From InfoWorld: Shipping times for Apple's Watch and new MacBook stretched into the future over the weekend, with most of the former now showing "June" and the latter backordered four to six weeks.
According to Apple's online store, all models of the Sport -- Apple's lowest-price wearable, which starts at $349 -- showed the wide window of June as the ship date. All the 42mm Watch models, the collection defined by a stainless steel case -- were also backordered to the same month, although most of the smaller 38mm choices had "4-6 weeks" as the ship timetable.
The Watch sold out almost instantly early Friday when the device went on sale, with even immediate orders pegged to ship in four to six weeks.
Apple is selling the Watch only through its online stores for Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. The very earliest orders will presumably start shipping on April 24.
Meanwhile, the new MacBook -- a 12-in. Retina-equipped, ultra-light notebook that starts at $1,299 -- went from ship dates of just one to three business days (for the silver and space-gray tints) and three to four weeks (gold) on Friday, to four to six weeks across the board by Saturday morning.
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