so say the new powerbooks are announced on january 11 and i order a 12" as soon as i see it on the apple store ... think there's a chance i could have it delivered by january 26?

how fast is apple usually with turnaround times like that?

You must understand that there would probably be mass orders since everyone is waiting. Its possible but I don't see it happening that you'd get one that soon. There is always a posibility though!

I would love to say yes, but as Auero says, people have been waiting quite a while for this update (if there is one) and so its unlikely that you will recieve the Powerbook withinin a fortnight.

REALLY slow, generally, getting new items shipped fast. It usually takes ages before you get the (Updated) product, unless you're lucky. I guess when they announce it, they don't yet have many actually ready to roll...

So, i agree, i very much doubt you'd get it before then, but you never know. Best thing you could do, is call the Apple Store and speak to someone - they will probably know more about a realistic shipping time, than the Apple Store's own guess work ETA's...

If you order a few days before the upgrade is announced (ie, now), doesn't Apple usually upgrade you for free? That is, if you order the current PowerBook now, and Apple announces an upgrade at MWSF, they tend to send you the updated model instead of the one you ordered. At least that's what I've found in my own experience.

Might be something to think about.

Really? Can you give us an example?

They may offer to upgrade... but if they decide to bump prices up, you will not get the better model for free. I would say a turnaround time of almost a month if anything is announced

They did that for me with OS X. I bought it then a few days later they released Panther. I got that for free, just shipping and handdling, but they also lowed the prices of the eMacs, I didnt get a cut of that unfortunely. And dont count on getting the powerbook for 3-4 weeks. Just look at how long it took people to get their G5 iMacs.

i am not really a big fan of ordering the new stuff from apple just after their are released because they usually have some sort of problem e.g first al powerbook which will be fixed later about shipping and getting it that fast no chance !
i hopr they upgrade the pb because i really want to get a new one!lol

My friend once ordered a 10GB iPod and a few days later they discontinued the 10GB iPod and they gave him a 15GB iPod

I'm in the same position as jsklar, although I can wait a little longer to get mine (I don't have the funds just yet although I may have enough by the time it starts shipping normally).

I should hope that it would be a month, tops, after announcement. (If not two, which would suit my timing perfectly, ready for uni).

Sorry, I shouldn't have said "in my experience". I always buy my Apple gear in person What I meant was that I've seen several posts by people here on Neowin before who've ordered Apple hardware just prior to a new hardware announcement only to find that Apple upgraded their order to the new model. The most recent case I can think of was people getting 4G iPods instead of the 3G iPods they ordered.