Aidan Malley
Initially promised for the end of January, the unibody version of Apple's largest notebook is moving gradually towards a late February ship date or later for more recent buyers.
In one example, a customer who just ordered his only slightly customized system on Wednesday now says his model won't leave assembly plants in China until February 26th, or nearly five weeks from when he pulled the trigger. The system isn't due to arrive until early March, or roughly two months after it was first announced at Macworld.
Australian readers are also receiving ship date estimates between three to four weeks after they place their orders for stock versions, while choosing the anti-glare display immediately pushes any shipment to between four to six weeks later.
Why the delays are slipping into Apple's system are unclear and may not be absolute. Readers are encouraged to submit reports of any delays for their own orders.
A reader's delayed order for a 17-inch MacBook Pro
Separately, others also report their copies of the Mac Box Set bundle for Mac OS X Leopard, iLife and iWork are slipping to a lesser degree. Apple maintains a January estimate even now but has started bumping orders to early February.
In return, one reader notes that his order was upgraded to overnight shipping for free without notice from Apple.
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I see one oddity in the picture, the line with VGA adapter, it has N0 - N zero, not "No" or "NO". All the other lines say "No".
PCConnection told me mid-Feb. But I don't know if that's for the base models, or if it was specifically for my 2.93 model.
PCConnection told me mid-Feb. But I don't know if that's for the base models, or if it was specifically for my 2.93 model.
I was told "end of January" and I just called and they said it will not ship until Feb 13th to arrive on the 18th. Oh Gleeee! Another month without a laptop. Why do they do that? Just say February. That way if you're late, no one hates you.
Seems like the excellence doesn't apply here......
This is one of the many reasons that the SEC is invetigating Apple.
I had mine ordered within 30 seconds of the store coming back up... Not that I expect that to matter much, but my Order Status still says "Ships: Feb 4" and "Delivers: Feb 9"
My fingers are crossed!