During its earnings call, Apple advised that it is bracing for growing supply pressure on its products. I know some of this stems from Ramageddon and the massive build-out of AI server farms, but it feels like it runs deeper than that.

As Apple customers, we’ve always been accustomed to them just figuring it out and having a way to deliver their hardware despite market conditions. It sounds like that may be coming to an end. Just for giggles, I looked at the Apple Store this morning, and if I order a new stock 13″ MacBook Air today, it will arrive in 2+ weeks.