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I will have my MBP tomorrow
Just got a DHL SMS
Did you order last Thursday? Mine is still saying it’ll deliver next Tuesday and since I’m picking it up from an Apple store, I’m left in the dark about its progress to the UK. Here’s hoping I get an email soon
Placed an order for a custom config 2018 MBP less than 12 hours ago and somehow they already shipped it.
2.6 i7
32 GB RAM
1 TB SSD
English/Arabic keyboard
Apple initially gave me an estimate of 20 September and all of a sudden.. shipped with a delivery estimate of 6 Sept now.
2.6 i7
32 GB RAM
1 TB SSD
English/Arabic keyboard
Apple initially gave me an estimate of 20 September and all of a sudden.. shipped with a delivery estimate of 6 Sept now.
Any idea of where the custom configs are shipped from? i thought it was China but with quick delivery like that i doubt it. do they not build the configs straight from the factory or do they house them at a warehouse and just select them?
I ordered my custom config macbook pro 15 on Aug 27 to be shipped to apple store for pick up. Yesterday the order has a status of preparing to ship and pick up date at apple store for Sept 7. I checked this morning the status changed to shipping to store and estimated pick up date is now Sept 10 but there is no tracking number. Do we get a tracking number for orders that are shipped to the apple store for pick up?
Sadly - if shipping to Apple store for pick up you don't get a tracking number (I didn't anyway). Mine actually arrived at the Apple store two days before it was due to, and the only way I knew it was expected earlier was through the Apple store app on my iPhone which suddenly showed me a new expected delivery date. (When it got to the store I also got an email shortly after it was ready for collection.)
My custom config 13" MBP arrived this morning instead of next Tuesday as the tracking page suggested. So far I'm pretty impressed with it vs. my old 2015 version, especially the colour reproduction and thins of the screen. Less impressed at the transfer speeds I'm getting using the Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter - think I'll leave it overnight
I haven't received mine yet, but I got the serial number in the order details and its showing wrong configuration on the warranty page.
I ordered 2.2/512/16/555x with is showing correctly in order details however in warranty page I tried the serial number they sent me and its showing 2.2/256/16/555x is that normal?
I ordered 2.2/512/16/555x with is showing correctly in order details however in warranty page I tried the serial number they sent me and its showing 2.2/256/16/555x is that normal?
Where does it show the serial number? I tried looking for mine but can’t find it. All it shows is the tracking number and delivery estimate date.
Click on print all invoices on the order page, it should be in the pdf file.
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mine is custom config shipped from China Shanghai.
Not showing for me. Could be due to the Beats headset still "order in progress" as it seems to be out of stock with a delivery estimate of 25 Sept.
Just wanted to update after having my base 2018 MacBook Pro 13" just over a week and I'm really happy with it. I've been running as many different kind of programs together as I think I'm likely to use, and watching the memory pressure on Activity Monitor. My only concern had been whether to upgrade to 16GB RAM, but I've not encountered any problems so I'm saving myself the money. I've handed my trusty mid 2014 15" base MacBook Pro to my son and should hopefully see him through University.
I really like the keyboard, Touch Bar, force touch trackpad, True Tone and portability of this new Mac compared to my 2014 15" and I bought a £7 dongle from Amazon to cover my usb-A and SD card reader needs. I got the Educational discount and some free Beats for my son, so a good deal I think.
I really like the keyboard, Touch Bar, force touch trackpad, True Tone and portability of this new Mac compared to my 2014 15" and I bought a £7 dongle from Amazon to cover my usb-A and SD card reader needs. I got the Educational discount and some free Beats for my son, so a good deal I think.
Mine’s has been with DHL delivery facility since this morning. Hope it gets delivered today.
I am SOOOOOOOOOooooooo Jealous of you !!!Just purchased 2 x 15" MBPs. One's a Late 2013 and the other is a Mid 2015. Got super lucky and got both for $700. Local tech company went out of business and was liquidating.
[doublepost=1536081988][/doublepost]Just got a used 2015 13" rMBP. 2.7GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, ~200 charge cycles on the battery, really happy with it!
Got it off eBay for $610, which I thought was a decent deal, only a small dent in the lower left corner that I'm going to buff out pretty easy. Other than that runs great and I'm thrilled to have a MacBook again.
Just received my 2018 MBP 13 2.3 8GB 512GB SSD
coming from 2015 base MacBook retina
WHAT A FREAKING FANTASTIC MACHINE!
Gorgeous display (my slightly older eyes love the standard resolution vs MacBook where I used the More space option)
Really Unbelievable Sound
Absolutely quiet under medium load: it actually switches the fans off when not needed so it sounds like my MacBook but even if the fans are spinning at 1390 or so I can only hear them in a really quiet room with my ear at the exhaust.
Freaking powerful when needed. Then the fans rev up but even then rather soft and sound not unpleasant. Also over time it gets warm in case of high load but never to the point where I cannot use it on my lap.
Me. I love the keyboard. That’s personal preference of course. Sooo precise and with just enough travel. My wife’s old MacBook Air has such a wiggly ****** keyboard by comparison. I type like a secretary on this.
Such a fantastic build quality they still get better and better on this with each generation.
A FEW GRIPES
WTF is this touch stripe??? It’s not even the same resolution as the screen. Annoying waste. Maybe I need muuuuuuch more time to learn how to use it in each of my apps. Or I’ll just keep ignoring it like I do right now.
Love Touch ID. but so many times I still have to enter my password. WHY APPLE???? I was planning on getting a much more complex password for safety and then just use TOUCH ID all the time. But not possible at the moment. If my Iphone did **** like that I would take it back right away.
Best parts are safety: no more meltdown and spectr threats and my ssd is fully encrypted and I don’t even feel it. Perfect.
Conclusion: there is no other computer with this quality on the planet and therefore the price pains but is money well spent.
I know the haters will come after me now but all you others just ignore them.
Get yourself this awesome machine and never look back.
P.S. no I don’t get paid for opinion pieces like this.
coming from 2015 base MacBook retina
WHAT A FREAKING FANTASTIC MACHINE!
Gorgeous display (my slightly older eyes love the standard resolution vs MacBook where I used the More space option)
Really Unbelievable Sound
Absolutely quiet under medium load: it actually switches the fans off when not needed so it sounds like my MacBook but even if the fans are spinning at 1390 or so I can only hear them in a really quiet room with my ear at the exhaust.
Freaking powerful when needed. Then the fans rev up but even then rather soft and sound not unpleasant. Also over time it gets warm in case of high load but never to the point where I cannot use it on my lap.
Me. I love the keyboard. That’s personal preference of course. Sooo precise and with just enough travel. My wife’s old MacBook Air has such a wiggly ****** keyboard by comparison. I type like a secretary on this.
Such a fantastic build quality they still get better and better on this with each generation.
A FEW GRIPES
WTF is this touch stripe??? It’s not even the same resolution as the screen. Annoying waste. Maybe I need muuuuuuch more time to learn how to use it in each of my apps. Or I’ll just keep ignoring it like I do right now.
Love Touch ID. but so many times I still have to enter my password. WHY APPLE???? I was planning on getting a much more complex password for safety and then just use TOUCH ID all the time. But not possible at the moment. If my Iphone did **** like that I would take it back right away.
Best parts are safety: no more meltdown and spectr threats and my ssd is fully encrypted and I don’t even feel it. Perfect.
Conclusion: there is no other computer with this quality on the planet and therefore the price pains but is money well spent.
I know the haters will come after me now but all you others just ignore them.
Get yourself this awesome machine and never look back.
P.S. no I don’t get paid for opinion pieces like this.
So I just picked up my 2018 15" MBP on Friday. I am expecting to use it for quite some time, so I went for the 2.6/32GB/512GB/560X combination in Silver.
I was finally moved to pick up this laptop after my trusty early-2011 15" MBP succumbed to GPU failure for the second time last week. Sadly, this time there was no Apple repair program to save it.
A bit about my usage: I study Architecture and thus make extensive use of the Adobe suite, as well as 3D programs like Rhino (now on Mac, yay!) and Sketchup. I dual-boot Windows 10 to run AutoCAD and Revit when necessary too. I've always gamed on my MBP. I know they aren't gaming beasts, but I was playing recent games like Rocket League and Civ VI on my 2011 right up until it died!
What are my thoughts? I love it. The screen is amazing and it runs much faster and more smoothly than my 2011, even though that one did have an SSD. It's quieter too, and though it is a touch warmer, it's nothing concerning in the slightest. I can't believe how thin it is, and I am even getting used to the keyboard too. I just hope that it lasts!
I was finally moved to pick up this laptop after my trusty early-2011 15" MBP succumbed to GPU failure for the second time last week. Sadly, this time there was no Apple repair program to save it.
A bit about my usage: I study Architecture and thus make extensive use of the Adobe suite, as well as 3D programs like Rhino (now on Mac, yay!) and Sketchup. I dual-boot Windows 10 to run AutoCAD and Revit when necessary too. I've always gamed on my MBP. I know they aren't gaming beasts, but I was playing recent games like Rocket League and Civ VI on my 2011 right up until it died!
What are my thoughts? I love it. The screen is amazing and it runs much faster and more smoothly than my 2011, even though that one did have an SSD. It's quieter too, and though it is a touch warmer, it's nothing concerning in the slightest. I can't believe how thin it is, and I am even getting used to the keyboard too. I just hope that it lasts!
FYI these machines are as vulnerable as any other computer. They've got microcode and OS mitigations for the current variants but new related exploits are being found.
There are currently no CPUs that are not vulnerable. Probably won't be for a few years.
I’m also into Architecture, but as professor at the University. Just ordered mine, as almost top of the line, to make it last (i9/32GB/1TB/560X), in silver (Apple shops have this configuration in stock, but for space gray only, if you want silver, it’s ordered to the factory).
Thanks for the comment about Rhino, didn’t know that. I’ll also be using AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Mathematica, Gimp, Office, Xcode (for our research software), LaTeX (for research papers), and Revit+Robot (these two are Windows-only, so I have them in a VirtualBox virtual machine, with Mesa3D emulated drivers because I only use them for small exercises in class, and I don’t need maximum performance for them).
The reason I ordered 32GB is precisely for VirtualBox, and the reason for ordering the i9 is because LaTeX is single-core (as well as some Mathematica tasks, and some of our research software), and the i9 gets better single-core marks than the i7.
I’ll see if there are good educational licenses for Rhino, because it can be very useful in the Mac (all the software I listed we have it either as educational, or it is open source).
No worries, glad I could help! For what it's worth, I would buy a Rhino 6 for Windows licence which will allow you to run Rhino 6 for Mac on the same key when it is released later this year. In the meantime, enter your Rhino 6 key here and it will give you a Rhino 5 for Mac key you can use. I can confirm this works - it's what I am using now! Of course I bought the educational version.
I haven't tried running Revit through a virtual machine, though I will as soon as the assignments demand it. Good to hear other people using macs for architecture!