mbp release date?!
So, I was browsing that now 119 page thread at macrumors, and some guy had an interesting post
you can check it out for yourself
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...35341&page=119
feel free to read the now almost 3000 posts
so yeah, don't flame me for starting another MBP thread....
*waits for the sure-to-come flaming*
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Originally Posted by habicht
Originally Posted by habicht
Hello! It's my first post here, but i've been following the new MacBook/Pro discussion for a while now.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
Originally Posted by habicht
Hello! It's my first post here, but i've been following the new MacBook/Pro discussion for a while now.
My roommate ordered a BTO MacBook 5 weeks ago at an onlinestore, he talked to them yesterday on the phone to ask why it takes so long...
They told him they had to cancel his order because Apple is not shipping any laptops at this moment because the new MacBooks and MacBookPros will be out the 24th of Oktober.
thought it might interest some around here.
you can check it out for yourself
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...35341&page=119
feel free to read the now almost 3000 posts
so yeah, don't flame me for starting another MBP thread....
*waits for the sure-to-come flaming*
Comments
I called up the Apple retail store on Regent St (london) to check if they had MBP's in stock on Friday - he said that they did, and that stocks were actually quite excellent. A bit of a bummer - I was hoping they'd say they were sold out
I think most resellers have got low stocks though, (computer warehouse said they had all but sold out, and didnt know when to expect more), but I guess resellers and apple stores get supplied differently. even if it means having surplus they have to return if/when new MBP is released, I guess it wouldn't do for an apple store to have no apples to sell
Of course this probably means nothing other than they are waiting for a fresh batch of current MBPs!
For what it's worth amazon.co.uk is out of stock on 2.16Ghz MBPs (1 - 2 weeks delivery) and has "only 5 left" of the 2.0GHz model. On the Apple UK store there is a 3 day shipping time for the standard models.
Of course this probably means nothing other than they are waiting for a fresh batch of current MBPs!
yeah, i'd like to think that they're trying to run-down stocks before releasing, but thats a dangerous game of chicken. if thats what they're doing, they're building buffer stock and hoping to do a global transition when old stocks get low enough. but if stocks are consumed differently, then you could get a situation where Apple are delaying because US stocks are still high, while European warehouses get critically low, creating shortages in some areas while others are in surplus...
Apple, do you want to give me a free computer or NOT?!
I HATE YOU! I LOVE YOU! I HATE YOU!!!
Release C2Duo already! plz? It would be so l33t!!
for real though, i think maybe we'll get them in the next 3 months. seriously.
but even more seriously. Apple has taken some huge hits on the quality front with MBs and MBPs and i think they're probably just making sure to test the crap out of their new machines. Who knows, maybe they discovered some flaws that they're fixing before they send them all out.