Instantly, erm... not like you think.
I guess the best way to look at it is...
When you believe that something is truly available to you, your unconsciousness instantly starts to become more aware of the 'things' that will lead you to obtain that something. It is then up to you to train your consciousness to become more aware of the intuitive signals that your unconscious mind will throw up at you and to recognise that these things will lead you to that something you wish for.
So, yes, it does start to happen instantly, but as for physically manifesting something like a laptop or phone, I think you may be pushing your luck just a little, although you never know, I'm sure there have been occasions when someone has believed they can "win that prize" or whatever and it did come true straight away. In fact, just the other day we had a staff development day which also involved splitting into teams for a quiz and a practical exercise; with prizes for the winning team. Even though our team presentation was, I felt, not as good as everyone elses, I did truly believe that we would win, and we did. We got the highest score on the quiz and the highest score on the exercise.
Giles
