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Will the M4 MBA be announced with MacOS 15.3?

Let's see what a weekend does to the delivery dates...

M2 BTO
Feb 11 - Feb 13 — Free

M3 BTO
Feb 6 - Feb 10 — Free

Somehow, the date for M3 is pushing forward, M2 is stuck. I don't believe it, Apple. 😄
 
Astuces iOS said:
Yes, I don’t think it will come earlier… march is good !
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Apple Store shipping dates already revealed it. ☺️

There's basically no logical situation where M2 BTO dates are stuck while M3 moves forward. Not only that, M2 takes longer to ship than M3? It's February for sure.

I've observed this several times throughout the years and posted about it, whether it's MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. The dates are pretty much a dead giveaway.
 
JPack said:
Apple Store shipping dates already revealed it. ☺️

There's basically no logical situation where M2 BTO dates are stuck while M3 moves forward. Not only that, M2 takes longer to ship than M3? It's February for sure.

I've observed this several times throughout the years and posted about it, whether it's MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. The dates are pretty much a dead giveaway.
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Bro I can get delivered the MacBook Air today for 10$ or the 31 (oh pick it today at store)
 
I think Gurman said they gonna be early this year (Jan to Feb). Since it probably will be a realase via press announcment (again), i got my hopes up they announce this Week with realese in early Febuary.
 
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FrankySavvy said:
So you thinking maybe Friday, February 10th for release based on what your seeing in BTO?
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I'd mark that week as date of availability. It can be +/- one week. Once we see stock configs becoming unavailable in Apple retail stores, that would be confirmation it's imminent.
 
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Who knows what's going to happen. Given the number of new (but not earth-shattering) new releases (iPhone SE, iPad 11, iPad Air 7, M4 MBA etc) it could be that Apple are planning releases over a week or two around Easter as they did last year. Alternatively, if MBA sales have dried up (because everyone is waiting for the M4 model), they may chose to release it earlier.
 
kiranmk2 said:
Who knows what's going to happen. Given the number of new (but not earth-shattering) new releases (iPhone SE, iPad 11, iPad Air 7, M4 MBA etc) it could be that Apple are planning releases over a week or two around Easter as they did last year. Alternatively, if MBA sales have dried up (because everyone is waiting for the M4 model), they may chose to release it earlier.
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MacBook Air M2 is almost 3 years old now, it's time to be replaced by the M3 one at only one year old !!
 
JPack said:
Something is happening in mid-February. There is no reason for M2 BTO to take an additional week compared to M3. This suggests M2 orders are being deferred. My guess is M2 is being dropped and M4 launching week of Feb 10.


M2 BTO: Feb 11-13
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M3 BTO: Feb 5-7
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JPack said:
Let's see what a weekend does to the delivery dates...

M2 BTO
Feb 11 - Feb 13 — Free

M3 BTO
Feb 6 - Feb 10 — Free

Somehow, the date for M3 is pushing forward, M2 is stuck. I don't believe it, Apple. 😄
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Six days later and the ETA if ordered today is...

M2 BTO
Feb 11 - Feb 13 — Free
 
FrankySavvy said:
Does that still indicate a release in the next week or so?
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Sometime in early to mid-February time frame by my guess. The evidence is fairly strong at this point. Dates do not get stuck like that unless Apple is deferring orders because M2 is being deleted.
 
JPack said:
Sometime in early to mid-February time frame by my guess. The evidence is fairly strong at this point. Dates do not get stuck like that unless Apple is deferring orders because M2 is being deleted.
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I noticed you said based on previous years that’s you’d looked into this always seems to be the case, with Apple orders getting pushed back just before an imminent announcement

Have you got some dates of previous years as examples? I’m in the market to finally upgrade my 2019 Pro for an M4 Air so quite excited for this release!
 
Masterman said:
I noticed you said based on previous years that’s you’d looked into this always seems to be the case, with Apple orders getting pushed back just before an imminent announcement

Have you got some dates of previous years as examples? I’m in the market to finally upgrade my 2019 Pro for an M4 Air so quite excited for this release!
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Couple of examples:



 
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JPack said:
Sometime in early to mid-February time frame by my guess. The evidence is fairly strong at this point. Dates do not get stuck like that unless Apple is deferring orders because M2 is being deleted.
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Since new devices are usally announced Monday to Thursday in a Press statement, we probaly wont have news this weekend. Factoring the one Week preorder Window in: Tuesday (4th Feb) next week would fit pretty good to the Feb 11 time frame... if i get @JPack correct on that

I woudnt be suprise if Gruman writes in his paywalled newsletter that weekend, that we soon have the MBA M4
 
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handbagapple said:
Since new devices are usally announced Monday to Thursday in a Press statement, we probaly wont have news this weekend. Factoring the one Week preorder Window in: Tuesday (4th Feb) next week would fit pretty good to the Feb 11 time frame... if i get @JPack correct on that

I woudnt be suprise if Gruman writes in his paywalled newsletter that weekend, that we soon have the MBA M4
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Hope so! The M4 MacBook Air is going to be such a good machine!
 
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