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MP 7,1 Has ANYONE outside US received an email?
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I sent a message to a friend in Switzerland today, and she replied. Emails are getting through to Europe.
They are discussing a specific email announcement from Apple. Not email in general.
Oh, thanks for that. I was addressing the question posed in the threads subject line.
I clicked the 'notify me' button at least once. No email in the UK – but I've given up hope of getting one in 2019 anyway. More waiting, thanks Apple.
This is so bizarre. Why are some people getting emails and the majority still didn’t?
The original non-USA signups probably needed to be nix'ed because it lacked 100% GDPR compliance or some similar regulation.
At least they could’ve updated the website, giving some indication. But alright. I think we will all be able to order tomorrow. I’m just afraid now of not getting through in the business hotline here between 6pm and 8pm in the evening when orders should come online.
I already raised my credit card limit today to not take any chances
I doubt any of us know the answer to the question and I'm not sure it really matters. Apple has made notification the 7,1 Mac Pro will start pre-orders sometime tomorrow. Unless pre-orders are limited only to those who signed up for and received a notification at this point, IMO, it doesn't really matter if someone has or has not received a notification. Tomorrow, when you become aware pre-orders are being taken, order one.
Early adopter syndrome on a $6K+ purchase is really taking control of these threads. The machines will eventually be readily available for purchase and would recommend waiting for at least the first few off the line to get the kinks worked out, not to mention OS changes/updates that will be need to improve and/or fix issues.
The MBP16,1 is a good indication that stuff will mostly work, but you're going to want some "stuff" fixed before it's really ready for primetime (ie, at least one OS update and/or bug fix release). Nothing in the next 3 weeks is miraculously changing in system requirements to basically lose business by not immediately acquiring an MP7,1. If you're at that point, you're doing something wrong.
Would be willing to bet nearly ANY BTO config that isn't baseline will have a shipping delay beyond initial deliveries. Delivery right before Christmas does little to nothing for most business users. Also would be willing to bet AVID is going to have first access to max spec'd machine deliveries. The "studios" working on ATV productions already have their machines and will be getting more (probably before most other people do).
The MBP16,1 is a good indication that stuff will mostly work, but you're going to want some "stuff" fixed before it's really ready for primetime (ie, at least one OS update and/or bug fix release). Nothing in the next 3 weeks is miraculously changing in system requirements to basically lose business by not immediately acquiring an MP7,1. If you're at that point, you're doing something wrong.
Would be willing to bet nearly ANY BTO config that isn't baseline will have a shipping delay beyond initial deliveries. Delivery right before Christmas does little to nothing for most business users. Also would be willing to bet AVID is going to have first access to max spec'd machine deliveries. The "studios" working on ATV productions already have their machines and will be getting more (probably before most other people do).
At least they could’ve updated the website, giving some indication. But alright. I think we will all be able to order tomorrow. I’m just afraid now of not getting through in the business hotline here between 6pm and 8pm in the evening when orders should come online.
I already raised my credit card limit today to not take any chances
do you have to call? I just have an online store set up for each of my businesses and can order online.
Not really.. One of my major clients is a film composer who is mid way through a studio build and needs everything in during January for upcoming projects. I need his Mac Pro asap to test with his configurations and hardware.. so some of us have very valid reasons.
If the target is Jan 31 that's probably still fine even with some lead time on BTO. Spec'ing in product that's not available yet and with a history of long leads into a time sensitive construction seems iffy to begin with though.
If you need everything in and ready to go by first week of Jan 2020 you should really start looking at iMac/iMacPro/MP6,1 as stopgap solutions if your client is that important. No amount of all-nighters is going to make up for shipping or BTO delays.
Indeed. Especially I’m worried about ordering through the business hotline, never done that before, it seems prone to problems during the configuration or even just reaching someone during this run...
The last time I did... the process to get an invoice our and get them to process it made me miss a delivery window for a few days