MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac models facing shipping delays ahead of anticipated M4 refresh | usagoldmines.com

Highlighted by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, customized configurations of M3 MacBook Professional, M2 Mac mini, and M3 iMac are at present going through intensive delivery delays. If you happen to order one as we speak, they gained’t arrive till almost the top of the month.

Transport delays on customized configurations of outgoing fashions is widespread, and tends to occur when Apple is about to refresh a product. It isn’t a surefire method of figuring out that one thing is coming, nonetheless. For instance, iPad mini inventory began dwindling forward of Apple’s “Glowtime” September occasion, and there was nonetheless no iPad mini refresh at that occasion.

Nonetheless, although it isn’t constant, it’s signal. It’s usually an indication of Apple slowing down manufacturing of customized configurations.

As a refresher, Apple is predicted to start transitioning the Mac lineup to the M4 household of chips this month, beginning with the 14″ and 16″ MacBook Professional, 24″ iMac, and Mac mini. The Mac mini particularly goes to be an thrilling refresh, with an all new design.

All base mannequin M4 Macs are anticipated to achieve no less than 16GB of RAM by default, as effectively. This breaks Apple’s custom of together with 8GB of RAM by default, which the corporate began doing in 2016.

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