Ugh, why do you have to wait so many extra days for them to put in a stupid 7200 RPM hard drive?
Apple has extremely few build to order options on their machines, for the MBP 17" there's a total of 32 combinations (Dell has more unique laptop MODELS than that). Since they're shipping hundreds of thousands of these, can't they just pile up a few ready-made combinations on the shelf? Do they have to look at each individual order and go "Hey look everyone! This guy wants an extra 4 GB memory!! It finally happened! Halt all production and let's all come together and assemble this one extraordinary specimen, our first customized Mac in history."
Apple has extremely few build to order options on their machines, for the MBP 17" there's a total of 32 combinations (Dell has more unique laptop MODELS than that). Since they're shipping hundreds of thousands of these, can't they just pile up a few ready-made combinations on the shelf? Do they have to look at each individual order and go "Hey look everyone! This guy wants an extra 4 GB memory!! It finally happened! Halt all production and let's all come together and assemble this one extraordinary specimen, our first customized Mac in history."