Waiting for this event feels like when I was a kid and I was waiting for Christmas. My 2015 MBP is on its last legs now
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Waiting for 2021 MBP
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Forget about playing FS2020 minimally decent on an Intel mac, even more so on an AS
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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That’s how majority of us are feeling. Very anxious what Apple has been cooking.
I’ve had to put 32 gigs of swap for my MBP with 8 of RAM for Star Citizen not to crash ?. With my PC with 16 I didn’t have any problem though.
How so? There’s a reason they had to delay. I’m betting they’re still not where they wanted to be supply wise.
I was thinking that too — however — Since DylanDKT's track record seems spot on, it could be that this late October launch was the plan all along. I'm noticing on Apple's website, that the availability of the 16" is now November 2nd. This would fall in line with the expectation that there's still some time with the release candidates for Monterey & loading final build on the new MacBook Pros.
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So, are you saying pre-order’s are not going to open up right away after the event?
No I'm thinking orders will be taken after the event but they won't ship for a week or so.
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Good lord. Monday is going to be a messy day. I hope to God, Apple opens it up on Friday. Ugh.
If Apple goes the pre-order route, there will be one company outside of Apple that will be benefiting the most when those orders go out... and it is not the company most people would expect. 🤔
BL.
It won't be like iPhone where Apple says "pre-orders start Friday at 8:00 AM." As soon as the event is over on Monday, you'll be able to put in an order for a new MacBook Pro. It just won't ship for a week+, if that makes sense.
Monday is not going to be messy. It's going to be just like every other Apple event.
Just for point of reference dylandkt on Twitter, who has a pretty good (not perfect) track record, said last year these MacBook Pros with M1X were coming in the 4th quarter 2021 & followed up in the late spring with a more definite time frame which is bearing out.
Monday is not going to be messy. It's going to be just like every other Apple event.
Just for point of reference dylandkt on Twitter, who has a pretty good (not perfect) track record, said last year these MacBook Pros with M1X were coming in the 4th quarter 2021 & followed up in the late spring with a more definite time frame which is bearing out.
The presentation is on Monday. Will be available within the same day or week, most likely.
I don't think they'll open up orders on Monday. This is such an anticipated product yet supply issues for key components are apparently going to hurt delivery times. It's more than likely if you don't order immediately you'll be waiting until just before Christmas time for your laptop, especially if you order a custom config. If they open up orders immediately after the event only the enthusiasts will be ready to order and the Macs will very quickly show November-December delivery dates for everyone else. I think seeing such a delay in delivery would prevent people from ordering.
Friday orders let more customers figure out what their spec is gonna be and builds anticipation online. Everyone will have a preferred spec ready and everyone (even the casuals) will know if they don't get their order in quickly they might not get their laptop in time (same thing happens with iPhones every year).
Friday orders let more customers figure out what their spec is gonna be and builds anticipation online. Everyone will have a preferred spec ready and everyone (even the casuals) will know if they don't get their order in quickly they might not get their laptop in time (same thing happens with iPhones every year).
I’m confused by the flow of this post. Where did Dylan say they’d be available for order the day of the event and not that Friday?
of course it wasn’t going to come back at WWDC. They barely had announced Monterrey then, and if any new hardware required Monterrey to use it, you’d be stuck with a crippled machine for 5 months.
BL.
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Very good point! Hopefully you are right. I just hope Apple opens up the 💻 order next Friday. I don’t care what time as long there is a fixed date and time. It should be good.
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I was confuse too but didn’t wanted to call out Dylan’s creditability lol
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Maybe Apple’s original plan was to introduce the 💻 during WWDC and have the pre-order started on a later date? However chip shortage occurred. I don’t think Apple was ready. Now, Apple has had plenty of time so hopefully supply is not going to be an issue.
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