Post #1626111
2026-03-22 12:43 UTC
Implication: if you want a Macbook Neo this year, maybe wait until September—unless you expect the coming supply chain shock to hit Apple, too. Which is not impossible if TSMC can't meet their chip delivery dates.
If that happens, prices will shoot up and scarcity economics will take over, so buy now and be prepared to run it for the next decade.
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@genehack@dementedandsadbut.social 2026-03-22 23:19
@cstross fwiw I had a page up to order a Mac Mini about 10 days ago, and it had a 3-4 week delivery timeframe. When I finally pushed Buy on Friday, that had shot up to 10-12 weeks.
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@thearcanecomposer@mastodon.art 2026-03-23 11:30
@cstross @ArtofAlexCanEmed While I don’t exactly have a great track record in predictions, I can’t think of a time when Apple ever gave a product line a spec bump within a year of launch—at least not without a demi-product launch to go with it (like the product Red iPhones)—and *especially* not with computers, which they’ve taken heat for updating too rarely. The Neo is aimed at the education market; I’d expect a big marketing push in July/August and a spec bump this time next year.