldn't have noticed a difference. So I don't think it is anything to worry about unless you are a true perfectionist and like to ping up and down rich content pages at 100mph all the time. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it myself as I was expecting the worst and to go home and cancel my order. After seeing this thing twice, both times I have left the Apple store content.

 

[deerfaced]

Sorry guys but i am not understanding this tracking thing. How are some people tracking using UPS and I cant? I got the shipped email today and I only managed to see some information on expo's website that indicate it is coming with a batch that weighs 236 KGs but i cant see anything else. How can I track it with UPS (if that's possible?) ? Thanks a lot

if you're tracking the plane from CN to UK then that all you can do for now as far as I can tell. US orders can track using ups from start to finish as I believe ups do the whole thing for them.

you'll have to wait till it comes in, goes where it needs to go, and UPS receive your laptop (and apple update your order page) before you can track it on the truck.

I'm still waiting to hear of there's any sneaky way of finding out ups details early once it's got to the processing facility in London, but I'm not sure if there is!

 

[jeopardy2311]

if you're tracking the plane from CN to UK then that all you can do for now as far as I can tell. US orders can track using ups from start to finish as I believe ups do the whole thing for them.

you'll have to wait till it comes in, goes where it needs to go, and UPS receive your laptop (and apple update your order page) before you can track it on the truck.

I'm still waiting to hear of there's any sneaky way of finding out ups details early once it's got to the processing facility in London, but I'm not sure if there is!

Thanks a lot for your reply. I never got this way of tracking from an Apple order. Anyway I really hope it comes safe and on time to London, I cant wait for it... if you do manage to find the way o track it with UPS please let us know. Thanks