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Apple begins shipping BTO MacBook Pros for delivery by Thursday
By AppleInsider Staff
Published: 11:15 AM EST (08:15 AM PST)
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.
First BTO orders ship
The Cupertino-based company began dispatching these shipments from its Far Eastern manufacturing facilities to Fed-Ex's Shanghai, China-based shipping hub where they'll be mailed via air fright this weekend to the courier's stateside hubs for delivery to customers early next week.
As can be seen in the shipping confirmations below, 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.
It should be noted that the custom configured MacBook Pro shown in the order below was shipped via Apple's $18 2-3 day shipping method, as opposed to its standard free shipping method. This particular notebook was upgraded with a 256GB SSD drive and 8GB of memory.
Savings on retail configurations
Meanwhile, several of Apple's larger authorized resellers are already reflecting stock of the company's five standard retail configurations for the MacBook Pro. And a handful are offering considerable early discounts of up to $150 on the new models.
For its part, MacConnection is offering the lowest prices on the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros, while MacMall delivers the best deals on the 13-inch models through its 3% instant discount coupons, which are included in the price guide links below and are exclusive to AppleInsider readers.
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MacMall is offering AI readers an addition 3% off all MacBooks when entering Promo Code APPINSDRMWB32657
MacMall is offering AppleInsider readers FREE FedEx Overnight Shipping on all Mac orders through March.
MacConnection is offering $50 rebates on MacBook Airs, MacBook Pros, iMacs and Mac minis for a limited time. |
 MacBook Air
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Discount |
| 2.4GHz dual 13" MacBook Pro |
$1,199.00 |
$1,099.99 |
$1,085.42* |
$1,129.99 |
$1,099.00 |
$1,138.99 |
$1,199.00 |
$1,099.00 |
$113.58 |
| 2.8GHz dual 13" MacBook Pro |
$1,499.00 |
$1,411.99 |
$1,382.19* |
$1,429.99 |
$1,411.95 |
$1,424.99 |
$1,449.00 |
$1,399.00 |
$116.81 |
| 2.2GHz quad 15" MacBook Pro |
$1,799.00 |
$1,679.99 |
$1,628.62* |
$1,689.99 |
$1,678.95 |
$1,709.99 |
$1,709.88 |
$1,699.00 |
$170.38 |
| 2.2GHz quad 15" MacBook Pro (Feb-2011)
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$2,199.00 |
n/a |
$1,718.83* |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$1,999.00 |
$480.17 |
| 2.4GHz quad 15" MacBook Pro |
$2,199.00 |
$2,015.01 |
$1,978.75* |
$2,039.99 |
$2,018.95 |
$2,059.99 |
$2,058.88 |
$1,999.00 |
$220.25 |
| 2.2GHz quad 17" MacBook Pro (Feb-2011)
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$2,499.00 |
n/a |
$1,939.99* |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$2,299.00 |
$559.01 |
| 2.3GHz quad 17" MacBook Pro (Feb-2011)
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$2,649.00 |
n/a |
$2,036.99* |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$2,299.00 |
$612.01 |
| 2.4GHz quad 17" MacBook Pro |
$2,499.00 |
$2,285.95 |
$2,239.33* |
$2,319.99 |
$2,259.00 |
$2,359.99 |
$2,499.00 |
$2,299.00 |
$259.67 |
* + or • : Net prices after rebates and AppleInsider's exclsuive 3% discount. The 3% discount coupon is automatically embedded in the links above. It will show up as "Instant Discount(s)" during checkout, only affter you've added the Mac to your shopping cart. Full details via AppleInsider's complete Mac Price Guide.
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For those readers considering a discounted purchase through one of these authorized resellers, it's noteworthy to point out that the MacConnection requires that customers submit mail-in-rebates post purchase to achieve the prices listed in AppleInsider's Mac Pricing Guide, while the discounts shown for MacMall are instantaneous (including the 3% AI discount) and do not require any form of rebate.
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