UK 14"/16" M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro (2021) Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch Thread

[gumbaloom]

@Jinjin yeah looks like it's arrived at the logistics hub but not in enough time to be put on the lorry out to your local depot for delivery today bad luck

As for me I'm at "waiting to leave Shanghai" status...could be today or the weekend

 

[Jinjin]

@Jinjin yeah looks like it's arrived at the logistics hub but not in enough time to be put on the lorry out to your local depot for delivery today bad luck

As for me I'm at "waiting to leave Shanghai" status...could be today or the weekend

At least you can see what it’s up to now finally.. just a shame it’s not that much

My parcel yesterday didn’t leave Stanford le hope in the evening so does look like Monday

 

[Jinjin]

Been looking at 4k monitor as my ultrawide makes its way back. Any recommendations?

The sell u2720 seems to rate highly

 

[gumbaloom]

Been looking at 4k monitor as my ultrawide makes its way back. Any recommendations?

The sell u2720 seems to rate highly

Maybe I'm out of the game but I bought Dell gaming spec monitors.

The thing that did it for me is that they have 5 year express replacement warranties on them.

I've got 2 x 20" Dells that I bought second hand and hoping they last me till next year when I can get back to the UK. Just hoping this Botswana(Nu?) variant doesn't throw a spanner in the works.

 

[bridle]

Great, with DPD or dhl?

DPD

 

[MrOrb]

What was the expected due date?

If you look at the first post, you’ll see a direct link to the post here where I have been tracking peoples orders. You’ll get an idea of the timelines from that

Ah thanks!

3 Dec - 10 Dec. I ordered a base 14" on the 19th Nov.

 

[gumbaloom]

Out of curiosity who here is doing a time machine rebuild and who is doing a from scratch rebuild ?

I'm doing a from scratch build as I'm pretty sure I've got a lot of software that needs upgrading for Apple Silicon so thought best to have a fresh start and pull ove rmy photos / work files / music

 

[bunts]

Hi, I just had news that my MBP 16” 2TB With 64GB is delayed until the 10-14 Dec

I’m in my original delivery window which was 25th Nov - 2nd Dec.

Real bummer. Wish they had notified earlier!

 

[NickYanakiev]

So what is the best black Friday deal people have come across? Seems like it is Costco for the time being or the EDU Store for students.

 

[terminus_est]

Hi, I just had news that my MBP 16” 2TB With 64GB is delayed until the 10-14 Dec

I’m in my original delivery window which was 25th Nov - 2nd Dec.

Real bummer. Wish they had notified earlier!

I'm starting to think that'll happen to me as well. I ordered the 16" 1TB with 64GB (M1 Max, 32 cores), with delivery window set to 29th Nov - 6th Dec, and there has been no movement at all...

 

[alFR]

Been looking at 4k monitor as my ultrawide makes its way back. Any recommendations?

The sell u2720 seems to rate highly

Beware with the Dell: I'm just about to return mine, it's got a loose / not properly applied lower bezel (the power light actually shines through a gap next to the screen!), a couple of pretty bad light leaks and the left and right thirds of the screen are yellowish compared to the centre - not very marked but definitely noticeable. If you get a good one I think it'd be a decent display, but all these issues seem to be fairly common with them based on the online reviews. The bezel I could live with (well, could probably live with all 3 issues individually) but for the price I'm not going to put up with all 3.

 

[Jinjin]

Out of curiosity who here is doing a time machine rebuild and who is doing a from scratch rebuild ?

I'm doing a from scratch build as I'm pretty sure I've got a lot of software that needs upgrading for Apple Silicon so thought best to have a fresh start and pull ove rmy photos / work files / music

always go from scratch here. all my files/docs are in iCloud so its just a case of reinstalling apps. having loads of devtools and libraries installed all over the Mac means its a perfect time to purge and clean up

 

[Jinjin]

Hi, I just had news that my MBP 16” 2TB With 64GB is delayed until the 10-14 Dec

I’m in my original delivery window which was 25th Nov - 2nd Dec.

Real bummer. Wish they had notified earlier!

looking at the European thread its a similar situation too

 

[Jinjin]

I'm starting to think that'll happen to me as well. I ordered the 16" 1TB with 64GB (M1 Max, 32 cores), with delivery window set to 29th Nov - 6th Dec, and there has been no movement at all...

that 64gb ram seems to be the bottleneck

 

[Jinjin]

Beware with the Dell: I'm just about to return mine, it's got a loose / not properly applied lower bezel (the power light actually shines through a gap next to the screen!), a couple of pretty bad light leaks and the left and right thirds of the screen are yellowish compared to the centre - not very marked but definitely noticeable. If you get a good one I think it'd be a decent display, but all these issues seem to be fairly common with them based on the online reviews. The bezel I could live with (well, could probably live with all 3 issues individually) but for the price I'm not going to put up with all 3.

thanks for this. I saw a lot of those comments about the bottom bezels too.

its becoming difficult to find a suitable monitor to give that retina like text display. I'm leaning towards just keeping the UltraWide at this point and living with the drop of in res


edit: looks like its available on amazon... half tempted to give it a try and see

Dell U2720Q UltraSharp USB-C 27 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, IPS, 5ms, HDR, 2x USB-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, 3x USB, 3 Year Warranty

Experience true color reproduction on this brilliant 27" 4K monitor with a wide color coverage

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[Jinjin]

looks like today is out the water as its still showing as arrived in Stanford-le-Hope... its only 30 miles away!!

not sure why UPS show it as coming Tuesday as there should be no reason it can't be here Monday now its close

 

[Matt2012]

that 64gb ram seems to be the bottleneck

Nooo0
Still no movement on my 64gb order either.

 

[CD3660]

So what is the best black Friday deal people have come across? Seems like it is Costco for the time being or the EDU Store for students.

Costco price on the 14” M1 Pro 10/16/16/1TB is actually cheaper than the EDU Store by £78.81p.

 

[alFR]

thanks for this. I saw a lot of those comments about the bottom bezels too.

its becoming difficult to find a suitable monitor to give that retina like text display. I'm leaning towards just keeping the UltraWide at this point and living with the drop of in res


edit: looks like its available on amazon... half tempted to give it a try and see

Dell U2720Q UltraSharp USB-C 27 Inch 4K UHD (3840x2160) Monitor, 60Hz, IPS, 5ms, HDR, 2x USB-C, DisplayPort, HDMI, 3x USB, 3 Year Warranty

Experience true color reproduction on this brilliant 27" 4K monitor with a wide color coverage

www.amazon.co.uk

I got my Dell from Amazon, their returns policy is pretty good so no harm giving it a try if you want to. There's really nothing out there that's ideal at a reasonable price, unfortunately: the XDR is just too costly for me, can't justify that price really. LG UltraFine 5K seems to be discontinued (at least nowhere has them at the moment, even though they're still listed on the LG site). Might try a LG 32UN880, they seem to get good reviews - Amazon are out of stock at the moment though.

 

[Jinjin]

I got my Dell from Amazon, their returns policy is pretty good so no harm giving it a try if you want to. There's really nothing out there that's ideal at a reasonable price, unfortunately: the XDR is just too costly for me, can't justify that price really. LG UltraFine 5K seems to be discontinued (at least nowhere has them at the moment, even though they're still listed on the LG site). Might try a LG 32UN880, they seem to get good reviews - Amazon are out of stock at the moment though.

looking more in to that Dell, I've come across the BENQ PD3220u... its the top end of size for me and price! Again, seeing really good reviews and it has a built in KVM feature which would address my current challenge of switching between MacBooks when in picture by picture.


its hitting the £1k mark though... but 'only' £300 more than the UltraWide LG.

PD3220U｜32-inch 4K UHD P3 Thunderbolt 3 Designer Monitor

BenQ PD3220U is available for Mac, covers 95% P3, 100% sRGB, and 100% Rec.709 color spaces with amazing Delta E ≤ 3 ensures superb accuracy.

www.benq.eu

time to watch more YouTube reviews!

 

[alFR]

looking more in to that Dell, I've come across the BENQ PD3220u... its the top end of size for me and price! Again, seeing really good reviews and it has a built in KVM feature which would address my current challenge of switching between MacBooks when in picture by picture.


its hitting the £1k mark though... but 'only' £300 more than the UltraWide LG.

PD3220U｜32-inch 4K UHD P3 Thunderbolt 3 Designer Monitor

BenQ PD3220U is available for Mac, covers 95% P3, 100% sRGB, and 100% Rec.709 color spaces with amazing Delta E ≤ 3 ensures superb accuracy.

www.benq.eu

time to watch more YouTube reviews!

If you're looking at that price range you could consider something from the Asus ProArt line too.
Edit: actually, the 4K ProArt ones are all quite a bit more expensive than that I think, so forget that!

 

[NickYanakiev]

Costco price on the 14” M1 Pro 10/16/16/1TB is actually cheaper than the EDU Store by £78.81p.

Dont think so. EDU Store price is 1942.64;

Costo's price is 2079.99 unless I am missing a discount code or something?

 

[CD3660]

Dont think so. EDU Store price is 1942.64;

Costo's price is 2079.99 unless I am missing a discount code or something?

Ah sorry, I misread your post and thought that you were talking about educational discount from Apple, not that other company that many people here have had a very poor experience with.

So for reliable supply the comparison figures are:

Apple Retail Price: £2,399

Apple Educational Pricing: £2,158.80

Costco Black Friday price: £2,079

 

[Roadster Lewis]

Been looking at 4k monitor as my ultrawide makes its way back. Any recommendations?

The sell u2720 seems to rate highly

I've got a Philips P279 (27" 4K) and have been pleased with it. I particularly like that it has a network port in addition to the usual USB hub.

Out of curiosity who here is doing a time machine rebuild and who is doing a from scratch rebuild ?

I'm doing a from scratch build as I'm pretty sure I've got a lot of software that needs upgrading for Apple Silicon so thought best to have a fresh start and pull ove rmy photos / work files / music

I'm also doing a fresh start, albeit slowly. I have pulled in all of my docs from iCloud and Photos, but not my iTunes library or development projects. I need to do some research on how to go from iTunes to Music/Podcasts etc.

 

[MacGuffing]

At least you can see what it’s up to now finally.. just a shame it’s not that much

My parcel yesterday didn’t leave Stanford le hope in the evening so does look like Monday

Mine left Stanford Le Hope at half nine this evening – they don't deliver on Saturdays do they?