MacBook Neo shipping estimates are starting to improve for the first time since Apple’s $599 laptop launched. The shorter wait times line up with a recent report claiming Apple ordered more A18 Pro chips due to higher-than-expected demand.

Apple has reportedly ordered more A18 Pro chips from TSMC

MacBook Neo inventory from Apple has been constrained ever since the more affordable laptop launched. In that regard, the MacBook Neo debut has looked more like an iPhone launch than a laptop release.

For example, Apple ran out of MacBook Neo inventory in April after just 15 days of selling the laptop during the month. That’s for a laptop that originally came out a month earlier.

Things weren’t looking much better for MacBook Neo shipping estimates from Apple at the start of May.…