The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" thread [Merged]

[cakeloverpro]

I ordered mine on oct 26th, silver 16" m1 max , standard options, one you get at store. Its not even past processing, yet I see others, even at least 1 time it available at a near by store. What is going on ? Even the corporate account that ordered the same thing, was delivered faster!

Does apple play favorites for some unknown reason?

 

[ralphdaily]

My space gray 14” M1 Pro 10-core 2TB SSD 16GB RAM arrived yesterday via DHL, a little over two weeks early (ordered Oct 29). Delivered via DHL to Alabama, my first Apple DHL delivery but went well & much better than recent FedEx. My navy linen sleeve by Wrappers UK (https://wrappersuk.com/) arrived the day before. The Wrappers sleeve is lovely.

 

[venom600]

Ordered a 14" M1 Max first week of Nov, changed to a 16" with delivery expected in early December. Randomly checked online last night and found one at the Apple Store in Brea, just got home with it.

 

[WizardHunt]

How long does it take to move from your credit card being charged to move to preparing for shipment??? Then from preparing for shipment to actually being shipped? Being for pre orders of course.

That would be some good information for everyone to know. I am guessing it takes 1-3 days for charged to preparing but don’t know for sure. And who knows for preparing to actually shipped? Once shipped it takes about a week after that to get it?

 

[venom600]

I ordered mine on oct 26th, silver 16" m1 max , standard options, one you get at store. Its not even past processing, yet I see others, even at least 1 time it available at a near by store. What is going on ? Even the corporate account that ordered the same thing, was delivered faster!

Does apple play favorites for some unknown reason?

If you see it in the store, grab it. There's even courier delivery from some stores. There's no reason to wait.

 

[AVBeatMan]

I currently have the 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Is the new 14” worth upgrading? Anyone done so?

 

[Appleinapot]

I currently have the 2020 M1 MacBook Pro. Is the new 14” worth upgrading? Anyone done so?

The 13" is really fast if your just doing normal stuff on it, but if your using Photoshop or any Adobe products then you should consider upgrading, they are faster than the 13". Hoped that helped?

 

[WizardHunt]

I ordered my 16 in MBP maxed out except with 4TB ssd instead of the 8TB on Oct 21st, but got a delivery range of Nov 30th to Dec 7th. I read somewhere that the 4TB are slower to get, I hope that is not true. I am excited to get it but still a couple of weeks before it ships yet. The waiting is nerve racking. ? I am hoping it might come a Bit sooner.

Well Apple wrote me today saying it will be delivered now Dec 16-23rd. It was Nov 30-Dec 7th. Oh well, It will get here when it gets here. I give up wishing it to get here sooner. It just won't happen it appears.

 

[ipedro]

Apparently my MacBookPro is in Korea… in The Future. It’s not November 30th yet. ?

 

[Suzatlarge]

I ordered on November 7: a 14" MBP with 32GB RAM, 1TB, M1 Pro chip upgraded to 10/16/16. The order confirmation cited a delivery date range of December 17 - 24. A week or so later Apple sent an email notice that the MBP hd shipped with an expected delivery date of December 3. It was delivered today (November 30). I'm WAH and will wait until later to open the box. If I open it now I'll be too distracted all afternoon to pay sufficient attention to my work.

 

[john123]

If you see it in the store, grab it. There's even courier delivery from some stores. There's no reason to wait.

If you see it in the store, grab it. There's even courier delivery from some stores. There's no reason to wait.

I returned my unopened Max to my local store today, and it immediately appeared in their inventory online. It then disappeared from inventory in less than 2 hours.

 

[travesty89]

Ordered my 14” Pro (10/16/16) with 32GB RAM and 1TB HDD on 11/26. I have a delivery window of 12/15-12/22. That said, I got a UPS tracking number for it on Saturday 12/4…but it still says “no information” when I click it.

Wonder when it’ll actually update with tracking info…

 

[manifest3r]

Ordered my 14” Pro (10/16/16) with 32GB RAM and 1TB HDD on 11/26. I have a delivery window of 12/15-12/22. That said, I got a UPS tracking number for it on Saturday 12/4…but it still says “no information” when I click it.

Wonder when it’ll actually update with tracking info…

I ordered my 14” Pro (base model) on 11/23 with a delivery window of 12/13-12/20 and have yet to get any form of tracking. Still stuck in “Processing”. So consider yourself ahead of the curve ?

 

[EugW]

My MacBook Pro was just delivered yesterday. Coming from my 2017 12" MacBook, it's much bigger, thicker, and heavier of course, and not my usual kettle of fish, but I like it because:

1. Ports! Enough said.
2. Keyboard. No more butterfly switch. My 2017 MacBook's keyboard is still working fine, but I baby it, and I still don't like that keyboard's feel. It's merely tolerable.
3. Trackpad. The MacBook Pro's Force Touch keyboard is much stronger than my MacBook's Force Touch keyboard. After 4 years, I still haven't gotten completely used to its light feel, and no my 12" MacBook isn't unique in this regard. Every 12" MacBook I've tried in-store was similarly weak, and every MacBook Pro I've tried in-store was similarly strong. Basically, the "Firm" setting on the 12" MacBook is about the same strength as the "Medium" setting on MBP, and the "Firm" setting on the MacBook Pro is about the same strength as the mechanical trackpad on my 2009 MacBook Pro.
4. MagSafe! Again, enough said.

However:

Spoiler

The one I got is a 2015 13" MacBook Pro with 8 GB RAM, dual-core 2.7 GHz Core i5-5257U, and 128 GB SSD, for my kid for school. These days they're relatively inexpensive (or at least can be if you're lucky), and the one I got is near mint, with a new battery. Even inside it is pristine with no dust, and the screen is perfect.

Although this Broadwell machine does not do well with 4K video, for most mainstream consumer usage, and for my business type application usage, it's more than sufficient, and having all those ports is quite helpful. Truthfully, I don't need a ton of ports, but having just a headphone jack and single USB-C port on my 12" MacBook can be damn annoying. Dongle life™.

The 2015 MBP does have full Monterey support, too.

The other thing is that the SSD is upgradable. I won't bother for now, since my kid doesn't need a lot of space at this point, but later on, if necessary, I can upgrade it to say 1 TB for well under US$100 for an even faster model. Amazing.

While these days the new MacBook Pros are no longer upgradable, it's at least nice to see that Apple has brought back the ports, MagSafe, and scissor switch keyboard.

So, we've come full circle. It's only taken 5 years...

 

[PongPong]

Ordered my 16 inch MAX 2Gb a week after launch. I’ve had 2 delivery updates pushing it further back.

Currently delivery is for 24 Dec… I doubt I’ll get it till next year.

Just have to keep plodding on when work and it’ll get here when it gets here.

 

[thomasec]

Hello everyone, I had a question about exchanges. I purchased a 14" Space Grey MBP using money from my Apple Account Balance, and did a trade-in when purchasing the computer. It's not a huge deal, but I was thinking about swapping it for the silver (same specs) - can anyone tell me if this is possible, or is it just too complicated with the Account Balance + trade in?

 

[ShadowGuardian87]

Hi everyone!

Need some advice, I was looking to replace my 2019 Macbook Air 8 RAM and 128 Storage with a Macbook Pro. I was looking for a laptop that could be useful for video editing since I do a lot of that for my freelance company.

So long story short, I pulled the trigger on the 2020 Macbook Pro 13 Inch ( 16 GB Memory and 512 SSD with Touch ID and Touchbar). This is the NON M1 chip version but Best Buy had it on sale and only cost be about 1,000. Normally, it goes for like 1700.

Now, this morning I noticed that Best Buy has the new M1 13 Inch Macbook Pro ( 8GB memory and 256 SSD) for 1091 as a sale.

Since I was looking for something to do video editing with I figured more ram and storage would be best. But I also hear the M1 with 8GB Ram is good too. I am debating on if I should return the non M1 Macbook Pro or will the non M1 Macbook still be relevant for 2-3 years?

 

[Acronyc]

Hi everyone!

Need some advice, I was looking to replace my 2019 Macbook Air 8 RAM and 128 Storage with a Macbook Pro. I was looking for a laptop that could be useful for video editing since I do a lot of that for my freelance company.

So long story short, I pulled the trigger on the 2020 Macbook Pro 13 Inch ( 16 GB Memory and 512 SSD with Touch ID and Touchbar). This is the NON M1 chip version but Best Buy had it on sale and only cost be about 1,000. Normally, it goes for like 1700.

Now, this morning I noticed that Best Buy has the new M1 13 Inch Macbook Pro ( 8GB memory and 256 SSD) for 1091 as a sale.

Since I was looking for something to do video editing with I figured more ram and storage would be best. But I also hear the M1 with 8GB Ram is good too. I am debating on if I should return the non M1 Macbook Pro or will the non M1 Macbook still be relevant for 2-3 years?

Unless you need something Intel specific (like to run bootcamp), I would return it and get the M1.

I know it has half the storage and RAM, but the M1 is really an impressive machine and will probably handle video editing much better since the it is more capable in graphics than the Intel model.

 

[ShadowGuardian87]

Unless you need something Intel specific (like to run bootcamp), I would return it and get the M1.

I know it has half the storage and RAM, but the M1 is really an impressive machine and will probably handle video editing much better since the it is more capable in graphics than the Intel model.

Thanks, sadly it's being prepared to ship so I can't cancel or change it now. But once it arrives I will consider returning and exchanging if they still have the M1 version on sale sometime this week. If not, I will just be happy with what I got.

 

[Macdctr]

I just picked up an Early 2015 MacBook Pro 13-inch i5/16GB/512GB laptop for $380. Was sold as a "parts only" laptop and found that there's nothing wrong with this laptop other than it did not have an AC adapter. I fully charged the battery and have updated MacOS 11 Big Sur and apps onto this laptop...

 

[EugW]

I just picked up an Early 2015 MacBook Pro 13-inch i5/16GB/512GB laptop for $380. Was sold as a "parts only" laptop and found that there's nothing wrong with this laptop other than it did not have an AC adapter. I fully charged the battery and have updated MacOS 11 Big Sur and apps onto this laptop...

Nice! What made you decide to take the gamble? It seems most of the time a "parts only" laptop doesn't actually work properly. Where are you getting the charger?

I just bought an early MacBook Pro 13-inch i5/8GB/128GB for somewhat less, but then ordered a 256 GB SSUBX OEM SSD to swap in. That should arrive next week. Mine had the benefit of an almost new top case and OEM battery though - 29 cycles.

These machines are great. Monterey runs very well on them. Quite speedy for general business applications and consumer stuff, although they are not so good for video stuff.

 

[Macdctr]

Nice! What made you decide to take the gamble? It seems most of the time a "parts only" laptop doesn't actually work properly. Where are you getting the charger?

I just bought an early MacBook Pro 13-inch i5/8GB/128GB for somewhat less, but then ordered a 256 GB SSUBX OEM SSD to swap in. That should arrive next week. Mine had the benefit of an almost new top case and OEM battery though - 29 cycles.

These machines are great. Monterey runs very well on them. Quite speedy for general business applications and consumer stuff, although they are not so good for video stuff.

I have a spare AC adapter to use with this laptop. I am replacing my 2015 11-inch i7 Air with this i5 13-inch MBP for travel use. Having the larger screen real estate will be nice. When looking for a laptop I look for how the auction is worded. Based on the auction where I purchased my laptop it came across to me that since there was no AC adapter for this laptop and that the battery was dead, the people selling this laptop had no way to thoroughly check it out so they sold it as a "parts only" laptop. I read and reread the auction and decided, based on past experience, to purchase this laptop. I love it when people sell perfectly good laptops like this all because they don't have an AC adapter to plug into the laptop....

 

[EugW]

I have a spare AC adapter to use with this laptop. I am replacing my 2015 11-inch i7 Air with this i5 13-inch MBP for travel use. Having the larger screen real estate will be nice. When looking for a laptop I look for how the auction is worded. Based on the auction where I purchased my laptop it came across to me that since there was no AC adapter for this laptop and that the battery was dead, the people selling this laptop had no way to thoroughly check it out so they sold it as a "parts only" laptop. I read and reread the auction and decided, based on past experience, to purchase this laptop. I love it when people sell perfectly good laptops like this all because they don't have an AC adapter to plug into the laptop....

Makes sense, but I have also seen quite a few people call things "untested" when in fact I'm sure they have tested the item to confirm the item is defective. The reason I say this is because they have other similar items for sale that they say are tested to be working, so you know they can test them. Obviously that wasn't the case for yours though, and you clearly know what you are doing. That was quite the score. Congrats!

BTW, I got an excellent condition 2014 8 GB 2.6 GHz i5 Mac mini with 1 TB HD for a good price last month, I think partially because the ad had just one lousy picture and it came with some third party power cable, and only was loaded with High Sierra. When it arrived it was in pristine condition, both inside and out, with not a spec of dust inside so it was clear it had been thoroughly cleaned. I put in an NVMe SSD, and it's running Monterey great now.

 

[Macdctr]

Makes sense, but I have also seen quite a few people call things "untested" when in fact I'm sure they have tested the item to confirm the item is defective. The reason I say this is because they have other similar items for sale that they say are tested to be working, so you know they can test them. Obviously that wasn't the case for yours though, and you clearly know what you are doing. That was quite the score. Congrats!

BTW, I got an excellent condition 2014 8 GB 2.6 GHz i5 Mac mini with 1 TB HD for a good price last month, I think partially because the ad had just one lousy picture and it came with some third party power cable, and only was loaded with High Sierra. When it arrived it was in pristine condition, both inside and out, with not a spec of dust inside so it was clear it had been thoroughly cleaned. I put in an NVMe SSD, and it's running Monterey great now.

Thanks ! ! ! Looks like you also got a great score! Got to enjoy these while we can

 

[travesty89]

Ordered my 14” Pro (10/16/16) with 32GB RAM and 1TB HDD on 11/26. I have a delivery window of 12/15-12/22. That said, I got a UPS tracking number for it on Saturday 12/4…but it still says “no information” when I click it.

Wonder when it’ll actually update with tracking info…

Just a follow up- I contacted Apple on Thursday 12/9 via iMessage help. They said they’d ask UPS to update the tracking. Seemed odd. Not sure if that’s what happened, but my tracking info was active on Friday 12/10 with a few scans taking place in China. The Apple rep told me I’d get it by the original date if 12/14. Seems unlikely. UPS states a 12/15 arrival now.

I am in no hurry and in no way frustrated. Just hoping this story helps someone else waiting for tracking info.