I figure they want to get rid of stock through this student promotion so they probably won't update the aluminum ones until ~September, right? Should I buy one now or wait until August? My 1.83 Ghz WhiteBook is getting older haha. Thanks!!
I would wait until WWDC - it's only a few days away, just in case updates are done then.
Tell me what they would change.
If anything, just a spec bump. My point is that WWDC is in a whole 7 days - unless the OP needs his macbook that urgently, why risk not getting the higher specs?
Because WWDC is a developer conference, has nothing to do with laptops, and there are no chips to which they can bump.
The next update will be Clarksfield (if they can beat the heat) or Arrandale.
Tell me what they would change.
This is all a big guess game, and no matter how many posts a person has in this forum or how certain they sound it still a guess game.
As always, the rule of thumb is simple: wait until you can stand it no longer, then buy.
CPU speed bump and updated GPUs. Plus likely small RAM/HDD adjustments.Tell me what they would change.
There is no heat problem with Clarksfield, the two lower models are 35 W and the highest-end model is 35 W or may be 45 W. I'm fairly sure that 10 W needs to be subtracted from those values to give Penryn TDP equivalents.The next update will be Clarksfield (if they can beat the heat) or Arrandale.
I'm in the same exact boat..I think my parents just snagged me a 2.4 for college grad...should I bring it up and ask them to wait or just go for it?
You should wait because then you can tell us all how much snappier the 2.53ghz is compared to the 2.4ghz