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Thanks. It actually changed for the first time ever today…to shipping later LMAO.
So my original window was December 7-14. Now it’s December 8-12. So technically it’s also arriving sooner? But not as soon as it could have, especially since most people here note their devices shipping weeks ahead of the time Apple quoted. But at least it has narrowed down and done SOMETHING. Still no “preparing to ship” so I doubt it will arrive Friday. At this point I’ll consider myself lucky if it arrives before I travel for Christmas. Knowing my luck, it will probably arrive when I’m out of town and unable to receive it and get sent back. Then I won’t be able to get another one until late February…
In that case I’m definitely going to consider driving to Chicago to get one from a store as I keep seeing them in stock there, but it’s a 5-6 hour drive each way. I have a family member who is buying my iMac at Christmas and I’m planning to set it up for them then.
Preparing to ship—FINALLY! Ordered a month ago tomorrow. At least it shouldn’t arrive when I’m traveling now.
What’s the usual time to door nowadays after it changes to that for MBP?
My new Keychron low profile keyboard that I ordered Cyber Monday also shipped and will be here Monday. Pretty excited about that, have always used Apple keyboards and now I’m “graduating” to mechanical. Hope I like it. Got brown switches. Also got a set of custom dark gray keycaps to match.
What’s the usual time to door nowadays after it changes to that for MBP?
My new Keychron low profile keyboard that I ordered Cyber Monday also shipped and will be here Monday. Pretty excited about that, have always used Apple keyboards and now I’m “graduating” to mechanical. Hope I like it. Got brown switches. Also got a set of custom dark gray keycaps to match.
my experience was once the carrier has it, it is about a week from them picking it up to you getting it. Apple sometimes leaves the status as "preparing to ship" even though the carrier has it; but it's hard to tell since they don't update it. If you are in the US and you can sign up for UPS MyChoice, you might be able to see if it's shipping via UPS since they typically show shipments coming to you pretty quickly. They might also ship it DHL. With DHL they texted me my tracking info before apple admitted it was shipped and gave me the tracking info.
Here's hoping it moves on from Preparing to ship to Shipped and you have tracking soon!
Thanks! It just did. Shipped and shows an arrival of tomorrow? I have no idea how that works but I’ll take it! Still skeptical…
It got charged up front (for tax I think?), I did the 0% 12 months on my Apple Card because why not? I’d rather keep that money in my 5% savings account earning interest and also get 3% cash back for each installment. Next installment shows December 31st, nothing else has charged between ordering it a month ago and now.
Aye, makes sense to me.. just was wondering. I got charged for mines like 24 hour after I ordered, but still shows processing. Not supposed to be delivered for 2 weeks though
About two days, it was not long, it was as if my configuration was already built at the factory and just awaiting an order for it
I now cancelled the order in favor for the 1tb model they had in stock for 400 euros off, arriving tomorrow. i need the machine and can’t wait forever, so what, keep using my external drive when necessary
Gotcha.. I ordered mines mid-day Friday. It flipped to preparing to ship over night.. I have a feeling it's going to come early.
My 14" SB M3 Max 16/40 64GB 2TB arrived today and it is fantastic. I think almost everything is setup. Started from scratch like I always do on new Macs because I'm old school like that.
Timeline:
Timeline:
- Ordered 11/6
- Delivery estimated 12/7-14
- On 12/4 delivery estimate changed to 12/8-12
- On 12/5 morning it changed to preparing to ship
- On 12/5 early afternoon it changed to shipped
- On 12/6 mid-afternoon it arrived
16" MacBook Pro 14/40/64gb/4tb Ordered on Dec 1. Flipped to preparing to ship yesterday and shipped this morning. Original estimated deliver was Dec. 19 -21st.. Now saying it will be delivered on the 14th. I think I will get it before then, maybe Monday.. Shipped via DHL to Memphis
Yeah and I more recently bought a Samsung T7 Shield 4TB on sale for $199, so now I have two 4TB drives for about half of what Apple charges to upgrade to 4TB. Sure, they are slower, but I don't need 7000MB/s for RAW photos. I would gladly take Apple adding an option for a "slow" but cheaper 1000MB/s secondary drive for archiving data on the Mac. Now I'm using my old Sandisk as a backup because it runs so freaking hot compared to the Samsung and I got tired of backing up to spinning storage. Also figure the Samsung will be more power efficient on the go since it doesn't burn up. They both have the same write speed and rubberized enclosure so I figure Samsung's chips are way more power efficient. Any excess heat loss is power being wasted.
I have not noticed any refurbished M3s yet. I am aggressively looking at the refurbished site only with the hope of a sooner deliver date then Jan.
I just put in my new order. Selected in-store pickup. I'm curious. Has anyone who has done in store gotten their's early?
I have a CTO order with an initial promise date from 12/21-26. When shipped, Apple's delivery date was two days before their initial best guess (12/19), and UPSs estimate was even four days earlier than Apple's delivery date! (Today)
But since then, UPS updated the delivery to TBD and the laptop is still sitting somewhere in Shanghai. I think UPS queues up goods then loads planes based on priority, and 'standard' shipping probably gets to stand by.
But since then, UPS updated the delivery to TBD and the laptop is still sitting somewhere in Shanghai. I think UPS queues up goods then loads planes based on priority, and 'standard' shipping probably gets to stand by.
Well, I figure I might as well post on here.. lol. Just picked up my first MacBook Pro..
Looking to move to a newer machine from my M1 MBA, I was tempted by the new M3 MBPs. I figured the MBP with M3 Pro would be the best option for me in its configuration.. $CA2699 +tx .. but then saw that BestBuy had some open box deals.
I picked up an Open Box - M2 MBP for around $CA1850 +tx! The unit has only 2 charge cycles on the battery, physically the unit looks news. Still a balance of 4months Apple Warranty left on the Open Box Model (remainder of warranty is GeekSquad - but yeah, there is some Apple Warranty left)
Its the previous chipset, and theres a couple features from the M3 Pro that I won't get on the M2 Pro (and 2GB ram) but for my use I know I won't notice it. So for me it was a great deal.
The 14" MBPs are great machines. The screen is simply amazing, speakers awesome, and its nice to have some better options in regards to ports like HDMI/SD.
The M1 MBA is still very capable and I think will become my backup machine. (maybe pass to a family member at a later stage)
Looking to move to a newer machine from my M1 MBA, I was tempted by the new M3 MBPs. I figured the MBP with M3 Pro would be the best option for me in its configuration.. $CA2699 +tx .. but then saw that BestBuy had some open box deals.
I picked up an Open Box - M2 MBP for around $CA1850 +tx! The unit has only 2 charge cycles on the battery, physically the unit looks news. Still a balance of 4months Apple Warranty left on the Open Box Model (remainder of warranty is GeekSquad - but yeah, there is some Apple Warranty left)
Its the previous chipset, and theres a couple features from the M3 Pro that I won't get on the M2 Pro (and 2GB ram) but for my use I know I won't notice it. So for me it was a great deal.
The 14" MBPs are great machines. The screen is simply amazing, speakers awesome, and its nice to have some better options in regards to ports like HDMI/SD.
The M1 MBA is still very capable and I think will become my backup machine. (maybe pass to a family member at a later stage)
Just got preparing for Shipment. I am shipping to one of my Apple Store instead of home delivery. My order still says Jan 8th. I hope the date changes
Crazy. Since my order is going to the Apple Store, even though it's shipped I still have to wait 3 weeks.
Okay, I caved. I ordered the 8gb 1tb model to see if this new 8 GB base is workable. (I know about the future.) If I get any hiccups over the next week, it's going back for a 16 GB model.