Mike Wuerthele
Some of the customers who ordered the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar very rapidly after its announcement are reporting their credit cards are being charged, with orders being prepared for arrival in customers' hands as soon as Nov. 11.
Multiple reports collated by AppleInsider and other sources show that Apple is gearing up for the first wave of shipments of the 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, in every configuration. The credit card charges being made on Monday seem limited to those who ordered machines on the day of or the day after the Oct. 27 "Hello Again" press event.
Delivery dates for the first batch of shipments generally fall between Nov. 11 and Nov. 17, with some of the first wave reporting a date range ending as late as Nov. 25.
Users who ordered on the second day after the event, or later, appear to not be getting charged as of yet. However, some of the people who ordered late are seeing an improvement in expected delivery times from the end of December to the beginning or middle of December in recent days.
AppleInsider sources within Apple retail tell us that they aren't expecting "boosted" configurations of the MacBook Pro 13- and 15-inch with Touch Bar (including higher-end GPUs) in store at launch, but are expecting a few "baseline" models for customers to purchase on or around Nov. 15.
The 2016 MacBook Pro family, announced at Apple's "Hello Again" event, is a major redesign of Apple's flagship notebook, and comes in screen sizes of 13 and 15 inches, with core models starting at $1,799. AppleInsider was at the event, and was able to spend some time with all the latest hardware.
To grab the lowest prices on Apple's new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, see AppleInsider's Mac Price Guide.
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My MacBook Pro was the cheaper 15" with a couple CTO options. Bought day of the event. Card got charged this morning, but delivery still shows at 11/17-11/25.
Mine is a straight off the shelf low-end 15", bought a couple of hours after the event (I went back and forth on options for a while). Haven't been charged yet, but delivery shows between the 15th and 23rd.
Obviously, I'd like it earlier, if possible, but I've already arranged to take the 15th off to do some personal stuff, including hopefully take delivery.
I ordered the loaded (- the $$$$ 2TB SSD) within 2 hrs of the keynote & my estimated delivery date in Toronto is 21-25. :-/
Wait, after all the doom and gloom prognostications by all the pundit "power users" who have been yelling loudly through their social media channels, one would think no one would order the "terrible" new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar.
Or are they all a bunch of dead canaries in a coal mine?
Ordered a maxed 15" day after event. Still shows Nov 17-Nov 25 as ship time.