Apple starts charging credit cards for first wave of MacBook Pro with Touch Bar orders
Some of the customers who ordered the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar very rapidly after its announcement are reporting their credit cards are being charged, with orders being prepared for arrival in customers' hands as soon as Nov. 11.
Multiple reports collated by AppleInsider and other sources show that Apple is gearing up for the first wave of shipments of the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, in every configuration. The credit card charges being made on Monday seem limited to those who ordered machines on the day of or the day after the Oct. 27 "Hello Again" press event.
Delivery dates for the first batch of shipments generally fall between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17, with some of the first wave reporting a date range ending as late as Nov. 25.
Users who ordered on the second day after the event, or later, appear to not be getting charged as of yet. However, some of the people who ordered late are seeing an improvement in expected delivery times from the end of December to the beginning or middle of December in recent days.
AppleInsider sources within Apple retail tell us that they aren't expecting "boosted" configurations of the MacBook Pro 13- and 15-inch with Touch Bar (including higher-end GPUs) in store at launch, but are expecting a few "baseline" models for customers to purchase on or around Nov. 15.
The 2016 MacBook Pro family, announced at Apple's "Hello Again" event, is a major redesign of Apple's flagship notebook, and comes in screen sizes of 13 and 15 inches, with core models starting at $1,799. AppleInsider was at the event, and was able to spend some time with all the latest hardware.
To grab the lowest prices on Apple's new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, see AppleInsider's Mac Price Guide.
Multiple reports collated by AppleInsider and other sources show that Apple is gearing up for the first wave of shipments of the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, in every configuration. The credit card charges being made on Monday seem limited to those who ordered machines on the day of or the day after the Oct. 27 "Hello Again" press event.
Delivery dates for the first batch of shipments generally fall between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17, with some of the first wave reporting a date range ending as late as Nov. 25.
Users who ordered on the second day after the event, or later, appear to not be getting charged as of yet. However, some of the people who ordered late are seeing an improvement in expected delivery times from the end of December to the beginning or middle of December in recent days.
AppleInsider sources within Apple retail tell us that they aren't expecting "boosted" configurations of the MacBook Pro 13- and 15-inch with Touch Bar (including higher-end GPUs) in store at launch, but are expecting a few "baseline" models for customers to purchase on or around Nov. 15.
The 2016 MacBook Pro family, announced at Apple's "Hello Again" event, is a major redesign of Apple's flagship notebook, and comes in screen sizes of 13 and 15 inches, with core models starting at $1,799. AppleInsider was at the event, and was able to spend some time with all the latest hardware.
To grab the lowest prices on Apple's new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, see AppleInsider's Mac Price Guide.
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Mine is a straight off the shelf low-end 15", bought a couple of hours after the event (I went back and forth on options for a while). Haven't been charged yet, but delivery shows between the 15th and 23rd.
Obviously, I'd like it earlier, if possible, but I've already arranged to take the 15th off to do some personal stuff, including hopefully take delivery.
Or are they all a bunch of dead canaries in a coal mine?
That is the "pro" MPB that the naysayers say nay to. I suspect it will be a powerful upgrade to the last MBP.
I'm very interested to see the first IRL reactions to a top-spec MBP.
Unfortunately I couldn't justify the cost this year since last summer I upgraded to a 2015 15" MBP (w/AMD graphics) (CAN $3049) + Dell P2715Q (27" 4K monitor)(CAN $600) + Elgato 2 TB2 dock (CAN $219).
I really do believe in Apple's vision of having only TB3 over USB-C ports. The vast majority of the public will get by without any dongles. What's left may need only 1 or 2 or a multipurpose dock will too the trick.
Those who take to the public forums defending the so called "pro users" are just a bunch of drama queens.
Does anyone know if orders with education discount get filled in same que, or slower? Also I ordered to pick up at nearby Apple Store--anyone know if that affects time?
The education discount will not affect your delivery, but in-store pick up will--and not in a good way.
My card was charged again this morning, but the arrival date still shows 17 - 25th of Nov. I'd like to see a tracking number pop-up today.
It was about $15 off after my corporate discount, but who's counting?
This is going to be a big upgrade from my mid 2012 non retina 15" MacBook Pro, thinner by 1cm and lighter. I already have USB-C cables for my external drives and a USB-C gigabit lan adaptor so I'm good to go.
getting sick of reading blogs etc moaning about the new models though, like they ever push a machine to the max writing their click bait articles, LOL