The "I just bought/ordered/got/shipped my new/refurb MBA" thread, [Merged]

[Wokis]

I was correct! It arrived way earlier than end-of-day So yeah, BTO Starlight, 10c GPU, 24GB RAM, 1TB. Finally. THE WAIT IS OVER! Edit: I should add that I ordered on July 8th within the first two minutes of the store going back up.




Compared to my 2012 MBA


This is the (parts of) EU 35W adapter with two thingies, to the right. To the left is a 100W GaN adapter. Not impressive size-wise I think. Hoped it'd be smaller. Maybe I'll just try and get by with the iPad Mini 20W charger in the bag.


Fun thing to note. Many cheap-o USB-C cables that have alt-mode capabilities (eg. being able to carry a display stream) are able to support the Thunderbolt protocol, albeit usually below 40Gbit speeds. Still, it beats out Wi-Fi and you might actually own one of these cables. I transfered almost 500GB of crap and it went by VERY fast.


If someone worried the 1TB version would have a single 1TB NAND, it does not. Or it's a very fast NAND. MBP 16" 2019 to the left.



I immediately threw it in the deep-end with productivity and games. Has been slaughtering it so far and makes my 2019 MBP a bit embarrassed. Going to do more video production tests on it but have to download some material off of the work servers first, so my old MBP is currently doing that with the fans swirling away in the other room

 

[applenerd1218]

I woke up to a wonderful update this morning! it made it to the states, in Memphis now awaiting import release. It's almost here!! I love the energy that comes with new product releases. (even if you don't actually get anything for nearly a month after preorders lol)

Is it normal to see 'no signature required' ? I thought all apple products required a signature.

 

[tweaknmod]

I just ordered an M2 MBA with 16/512 in silver. I'm a reasonably patient man, but it's going to be tough to not keep checking that order status, lol...

I think I'll work on a checklist of settings to adjust, and apps to install, while I wait.

 

[Titus2Woman]

Please forgive my ignorance... I see many many posts stating that their MBAs are leaving ZhengZhou, China. My update is showing it is in Shanghai, China. Is Shanghai a stop prior to ZhengZhou or is mine taking a different path? I tried to find an offical list of the stops I should expect my machine to make before posting but the only one I found was behind a paid subscription so I thought I would post here to find out what is next. It had stated that it was awaiting clearance. Was that customs or is there another stop it has to make for customs? Sorry if this is information I should know or have found somewhere.

 

[Lola Colonna]

Please forgive my ignorance... I see many many posts stating that their MBAs are leaving ZhengZhou, China. My update is showing it is in Shanghai, China. Is Shanghai a stop prior to ZhengZhou or is mine taking a different path? I tried to find an offical list of the stops I should expect my machine to make before posting but the only one I found was behind a paid subscription so I thought I would post here to find out what is next. It had stated that it was awaiting clearance. Was that customs or is there another stop it has to make for customs? Sorry if this is information I should know or have found somewhere.

I’m not an expert but if you’re in Europe, I think your route might be with the 5X11 from Shanghai to Seoul and from Seoul to Cologne. Maybe someone else knows what the route is when you’re somewhere else in the world?

 

[Titus2Woman]

I’m not an expert but if you’re in Europe, I think your route might be with the 5X11 from Shanghai to Seoul and from Seoul to Cologne. Maybe someone else knows what the route is when you’re somewhere else in the world?

Sorry, I am in the USA

 

[apocalyarts]

Also got my 10/16/512 Midnight today! Oh boy is it pretty. Currently considering to not use it and just worship it instead

 

[Lola Colonna]

Sorry, I am in the USA

Ah, can’t help you there. Maybe it helps if you provide which courier Apple used. I’ve so far seen UPS and FedEx. UPS seems to ship to the USA via Anchorage. Hope someone can help you.

 

[fcracer]

Finally changed to “preparing to ship” yesterday and today has a said it shipped. Delivery date is now July 27th which is near the tail end of the original July 21-28 estimate. Hope the silver was worth waiting for so I can return the space grey that arrived on July 17th!

Closing the loop. Ordered July 12th, Silver 10C/16GB/1TB. Estimated delivery of July 21-28. Delivered July 27. Silver is old school, and that's why I like it. Reminds me of my first 13" MacBook Pro Retina and a nice change after seven years of Space Grey. Good luck to your delivery and hope your new machine comes soon!

 

[carfo]

16GB/256/10C Midnight ordered a minute after orders opened up. Tracking said delivery is today but the last update I see is that it departed Korea around midnight (my time). I highly doubt it'll be at my door by 7pm but here's to hoping!

 

[Pedicone1211]

Ordered on 7/15 around 12 PM EST, midnight 10/16/512 , no movement yet, still on Processing. 🙁

 

[bulbbeing]

Ordered on 7/15 around 12 PM EST, midnight 10/16/512 , no movement yet, still on Processing. 🙁

Ordered on July 11th a midnight 8/24/1tb and still processing.

 

[Rob JJ]

My Midnight 10/16/1TB shows label created in Shanghai on 7/24 with expected delivery on 8/1...but now showing delivery (small town Wisconsin) on 7/29...whoop whoop.

 

[applenerd1218]

Please forgive my ignorance... I see many many posts stating that their MBAs are leaving ZhengZhou, China. My update is showing it is in Shanghai, China. Is Shanghai a stop prior to ZhengZhou or is mine taking a different path? I tried to find an offical list of the stops I should expect my machine to make before posting but the only one I found was behind a paid subscription so I thought I would post here to find out what is next. It had stated that it was awaiting clearance. Was that customs or is there another stop it has to make for customs? Sorry if this is information I should know or have found somewhere.

UPS tends to route through ZhengZhou, FedEx tends to route through Shanghai. I have fedex, it went Shanghai > Sennan-shi Japan, Memphis TN (where it is now.)

 

[hez86]

Thought I would post my UK timeline in case it was useful for anyone waiting.

Midnight 10/16/512 ordered just after they went on sale to the UK. Changed to shipped on 20 July and then the following updates via the DHL tracker until it got delivered yesterday (25 July). Original estimate was 1-8 August so came early. Very impressed with that shipping time given it came directly from China.

All Shipment Updates

• Monday
  

  25. July 2022​

  14:01 Local time
  
  Delivered
  Service Area: SOUTHAMPTON - UK
  1 Piece

• Monday
  

  25. July 2022​

  09:18 Local time
  
  Shipment is out with courier for delivery
  SOUTHAMPTON - UK
  1 Piece
• 06:04 Local time
  
  Arrived at DHL Delivery Facility SOUTHAMPTON - UK
  SOUTHAMPTON - UK
  1 Piece
• 04:42 Local time
  
  Shipment has departed from a DHL facility LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  1 Piece
• 01:35 Local time
  
  Processed at LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  1 Piece
• 00:06 Local time
  
  Arrived at DHL Sort Facility LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  LONDON-HEATHROW - UK
  1 Piece

• Sunday
  

  24. July 2022​

  21:03 Local time
  
  Shipment has departed from a DHL facility EAST MIDLANDS - UK
  EAST MIDLANDS - UK
  1 Piece
• 19:45 Local time
  
  Processed at EAST MIDLANDS - UK
  EAST MIDLANDS - UK
  1 Piece

• Wednesday
  

  20. July 2022​

  20:00 Local time
  
  Shipment picked up
  SOUTHWEST AREA - CHINA MAINLAND
  1 Piece

 

[fhamadeh]

I submitted my order within minutes after the Apple Store came back up on July 8. Midnight 10/24/512. Original delivery window of August 2–9. It was then moved up to Aug. 1–8. Then moved up again to July 27. Ended up being delivered yesterday, Monday, July 25. Unfortunately, I’m at a conference this week and won’t be back home until Thursday, July 28, but at least I know my new MBA will be waiting for me.

 

[moxxey]

I just ordered an M2 MBA with 16/512 in silver. I'm a reasonably patient man, but it's going to be tough not to keep checking that order status, lol...

I think I'll work on a checklist of settings to adjust, and apps to install, while I wait.

I think it will take a while. Mine is still 'Processing' and I ordered 9 July. 8/24/512

 

[nikhsub1]

Seems fedex is really holding my computer hostage until Thursday for some unknown reason...

 

[86Hawkeye]

Ordered on 7/15 around 12 PM EST, midnight 10/16/512 , no movement yet, still on Processing. 🙁

Get used to that. I ordered my midnight 8/16/512 an hour after pre-orders began on July 8 and it’s still “processing”.

 

[Pedicone1211]

Get used to that. I ordered my midnight 8/16/512 an hour after pre-orders began on July 8 and it’s still “processing”.

This is very odd since I didn’t do a trade-in. Just showed up now when I checked status on the app.

 

[Pedicone1211]

This is very odd since I didn’t do a trade-in. Just showed up now when I checked status on the app. View attachment 2034829

Apple is ******** the bed entirely! 💩

 

[captainderry]

Ordered July 8th to pickup at Dallas Apple store, showing shipped but still showing 2-3 weeks delivery. Is that likely to still be the case or is it just not updated when shipping to a store?

 

[jdb8167]

Ordered July 8th to pickup at Dallas Apple store, showing shipped but still showing 2-3 weeks delivery. Is that likely to still be the case or is it just not updated when shipping to a store?

Check on the iPhone Apple Store app. On the iPhone my date is now July 29 but the website order page still says 2-3 weeks. It's pretty odd. Something to do with picking up at an Apple store.

Edit: Has anyone else noticed that BTO orders can't be picked up at Apple stores any longer. My 8/10/24/1 Midnight MBA is being delivered to a store but if you try to order that configuration today, you get "Pickup:Apple Store Pickup is currently unavailable". Not sure what that is about either.

 

[Titus2Woman]

UPS tends to route through ZhengZhou, FedEx tends to route through Shanghai. I have fedex, it went Shanghai > Sennan-shi Japan, Memphis TN (where it is now.)

I just got notice that my MBA "cleared import customs". It is coming via UPS to Ohio.

 

[carfo]

I love how mine traveled through time literally when it flew from Korea to AK. Mine is still in AK as of yesterday around 11pm. /pray it comes today as UPS says it will