“Apple overnight began shipping the first wave of customer orders for built-to-order versions of its new MacBook Pros, promising delivery by next Thursday,” AppleInsider reports.
MacDailyNews Take: MacDailyNews readers who’ve contacted us have confirmed the same shipping information for their new MacBook Pro orders.
In the particular order (15-inch, 256GB SSD drive, 8GB RAM) displayed by AppleInsider, “Apple promises delivery by Thursday the 3rd through its own order status system, while FedEx is a bit more ambitious, promising delivery by 10:30 am local time on Wednesday the 2nd for this particular order.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
This is fantastic news… even more so if I had ordered one. 🙁
I guess I’ve done even better, then. I have a BTO 17″ that’s set for arrival on March 1st. Woo hoo.
What does BTO stand for again?
Built to order
Bachman-Turner-Overdrive
BTO Bachman Turner Overdrive 😉
You ain’t seen nothing yet 😉
BBBaby you just ain’t seen nothin’ yet… here’s something…
you’re never gonna forget.. you know you know you know…
That’s what I thought of immediately! LOL!
Ordered mine by phone early Thursday afternoon. 15″/2.2GHz/anti-glare display/512GB solid-state drive. The only shipping notice I’ve gotten was for the airline mag-safe charger. The told me to expect the MBP between March 2 and 8.
Just shipped this morning. March 7 delivery.
The BTO versions offer a Hi-resolution non-glare screen option. May the whining now cease forever!
Mine (17″ BTO.non-glare) is scheduled for March 2 delivery. With any luck it’ll be delivered while we’re at the Apple store picking up a new iPad2! Such a day, such a day it will be!
Does anyone know if the low-end 15″ with AMD Radeon 6490m is at least on par with the previous MBP with Nvidia G-force 330m? I’m looking to get a new MBP and I don’t want to settle this time like I feel I did when I got my black Macbook (Late 2006). Yet $400 (Canadian) is a bit of jump to go to the next one up. Plus I want to add the anti-glare option as well. I’ve heard the the new Radeon is a bit weaker in some respects to the old Nvidia. Anyone have a take on this?
The 6490 is about 15-20% faster than the 330m in everything except shaders, where its about 10% slower. So, if you’re planning to do gaming on this machine, you will probably have to shell out for a higher end MBP.
While I love the high end specs on the macbook pro, I feel like they should have included a 6750 in both 15″ models. :/
Thanks for the feedback. … I don’t really plan on doing much gaming (if any). I just want to make sure that it will still run decently smooth in 3-4 years from now. I do want to get into some music and possibly movie making which may mean that I at some point will graduate to Logic Studio and maybe Final Cut (Express or Studio).
Ordered Feb 25, 2011 at 02:56 , Shipped on: Feb 28, 2011 via FEDERAL EXPRESS (FOR CANADA)
MBP 17
2.3GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
8GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM – 2X4GB
256GB Solid State Drive
8x Double-Layer SuperDrive
MBP 17″HR Antiglare WS Display
@dialtone
Bbbbut I have to paaaayyyyy for it! Apple is unfair and evil and I’m never buying another Apple product again!