UNC’s Carolina Computing Initiative is normally fielding laptop orders from incoming students by April 1. But with May quickly approaching, CCI hasn’t yet announced what models it will offer.
David Eckert, CCI program manager, said he is concerned the delay will affect sales.
Eckert said UNC was waiting for Intel to release its new generation of processors, so the models CCI offers this summer will be as current as possible.
“(Intel’s) timeline is different from our timeline,” he said.
John Gorsuch, director of Student Stores, said Intel released the processor on Monday.
But the CCI program is still waiting on Apple, Gorsuch said, adding that new Lenovo models are ready to be announced.
“Things, at least on the Lenovo side, might be more public and fleshed out any day now, but Apple is the unknown quantity right now,” he said.
CCI sells laptops to UNC students and faculty, currently offering Lenovo ThinkPads and MacBook Pros.
Last year was the first year CCI offered Macs to students.