After some fluctuations, delivery dates for the 16" froze at 10/13/21. For ALL the zip codes I have checked. That gives me hope.
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Waiting for 2021 MBP
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Until tomorrow when the delivery date says 10/14/21 😆
Apple may be cracking down on leakers but I feel like there should be a little bit more a hardware confirmation if the announcement is next week —AND— these things will be shipping as soon as 10/13/21. Like a sneak pic of the configuration label on the box —OR— something to do with the MagSafe adapter. Something. But nada if, in fact, announcement is next week.
And it continues... we are in computer purgatory!
Honestly, the demand for these is high enough that they could probably announce them at 3AM EDT with no advance notice and they'd *still* sell out within 24 hours. Not kidding.
Sadly, you’re right. If we don’t hear anything soon, it will be the 26th. No way they’re going to announce at the same time as the Pixel event.
Judging by the 24” iMac launch, Apple has definitely plugged the leaks when it comes to the Mac side of their business. All we knew about the iMac was the multiple colors but all of the other details were a surprise to everyone.
Leaks surrounding these new MacBook Pros have been even more sketchy and unreliable. I truly hope we do see some leaks but chances are, the only leaks will come from the pre-release version of Mac OS. We might be in for some big surprises later this month!
You are right. If you look at the Anandtech analysis of the A15, you see that the GPU in the iPhone is impressive but throttles a lot. I’m very hopeful that put in a laptop chassis and a bit of cooling it’s going to be a beast.
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And this is why I don’t listen to leakers, nor rumors on this forum. It’s all over the map now so there’s no point in speculating anything. Just sit back and just wait. It’ll come out when it comes out. I chuckle at all those individuals speculating when this or that’s gonna happen. It’s going to happen when it happens. I don’t worry about it.
That's fine. You don't have to. But some of us enjoy the speculation in this thread.
BTW, rumors never said the event would be announced yesterday. It was always around October. There is still plenty of time to go in October. It's just that so many of us were hoping the end of the school discount for macs would coincide with the announcement of the MBP event. Wasn't to be and that's quite possible due to the Apple Watch 7 needing its moment to shine. Release the macs now and the watch will get buried.
It says 21-28 October here for standard models but I can push it all the way to 25 Nov-8 Dec with some options... Here = Belgium.
Just so you guys know, stock shortages or surplus have been a poor indicator of upcoming MBPs in the past. It could mean something, it could also mean nothing.
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Folks! Today is the day. I hope we are getting Apple October’s event invites. Will find out soon. My fingers are crossed.
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Next Tuesday at the earliest.
Today is the day for Yay spam, at least.
I’m still waiting for the announcement or invitations for the new event
As I did tell everyone if you need a new computer now go with the m1 we don’t know when the new one will get here
It should also be noted that in the last event for the redesigned MacBook Pro (Thursday, October 27, 2016), it was couched as the week marking the 25th anniversary of the Mac laptop. So if we extrapolate out — the last week in October this year — will be the 30th anniversary. So it's likelier than not that the event unveiling the M1X laptops will be sometime during the last full week of October (the 26th or 27th).
I’m starting to get a really horrible feeling they’re going to go with November for the announcement again. The 16” Pro was November before there were any supply chain issues, then of course the M1s last year… if we’re still a whole month + out it’s going to be a looong month.
I said there could. Not there would. It's still early October. All the rumors point to an event this month with a release soon after. It's not good advice to buy a M1 computer now if you're interested in M1X. Unless your computer is totally broken and you're losing money as a result or you don't care about any gains with the new machines, it's absolutely prudent to wait.I’m still waiting for the announcement or invitations for the new event
As I did tell everyone if you need a new computer now go with the m1 we don’t know when the new one will get here
Remember, this is the waiting for the 2021 MBP thread.
I am starting to think, maybe it makes sense to order one now with the shipping date (Oct 14th)?
Apple will probably just give us a new model if it gets out by 14/10, and if not, I can just cancel my order, no?
I have no idea how that works. I don't know what they would do in a situation like this. Maybe others have had experience doing this?
I doubt we'll see new computers by 14/10 at this point. With the Apple Watch release on Friday, I now think 19th or 26th for the event. Probably 26th with orders on the 29th. Gurman mentioned they'll be released within a month and that was a few days ago. Let's hope he's correct. At any rate, I still firmly believe we are getting new MBPs this year.
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Someone needs to run the location coordinates to originate the location of this beast!