“Imagine paying for a computer in January and being told that you’re likely to get hold of it some time in April. That’s just one of the examples of the impact of Mac mini delays that are beginning to appear in the Discussion Forum of this site, as avid Mac users and those new to the Mac in New Zealand, express frustration at trying to get hold of the latest Mac model from Apple,” Philip Roy writes for NZMac.com.
“Whilst it appears that standard mimi configurations were moderately available within the country in an earlier shipment, trying to get your hands on a more powerful Mac mini with such ‘build to order’ options as a superdrive, appear to be near impossible, with some people already having waited more than eight weeks,” Roy writes. “Based upon reports from users of this site and from Resellers around the country, it appears that New Zealand is once again at the whim of Apple Computer in the United States and that all Mac users in this country can do is either give up or express frustration while waiting their turn. Whilst it’s hoped by all that New Zealand will indeed ‘get its turn’ soon with more models of the Mac mini arriving, no-one is prepared to make absolute promises.”
“At the same time, the fact that the Apple Computer Division of Renaissance (distributors of Macs in New Zealand) appears to have charged some customers as far back as January for Macs that they expected to arrive from overseas, shows that perhaps even Renaissance has been caught out by the extended delays. As one Reseller put it ‘People have to realise that the fault here is with Apple, not Renaissance. I believe that USA is getting stock priority,'” Roy writes.
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