Apple’s M2 MacBook Air is now up for pre-order, and we’d beforehand predicted a rush to purchase the brand new laptop computer – and that has seemingly proved to be the case.
Certainly, with pre-orders having solely been open for a few hours, we’re seeing a number of the redesigned MacBook Air fashions already having their ship dates pushed again to 2-3 weeks, and even additional in some instances.
Apple introduced the M2 MacBook Air as transport beginning on July 15, however at the moment within the US, in order for you the entry-level and higher-end (with 10-core GPU) laptops within the midnight shade, you then’ll be ready for 1-2 weeks for it to ship (perhaps till July 29).
The identical is true for the entry-level MacBook Air in starlight or silver. If you need the higher-end silver Air, nevertheless, you’re taking a look at a 2-3 week wait. The opposite fashions we’ve not talked about are exhibiting as transport on July 14, truly a day sooner than introduced.
Nevertheless, issues get extra advanced if you wish to apply upgrades to RAM or storage, with further delays most often. Any of the midnight, starlight or area grey colours that are set to ship on July 14 have their transport dates pushed again to 1-2 weeks should you apply any upgrades to both system reminiscence or the SSD. And for fashions that are 1-2 weeks by default, upgrading will push this again additional to 2-3 weeks.
The exception is the silver MacBook Air – you may improve the entry-level mannequin and the ship date stays the identical, regardless of how a lot RAM or storage you need. Apparently, for the higher-end silver Air, upgrading any of these elements reduces the anticipate transport from 2-3 weeks, all the way down to 1-2 weeks. That is the one case the place upgrading has a constructive outcome in your ready time, thoughts (and bear in mind, all of that is true as we write this – however may change as extra pre-orders roll in).
Within the UK, we’re seeing each the entry-level and higher-end fashions within the midnight shade being delayed to ship from August 2 to August 9, and the silver coloured fashions will ship between July 19 and July 26, whereas the opposite colours are nonetheless pegged at July 15.
However once more, if you wish to improve the RAM or storage, that pushes issues again to July 25 to August 1, save for the entry-level area grey MacBook Air, which you’ll improve with no change being made to the anticipated July 15 ship date.
The one different exception is the midnight fashions which when upgraded, truly ship a day earlier, from August 1 to August 8. (Once more, although, there’s one other distinction right here should you occur to go for the 16GB/1TB higher-end midnight Air, which has the longest delay of all, not transport till August 9 to August 16 – ouch).
Evaluation: Apple shouldn’t be the one retailer…
As talked about, we guessed that there is perhaps a rush for sure fashions, and that is earlier than we even know if the M2 MacBook Air entry-level model with the bottom quantity of storage suffers from the identical SSD design subject because the M2-toting MacBook Professional.
So whereas that is no shock – notably given the chatter round MacBook manufacturing points in latest occasions, and the anticipate the redesigned MacBook Air to go on pre-order, after it was revealed at WWDC a month in the past now – it’s maybe a little bit of an eye-opener that some fashions have been pushed out up to now, so in a short time.
All of this means that in order for you a MacBook Air with M2 chip, and wish the laptop computer to reach in a well timed method, it’s most likely price staking your declare to a pocket book now. In fact, you don’t must order direct from Apple, and to that finish, we’ve put collectively a roundup of high retailers to pre-order from, the place you would possibly nonetheless have the ability to seize a mannequin with extra troublesome supply timing, at an earlier ship date.
