Preorders for Apple’s new M2 MacBook Air opened this morning on schedule, and never surprisingly, the inexpensive new MacBook has confirmed to be so fashionable that delivery dates for many configurations have already slipped into August.
Preorders went on-line at 5 a.m. PT this morning, and it took just a few minutes for the preliminary inventory to promote out.
By 5:05, the one-week delivery estimate that will have had a brand new MacBook Air in your arms by subsequent Friday had moved to as late as July 25.
Whereas the entry-level $1,199 MacBook Air hasn’t slipped again too far — you may most likely nonetheless get your arms on one and have it arrive between July 18–25, the higher-end $1,499 configuration has confirmed to be way more fashionable. As of this writing, delivery occasions are transferring effectively into August.
Nonetheless, the excellent news is that these dates are the identical even should you select a configure-to-order (CTO) possibility, akin to upgrading the reminiscence to 16GB or 24GB or placing in a bigger SSD.
If you’re in a rush to get your arms on Apple’s new MacBook Air, you may doubtless nonetheless do higher if you’re not fussy about shade selections. The Midnight $1,499 MacBook Air seems to be the most well-liked over at Apple.com; nonetheless, the Area Gray model continues to be estimated to reach on July 15.
Oddly, Starlight and Silver land within the center, with delivery dates of July 18–25 and July 25–August 1, respectively.
Issues are extra balanced with the $1,199 base mannequin, with all 4 colours exhibiting arrival dates between July 18 and July 25.
All these dates will doubtless change as preorders proceed all through the day. Nonetheless, should you stay close to an Apple Retailer or different Apple retailer, you may most likely nonetheless get your arms on any of the usual new MacBook Air configurations just by exhibiting up in particular person subsequent Friday.
If you wish to improve the reminiscence or SSD, you’ll nonetheless have to undergo Apple’s on-line retailer and wait till no less than early August for supply.
Regardless of how far again the ship dates get pushed, Apple at all times units apart inventory for walk-in prospects at its retail shops and supplies inventory to different big-box retailers like Greatest Purchase. Not like the iPhone launch days of previous, there aren’t more likely to be any large lineups at Apple Shops subsequent Friday, so choosing one up in particular person isn’t more likely to be an issue.
In the meantime, there aren’t any shortages of Apple’s 13-inch M2 MacBook Professional, which will be ordered on-line and delivered in as little as two hours should you stay in a serious city space or by Monday to only about anyplace else in the USA.
That’s not stunning since Apple’s M2 MacBook Professional is an odd duck that’s actually laborious to suggest to most folk. It barely deserves the title “Pro†anymore, and, aside from the brand new M2 chip, it options specs similar to its 2020 M1 predecessor.
Against this, the M2 MacBook Air options an all-new design, a barely bigger display, a 1080p FaceTime digicam, and the MagSafe connector that Apple launched with the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Professional lineup final fall.
The bottom mannequin is $100 lower than the entry-level MacBook Professional, though you’d have to step as much as the $1,499 mannequin to get comparable specs, because the M2 chip on essentially the most inexpensive MacBook Air has two fewer GPU cores.
Nonetheless, with so many enhancements on the brand new MacBook Air, the one cause to go for the M2 MacBook Professional is should you love the Contact Bar or really want the sustained efficiency offered by the built-in fan. For everybody else, the M2 MacBook Air is the higher deal, and based mostly on the demand and inventory ranges we’re seeing, most customers get that.