Apple Says Demand for New Mac Pro is Great and It Will Take Time to Catch Up to Demand

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Posted December 20, 2013 at 6:31am by iClarified

Apple has commented on the launch of the new Mac Pro and its quickly slipping ship date.

Online sales went live less than 24 hours ago and the estimated ship date rapidly slipped from December 30th to February.

When asked for comment, Apple told Forbes:

"Demand for the all new Mac Pro is great and it will take time before supply catches up with demand."

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Russell - December 24, 2013 at 4:59am

"Online sales went live less than 24 hours ago and the estimated ship date rapidly slipped from December 30th to February."

Sales went live but not shipping.

I doubt they had any ready to ship.
There were none available in stores and the earliest anybody could have got one was by December 30.

Any other product at Apple's online store can be shipped in 1 day.

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Andy - December 22, 2013 at 3:17am

What no... an Apple product that is going to have short supply issues booooooooring!

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Vanja - December 21, 2013 at 11:39am

Because feature #1 for a workstation has always been size and portability. Nevermind the expandibility. As long as it is portable and small. Wait, what? I really hope Apple will realize that they really made mac mini on steroids (mac midi?) and not a real work station so they will give us something you can put a friggin soundcard or extra storage in.

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tommyy - December 20, 2013 at 3:11pm

Need to know number like 2mil units ordered in 24hours. Otherwise, people think Apple made 100 units of new Mac Pro. Slipping to Months later easily.

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Appul - December 20, 2013 at 11:30am

Lame marketing gimmick!!! Apple is aiming very low lately

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Ben - December 20, 2013 at 2:37pm

What an obtuse comment, Appul. New product, 3+ years in the development pipeline, likely enormous demand from professional creative arts market spaces, and absurdly detail-oriented manufacturing processes being used at a new plant in the USA. Lame marketing gimmick? Sure. What I will say is that, given that Tim Cook is the former COO of Apple, it is either worrying or exciting that demand is so much greater than their apparent supply, for a reason that time will tell. It's worrying if Apple was indeed incapable of gauging the market demand - something they've formerly been so good at doing, and adjusting their production rates accordingly. It's exciting if it implies that Apple underestimated the demand from the professional markets, and hopefully return to a recently-neglected market. Personally, I'm hoping this is in fact what's happening.

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