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What Mac Studio SoC configuration did you order?

  • M1 Max 10-core CPU, 24-core GPU

    Votes: 233 34.5%
  • M1 Max 10-core CPU, 32-core GPU

    Votes: 186 27.5%
  • M1 Ultra 20-core CPU, 48-core GPU

    Votes: 171 25.3%
  • M1 Ultra 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU

    Votes: 86 12.7%

  • Total voters
    676

Ned911

macrumors newbie
Oct 26, 2014
6
2
Ordered 3/21, delivery time frame is May 3-10. Just changed from processing to preparing to ship.
 

ct2k7

macrumors G3
Aug 29, 2008
8,382
3,439
London
@smr I think mine will be delivered tomorrow like yours - it has missed the estimated window and hasn't left the depot for delivery.
 

smr

macrumors 6502a
Sep 14, 2007
821
201
Shropshire, UK
@smr I think mine will be delivered tomorrow like yours - it has missed the estimated window and hasn't left the depot for delivery.
Mine is also still in Essex, but still showing delivery tomorrow. Come on UPS, still a bit of a way to go to get to Shropshire…
 

oheas

macrumors newbie
Mar 17, 2022
18
0
Is anyone's ASD being shipped via FedEx? It's been over 1 day since mine went into "shipping" but the tracking page still isn't working for FedEx.
 

ifrins

macrumors newbie
Jul 28, 2014
18
6
Same. Stuck in HK since 2nd, got "Package is delayed in transit. Delivery will be rescheduled." It's a guessing game now.
I think mine is on the same batch. Shipped on the 29th, has been stuck in HK since then. Original estimated delivery date (from Apple) was today but they don’t really know when it will happen.
 

drewaz

macrumors 6502
Dec 4, 2012
497
270
Phoenix
it looks like my MAX will arrive weeks before the display. There isn't a display in an Apple store here but it looks like Best Buy can deliver one in 4 or 5 days. Is there any downside to buying one from Best Buy?
 

Dom.S

macrumors member
Feb 22, 2008
90
57
If you want a tilt display I can’t see any reason to order it from Apple at this point. A few days wait vs a couple of months and, in the UK at least, you might get a longer warranty included from a reseller too.

I’d love to know whether it’s a production/supply issue or whether demand is just way more than they anticipated. I guess Apple have form for thinking people aren’t that interested in standalone displays.
 
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Bones13

macrumors regular
Oct 7, 2008
144
62
My mac studio is still listed to be in Hong Kong, but UPS actually changed from undetermined to this coming Monday 4/11. An improvement. I might even believe it if I see some other location than Hong Kong.
 
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Dom.S

macrumors member
Feb 22, 2008
90
57
I'd be getting the one with a VESA mount, because I like to angle my monitors
That’s what I’m waiting on. 19 May - 6 June is going to feel like a long wait if my Studio does turn up next week.
 
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enricoclaudio

macrumors 6502a
Jun 5, 2017
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I'd be getting the one with a VESA mount, because I like to angle my monitors

Same here. Ordered a pair with VESA mount on March 31st with scheduled delivery for May 27 - June 13. If I find them before at Best Buy or local Apple Store, I will buy them and cancel my online order.
 

ct2k7

macrumors G3
Aug 29, 2008
8,382
3,439
London
Same here. Ordered a pair with VESA mount on March 31st with scheduled delivery for May 27 - June 13. If I find them before at Best Buy or local Apple Store, I will buy them and cancel my online order.
Note that I haven't ordered it yet - I've still 2 LG Ultrafines 4k (prior to refresh) which do the job perfectly fine. This is a future thought though
 

smr

macrumors 6502a
Sep 14, 2007
821
201
Shropshire, UK
Right but...in the larger scheme of things the burden of setting one package aside until the other arrives seems awfully small.
I agree, setting a package aside isn’t a problem. The problems are:
1) Return windows - I would like to keep the option to return my Mac Studio/Display setup if for wherever reason it doesn’t meet my needs e.g. I suddenly come to my senses and realise a 24” iMac is all I need. If e.g. the monitor arrives 2wks before the Mac, I can’t then return the monitor because I’m outside the 14d return window. My Magic Keyboard & Mouse (ordered at the same time as the Mac & display) arrived 4 weeks ago, so if I do decide to return the Mac Studio/Display, I can’t now return the Magic Keyboard & Mouse.
2) Warranty - the Magic Keyboard & Mouse now only have 11 months of warranty left and I haven’t even used them. (The box says the Magic Keyboard is only compatible with Apple Silicon Macs - I assume this is just the touch ID, but I also want to keep the nice new keyboard for use with my nice new Mac.) It would be nice to have a full 12 months warranty for the whole system from the first day of use.
3) Cash flow - not too much of a problem for me, but Apple have some of my cash for bits of a system that I can’t use yet. I would rather keep my cash until I can have the whole system.
4) Deliveries - There isn’t always someone at home to receive the deliveries, so some effort is needed to manage this for each delivery. One delivery is three times less effort than three.

One added advantage is that someone who wants their order ASAP gets it bit earlier because I’m prepared to wait ;)

I guess part of the problem is the separate Mac Studio/Display is replacing an all-in-one 27” iMac, so I can’t use the old Mac with the new display if it arrives early, or the old display with the new Mac if it arrives early.

A difference may be that Amazon are literally a warehousing company, with lots of things on shelves ready to go out. Whereas particularly for the New Hotness, Apple are almost certainly shipping product as they roll of the line. Introducing an option to aggregate orders means having to store the constituent pieces somewhere, until they can all go out - which costs money and introduces additional logistic challenges. They may not perceive the marginal benefit to a handful of customer to be worth the additional infrastructure and logistic design.
What I have in mind doesn’t need Apple to store e.g. the Mac whilst we all wait for the display to be made. It should be possible to sync delivery by managing the two order queues. For example, supply of item A is constrained with a short lead time, and item B constrained with a long lead time. Rather than ship item A as soon as it is ready, I’m given a place in the A queue that aligns with my place in the B queue. Alignment could be checked periodically and adjusted if e.g. A starts to become more constrained etc. Both A and B then ship at the appropriate time with the courier asked to deliver them at the same time (or they go to a distribution centre to be shipped together). An additional logistical challenge I agree, but not impossible.
 
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