Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?

Cook attributes the desktop shortages in part to demand from AI enthusiasts running models locally on Mac hardware—Apple Silicon’s low power usage, good performance, and unified memory pool accessible by both the CPU and GPU have made them popular among these buyers. Combine that with the fact that replacements for these computers are reportedly due soon and that Apple often winds down production of old models before introducing new ones, and you have a recipe for extreme shortages. Most notably, the 32GB configurations of the M5 MacBook Air will take two or three weeks longer to ship than they did a month ago. Apple doesn’t appear to be struggling with the 16GB or 24GB versions, and storage capacity doesn’t seem to make a difference. The M5 version of the 14-inch MacBook Pro doesn’t have the same problem; we’d imagine demand is simply higher for the less-expensive Air.