MacBook Air, Mac mini orders starting to ship ahead of November 17 release date
Customers who preordered the new Apple Silicon Macs are beginning to see tracking information updates that suggest the devices are already in transit.
On November 10, Apple opened preorders for the new Apple Silicon MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The first customers to place orders will likely see their devices delivered on or near November 17, Apple's announced availability date for the models.
AppleInsider staffers ordered personal units within minutes of preorders going live, and have received these notifications. In our case, expected arrival is November 22 and November 24, with both orders for a Mac mini. We have yet to receive one for the MacBook Air, but have been informed by readers that deliveries are expected between November 17 and November 24.
It is unlikely that many -- if any -- customers will see their devices before November 17. As with the first wave of orders and other previous product launches, Apple works with delivery partners to try and maintain the set release date for its products, meaning that deliveries will largely occur on or after Apple's mandated release date.
All three devices were announced at Apple's "One More Thing" event on November 10. They are the first of Apple's computers to feature the new Apple M1 chip.
The new Mac mini starts at $699, the MacBook Air starts at $999, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 chip start at $1,299. They are also available at an educational discount, bringing their prices down to $679 for the Mac mini, $899 for the MacBook Air, and $1,199 for the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
In addition to orders from Apple.com and the Apple Store app, the company said that M1-equipped Mac models will be stocked at select Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers the week of November 16, as well.
On November 10, Apple opened preorders for the new Apple Silicon MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini. The first customers to place orders will likely see their devices delivered on or near November 17, Apple's announced availability date for the models.
AppleInsider staffers ordered personal units within minutes of preorders going live, and have received these notifications. In our case, expected arrival is November 22 and November 24, with both orders for a Mac mini. We have yet to receive one for the MacBook Air, but have been informed by readers that deliveries are expected between November 17 and November 24.
It is unlikely that many -- if any -- customers will see their devices before November 17. As with the first wave of orders and other previous product launches, Apple works with delivery partners to try and maintain the set release date for its products, meaning that deliveries will largely occur on or after Apple's mandated release date.
All three devices were announced at Apple's "One More Thing" event on November 10. They are the first of Apple's computers to feature the new Apple M1 chip.
The new Mac mini starts at $699, the MacBook Air starts at $999, and the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 chip start at $1,299. They are also available at an educational discount, bringing their prices down to $679 for the Mac mini, $899 for the MacBook Air, and $1,199 for the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
In addition to orders from Apple.com and the Apple Store app, the company said that M1-equipped Mac models will be stocked at select Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers the week of November 16, as well.
Comments
I'm curious to know if any of the people who got on and ordered right away got the 17th as delivery for a 16GB machine, or if it was always held up by a week or so.
I ordered the 16 gig ram and a 500 gig ssd it shows the the 24-27 but this evening it changed to preparing to ship. I put my order in within the first 30 minutes.
Still, will wait and see what happens.
Not very happy about this, really hope this is there mistake as i already have a shipping number and expecting delivery this coming monday.
I also am trading in an older MacBook, i got the package to send that back on 11/19, and they want that returned within 2 weeks. I don't want to send that back until i have the new MacBook.
Hope this is their mistake, otherwise i'll have to delay trade, and hope they don't try and reduce the trade value as a consequence.
They tell me delaying the trade shouldn't affect the trade value, but they don't provide any assurance or covering message on that.
This is my 10th mac, so a bit disappointed that a delivery issue which causes a replacement item, puts you right at the back of the queue. surely they could prioritize something like this? Maybe they have lost/misplaced a lot of orders?
In their words (and not very re-assuring...)
"We apologize that the initial delivery wencountered some issue, the only thing I can assure. You is that it has been taken cared of."
replacement within 24 hours would be nice, pity the order states dec 30th. oh well.