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  • Is me or does Apple retail stores not carry non-default specifications

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 26 08:42:39 2017
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.portable, comp.sys.mac.hardware

    http://apple.com/us-hed/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF839LL/A&step=config and http://apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF839LL/A&step=config

    If one wanted bigger RAM and SSD, and/or faster CPU speed, then one has
    to order online and wait to be shipped. It seems like Apple stores only
    carry the defaults (2.7 Ghz I5 CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD, etc. Is
    that true?

    Thank you in advance. :)
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  • From Lewis@21:1/5 to Ant on Sun Feb 26 22:00:30 2017
    XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.portable, comp.sys.mac.hardware

    In message <R-ydnThvsJLimC7FnZ2dnUU7-UnNnZ2d@earthlink.com> Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
    http://apple.com/us-hed/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF839LL/A&step=config
    and http://apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MF839LL/A&step=config

    If one wanted bigger RAM and SSD, and/or faster CPU speed, then one has
    to order online and wait to be shipped.

    Yes.

    It seems like Apple stores only carry the defaults (2.7 Ghz I5 CPU, 8
    GB of RAM, and 128 GB SSD, etc. Is that true?

    Has always been true.

    Even before the Apple Stores existed it was true. You could order a Mac
    online and it would ship the same or next day. Or you could "build to
    order" and it would ship in a week or so, probably less.


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