Yes, you're right, Intel has a lead time too. Which means the difference in shelf date between Intel's chips and Apple's laptops is probably roughly representative of the difference in lead time starts too.
No idea, but I would speculate wildly the MacBook has a longer lead time than Intel CPUs do, the laptops being a more consumer product and for various other reasons.
Either way, access != volume, Apple can't ship Intel CPUs until it has them. But, it's clear you understand the issues. And so I assume it is obvious that having a laptop on the shelves with a chip that is less than 2 months old is not even realistic, right? You're not arguing that either company actually could have used Kaby Lake, right?
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Yes, you're right, Intel has a lead time too. Which means the difference in shelf date between Intel's chips and Apple's laptops is probably roughly representative of the difference in lead time starts too.
No idea, but I would speculate wildly the MacBook has a longer lead time than Intel CPUs do, the laptops being a more consumer product and for various other reasons.
Either way, access != volume, Apple can't ship Intel CPUs until it has them. But, it's clear you understand the issues. And so I assume it is obvious that having a laptop on the shelves with a chip that is less than 2 months old is not even realistic, right? You're not arguing that either company actually could have used Kaby Lake, right?