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0 pointsarebop4y ago0 comments

Though, there is a shortage of m1 MacBooks. Is it really because they are low value (margin?) products relative to iPhone? I'm not sure.

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Gigachad4y ago

Not much of a shortage. I just checked and they are all available for pickup right now at my local small city store. Compared to other products they are still extremely available.

arebopOP4y ago

Interesting, I see nothing available from store.apple.com until 6 April earliest, and 29 April for m1 max and even later depending on options.

irq4y ago

Specifying the M1 max = you are ordering a custom machine = there is a delay because a factory has to build it for you. The machines that are available for immediate pickup are the base level specs as shown on apple.com.

sbierwagen4y ago

I bought an M1 Macbook Air mid-February. The site gave me a ship date of four weeks later, but actually shipped from China in eight days, and arrived at my office a couple days later.

Given what a mess shipping has been for the last two years, they appear to be taking the "underpromise, overdeliver" route on shipping quotes.

aaronblohowiak4y ago

A month is not a long time these days..

ehnto4y ago

That's pretty common I think. The retailers get their orders in and planned well before consumers can.

In some cases you're finding far flung regions relative to the source having better availability, because they were allocated a percentage of the original supply but are also too far away for scalpers to be interested, so they just haven't gone through it as fast. Australia hasn't had too many troubles with some items that are pretty hard to get elsewhere for example. Getting a 3080 in NYC is probably a real challenge, but I can walk to my local parts store and pick one up no dramas.

p1necone4y ago

I was pretty surprised by the low prices of m1 macbooks when even the lowest end models perform so much better than the high end of previous models. I'm sure Apple is spending less money on manufacturing them now that they're not going through Intel, but I would have expected them to just keep charging the same and eaten the profit margin themselves.

eftychis4y ago

They are trying to establish the new architecture. Also you still need to shell out $2-3k to get something decent and practically start at $1.5k. I wouldn't call that cheap or even cheaper. What is the past difference you see?

rsynnott4y ago

Starting price for the air is $999, which gets you a very fast computer (albeit one a bit anemic in memory). A couple of years ago, the starting price for the air was still $999, but you got a... much less fast computer.

p1necone4y ago

> still need to shell out $2-3k to get something decent and practically start at $1.5k

They're all using the exact same CPU, in fact you can make the air perform (almost) just as well as the pro/mini by opening it up and adding a thermal pad: https://www.cultofmac.com/759693/thermal-mod-m1-macbook-air/

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Nursie4y ago

> you still need to shell out $2-3k to get something decent

Honestly 16GB Air is pretty epic for $1200, though you probably want to spend the extra $200 for a storage bump as well. I'm very happy with the performance for dev tasks, and with my (displaylink) dock it runs multiple screens just fine too.

sb82444y ago

I bought the 16GB air for 1000 and it's easily the best laptop I've ever owned. Fantastic value

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arvinsim4y ago

There was a few months back. Now they seem to have more reasonable timetables.

Custom build Mac Studio, on the other hand, takes 10-12 weeks.

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Gigachad4y ago

Not much of a shortage. I just checked and they are all available for pickup right now at my local small city store. Compared to other products they are still extremely available.

arebopOP4y ago

Interesting, I see nothing available from store.apple.com until 6 April earliest, and 29 April for m1 max and even later depending on options.

irq4y ago

sbierwagen4y ago

I bought an M1 Macbook Air mid-February. The site gave me a ship date of four weeks later, but actually shipped from China in eight days, and arrived at my office a couple days later.

Given what a mess shipping has been for the last two years, they appear to be taking the "underpromise, overdeliver" route on shipping quotes.

aaronblohowiak4y ago

A month is not a long time these days..

ehnto4y ago

That's pretty common I think. The retailers get their orders in and planned well before consumers can.

p1necone4y ago

eftychis4y ago

rsynnott4y ago

p1necone4y ago

> still need to shell out $2-3k to get something decent and practically start at $1.5k

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Nursie4y ago

> you still need to shell out $2-3k to get something decent

sb82444y ago

I bought the 16GB air for 1000 and it's easily the best laptop I've ever owned. Fantastic value

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arvinsim4y ago

There was a few months back. Now they seem to have more reasonable timetables.

Custom build Mac Studio, on the other hand, takes 10-12 weeks.

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