MacBook Pro Display Component Shortages Strangling Supply?
Some high-volume Apple dealers tell AppleInsider that thousand of units have remained on backorder since early June, while others claim they've yet to receive a single shipment of the new notebooks. In speaking to these dealers, Apple representatives have reportedly identified the new 15-inch LED backlit display panels as the root of the problem.
Apple has not specified whether quality-assurance related yield issues are to blame, or rather it is simply a case of production not being fully ramped up for a relatively new technology.
Currently, Apple's U.S. Online Store cites a 7-10 day ship time for 15" base configurations.
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The repair/quality issue has to be a factor somewhere here. If an abnormal number of people are sending back two, three or four machines (which judging by the number of threads on the issue there are a lot of cases) then it's going to play havoc with the availability, not to mention the screens may have an inherent problem which has to be fixed (like the XBOX 360's billion dollar problem).
very true. I've had three already....fourth coming on Friday! Yippeeee, Apple quality is a joke.
My sister was able to pick one up at a store no problem. I would check with Apple Stores first if you want one.
Nice to see that Apple fully supports their channel partners.
I doubt this has much to do with apple but rather the quality and quantity of components shipped from their suppliers.
No - since Apple chose the suppliers it is Apple's problem.
If your new Apple arrived with a bad disk - would you be happy if all Apple did was to give you Fujitsu's toll-free service number? If you have a bad backlight, would you be happy if Apple gave you Samsung's service desk number? If the memory is bad, would Micron's email address be enough?
If Apple didn't do the QA work on the components - it's Apple's fault.
Sometimes it pays off, sometimes it "gets you". For the most part, overall, it is a case of "barely" UPOD by Steevie and a short list of apologies.
He may be close to the vest and also on the edge of the presapice, but he is winning and rarely gets screwed.
Rocketman
I wonder how long these screen suppliers will be "preferential" :)
New led displays=new problems.
People where dying for the amazing new led panels to come out
and now those amazing led panels are here and people are still havin led issues.
Apple quality dropped while their market share gained. Sad that when a company share/market increases their product quality decreases.
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