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Saturday, February 26, 2011, 11:15 am

Apple begins shipping BTO MacBook Pros for delivery by Thursday

By AppleInsider Staff

Apple overnight began shipping the first wave of customer orders for built-to-order versions of its new MacBook Pros, promising delivery by next Thursday.
First BTO orders ship

The Cupertino-based company began dispatching these shipments from its Far Eastern manufacturing facilities to Fed-Ex's Shanghai, China-based shipping hub where they'll be mailed via air fright this weekend to the courier's stateside hubs for delivery to customers early next week.

As can be seen in the shipping confirmations below, Apple promises delivery by Thursday the 3rd through its own order status system, while FedEx is a bit more ambitious, promising delivery by 10:30 am local time on Wednesday the 2nd for this particular order.

It should be noted that the custom configured MacBook Pro shown in the order below was shipped via Apple's $18 2-3 day shipping method, as opposed to its standard free shipping method. This particular notebook was upgraded with a 256GB SSD drive and 8GB of memory.

MacBook Pro shipping

Savings on retail configurations

Meanwhile, several of Apple's larger authorized resellers are already reflecting stock of the company's five standard retail configurations for the MacBook Pro. And a handful are offering considerable early discounts of up to $150 on the new models.

For its part, MacConnection is offering the lowest prices on the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros, while MacMall delivers the best deals on the 13-inch models through its 3% instant discount coupons, which are included in the price guide links below and are exclusive to AppleInsider readers.

MacBook Pro
MacBook Pro
 Apple Amazon MacMall macconnection B&H Photo & Video
Discount
2.5GHz 13" (4GB/500GB HDD) $1,199.00 $1,112.79 $1,079.40* sold out $1,112.78 $119.60
2.5GHz 13" (8GB/500GB HDD) $1,299.00 n/a on order n/a n/a $86.51
2.9GHz 13" (8GB/750GB HDD) $1,499.00 $1,398.99 $1,357.02* $1,499.00 $1,374.00 $141.98
2.9GHz 13" (8GB/1TB HDD) $1,599.00 n/a $1,546.18* n/a $1,559.00 $52.82
2.9GHz 13" (8GB/256GB SSD) $1,899.00 n/a on order n/a $1,799.00 $153.01
2.3GHz 15" (4GB/500GB HDD) $1,799.00 $1,709.96 $1,658.66* $1,649.00 $1,659.00 $150.00
2.3GHz 15" (4GB/750GB HDD) $1,899.00 n/a on order n/a n/a $61.82
2.3GHz 15" (4/750/ANTI-GLARE) $2,149.00 n/a n/a n/a $2,149.00 $0.00
2.7GHz 15" (8GB/750GB HDD) $2,599.00 n/a on order n/a n/a $82.82
13-inch MacBook Pro (MBP) with Retina display
2.5GHz 13" MBP (8GB,128GB) $1,499.00 $1,419.00 $1,377.38* $1,399.00 $1,416.10 $121.62
2.6GHz 13" MBP (8GB,256GB) $1,699.00 $1,599.00 $1,551.98* $1,649.00 $1,599.98 $147.02
2.5GHz 13" MBP (8GB,256GB) $1,699.00 $1,539.99 $1,479.99 $1,499.00 $1,479.99 $249.01
2.9GHz 13" MBP (8GB,256GB) $2,199.00 n/a $1,599.99 sold out sold out $599.01
2.5GHz 13" MBP (8GB,512GB) $2,499.00 n/a $1,699.99 sold out $1,899.95 $799.01
2.9GHz 13" MBP (8GB,512GB) $2,699.00 n/a $1,799.99 sold out n/a $899.01
2.5GHz 13" MBP (8GB,768GB) $2,999.00 n/a $1,839.99* sold out $2,149.00 $1,159.01
2.9GHz 13" MBP (8GB,768GB) $3,199.00 n/a $2,279.49*
 		sold out sold out $919.51
15-inch MacBook Pro (MBP) with Retina display
2.3GHz 15" MBP (8GB, 256GB) $2,199.00 $1,944.99 $1,899.99 sold out $1,899.00 $300.00
2.4GHz 15" MBP (8GB, 256GB) $2,199.00 $2,079.98 $2,017.58* $2,199.00 $1,999.00 $200.00
2.6GHz 15" MBP (8GB, 512GB) $2,799.00 $2,279.99 $2,299.99 sold out $2,249.00 $550.00
2.7GHz 15" MBP (16GB, 512GB) $2,799.00 $2,649.99 $2,570.48* $2,799.00 $2,599.00 $228.52
2.7GHz 15" MBP (16GB, 768GB) $3,199.00 n/a $2,699.99 sold out sold out $499.01



For those readers considering a discounted purchase through one of these authorized resellers, it's noteworthy to point out that the MacConnection requires that customers submit mail-in-rebates post purchase to achieve the prices listed in AppleInsider's Mac Pricing Guide, while the discounts shown for MacMall are instantaneous (including the 3% AI discount) and do not require any form of rebate.
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