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In U.S. Apple Stores, what's likely to be available for pickup on March 18?
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Good, 7 of Apple's 12 NY stores will have the base Max tomorrow. The 24/7 Fifth Avenue flagship store will sell you one tonight. No Ultras showing up yet, though.
This does show that Apple updates new inventory more than once a day.
Oh I see, I was fooled from the post immediately before that.
No, I was referring to the Mac Studio.
At the premium reseller they had a Studio Display attached to a Mac Mini and no one was interested in that.
Southern California stores got in a fresh inventory of the Max this morning.
The Estero store in Florida has Studio Max. The Naples store in Florida has Studio Ultra. Otherwise, they are out of luck in Florida.
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People may also want to consider places such as Best Buy. Here in the Denver metro area Apple stores won't have the Max available for pickup until April 28th. Best Buy, for example, states it will be available for pickup on April 3rd or, if shipped, arrival by March 31st. The Ultra won't be available at an Apple store until May19th. Best But states it should ship by April 8th. I don't know how reliable that latter is but it's considerably less time than what the Apple store is posting.
I gave up the resellers - had to cancel my online order on launch day because they could not deliver. Ended up going into the Apple Store and picking up the Studio Display and Mac Studio (base).
Depending on when you check the Apple Stores there is HUGE difference in availability for in store purchases.
Yesterday, all 8 Apple stores near me reported none till April.
Then today, a bunch of the base Max Studios showed up at all 8 nearby Apple Stores.
So if you order online, then you may have to wait, but if you check the daily inventory at 8am EDT, Apple Stores will update their availability....
Then again if you are picky and want a CTO/BTO Studio, then it's best to order online as the Apple Stores will carry mainly the base Max and a few base Ultra....
Apple has Max models available at two Denver Apple stores today. See screen captures below, made moments ago.
Last Thursday, Apple changed how it's presenting availability. See posts #201 and #209 above. When it shows a future availability date at a store, that only means that the computer isn't available today.
But the date shown is exactly the same as the latest date if you order for home delivery......🤔
Yes. On Sunday and Monday, Apple's website said that there were no Mac Studios available in New York City. Then last night, it reported that Max models were available immediately from the 24/7 Fifth Avenue store, and at 7 of 12 stores today. Note that this means that Apple is not just updating new inventory at 8 AM Pacific.
I have been told by Apple that its stores will only be carrying base models, which is consistent with what I've seen since the March 18 launch. As I understand it, the same is true of MacBook Pros.
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I am aware Apple is providing estimates on their web site as to when they'll have systems in stock as that's where I got the dates I mentioned in my post. I am also aware that these estimates are not absolute and subject to change.
That said Colorado Springs and, especially Omaha, are not part of the Denver Metro area.
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In any event, a future date does not mean that the store won't have any in stock until that date.Apple regards both of those stores as Denver stores. Look at the search box at the top of the screen captures. In any event, that isn't the point. An availability date in the future does not mean that the store won't have stock sooner, indeed much sooner. On Sunday and most of Monday, the website showed late April availability for the Max at all 12 New York stores. On Monday night, the website showed immediate availability at Apple Fifth Avenue, and availability today at 7 of 12 NY stores.
Your post #231 is understandably, but factually, incorrect, and it's helpful to people to clear this up.
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Then Apple's website is wrong. 474 miles away from Denver cannot, by any reasonable metric, be considered a part of the Denver Metro area. The same goes for Colorado Spring. While it is significantly closer than Omaha it is not part of the Denver metro area either.
I don't believe I either said or implied they couldn't have stock available sooner.
No, it is not. When I wrote post #231 and as I write this post no Apple store within the Denver metro area is expected to have stock of the Max until April 28. The fact Apple mistakenly considers Colorado Springs and, especially, Omaha as part of the Denver metro area does not change the fact that neither is. At least not for people who live here.
That is not what Apple's website means. Surely that's obvious to you now. It certainly would have been if you'd read a few of the posts before yours. For most of Monday Apple's website said the same thing about all 12 NY stores. Last night, that changed to saying that 7 of 12 stores would have stock today. As @MarkC426 says in post #234, the future store date is simply the outside date if you order online and ask for store pickup.
I'm not going to get into an irrelevant debate about how Apple treats Colorado geography. Maybe if you'd done a Denver Apple store search yourself, you would have seen what post #234 shows and saved yourself, and the rest of us, some time.
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I know you're proud to have discovered that Apple's website has gained new functionality and want to express this to all here who will listen.
Post 231 was to remind people of alternatives. It was not to say "Apple will absolutely, positively, under any circumstances never have stock arrive before said dates". This is a strawman you're making.
In fact, as I write this response, two locations...Broomfield and Boulder, which definitely are considered part of the Denver metro area (Boulder may be questionable), have updated to indicate that have them in stock for pick up today.
Yet that's exactly what you've done. I live in the Denver metro area and therefore the location I use to check stock is for the Denver metro area. Stop trying to argue this...you cannot win it.
Yeah-- I've been treating those "Available Thu, Apr 28" for "In-Store Pickup" (that I see today, for example) as basically the option other retailers have to "ship to store", rather than ship to home. It's not an indicator -- for base models, anyways-- of when stores will get stock. Just that if you were to order on a day when they don't have inventory, that's when it would arrive in-store through the online order queue.
I guess it's a little more clear if you add it to your shopping bag:
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I preordered a Mac Studio Max (base) at a local Apple Premium Reseller (Italy) on the 17th. Today I asked for an estimate. They told me 6-8 weeks.
That’s insane.
That’s insane.
Latest NY info is that the Max is available at all 12 stores and the Ultra is available at four of them.
This is a further indication that Apple is adjusting for new inventory more frequently than once a day at 5 AM Pacific Time. This morning, Apple's site only showed 7 stores with Maxes and none with Ultras. Yesterday, the website showed no availability of Studio Macs at NY stores until an evening inventory update (see post #227).
This is a further indication that Apple is adjusting for new inventory more frequently than once a day at 5 AM Pacific Time. This morning, Apple's site only showed 7 stores with Maxes and none with Ultras. Yesterday, the website showed no availability of Studio Macs at NY stores until an evening inventory update (see post #227).
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You can get it quicker direct from Apple (3-4 weeks).
I seriously don't think resellers have/are getting stock any time soon, in reality.
It was a suggestion. Resellers are alternatives. Not sure why people seem to want to ignore them.
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Yet another thing that you're uninformed about. If you read the thread, you'd know that they haven't been ignored. Best Buy, Costco and B&H have been discussed in several posts.
As I said in post #242 it was intended as a reminder. I really don't understand what your problem is with what I had written. You're making a big deal out of it for....????
Florida Apple Stores have the M1 Max Mac Studio today. Also, most Florida Stores have the M1 Ultra Mac Studio as well. Get 'em while they're hot!