Custom Mac Studio Orders Slip Mid-Summer

Mac Studio in Use - Image via Apple

05 MAY 2022 - News of another Mac that’s getting harder to get. Last week we heard word that some people who’d ordered MacBook Pros with customizations as far back as February were seeing their orders pushed out to June. Now, Apple’s second biggest computer says, “hold my beer.” According to a piece from Cult of Mac, Apple’s Mac Studio seems to be “caught by the same assembly delays that are affecting MacBook Pro.” Quoting the report:

There’s no version of the Mac Studio available from Apple’s online store in less than a week. And the only configurations that ship so quickly are the ones with the base model M1 Max processor, 512GB of storage, and either 32GB or 64GB of RAM.

Increase the storage capacity to 1TB or more and the delivery window slips to between June 23 and June 30. The same is true if a faster version of the M1 Max is picked.

Go for an M1 Ultra and the soonest you might get your machine is somewhere between 24 June and 11 July. That’s for a model with 64GB of RAM, 1TB of storage, and the base model M1 Ultra. Up anything on any of that, and the best Apple will give for a delivery window is 10 to 12 weeks. 

My refurbished Mac mini is doing great, by the way. I know it’s not the same thing, but… I thought I’d tell ya.