I am a student in my Junior year of study in an undergrad program. I was holding off on purchasing my new Macbook Pro until the core 2 duo units came out. I do lots of photo/video/multimedia editing as well as hardcore multitasking. With that said, the new pro's were released on my birthday (october 24) but I have been reluctant to purchase one yet.
My semester is actually coming to an end now, and will start back again in LATE January. With that said, do you think I should again hold out another 1-4 months in hopes of a MAJOR update to the line? I would be buying the 17" macbook pro, so it will be pretty costly, and if there were going to be MORE updates in the near future, I would consider putting off my purchase.
More importantly, I feel that if I purchase now, I may be out on a redesign (which is WAY overdue) in the near future (possibly carbon fiber?). Presuming that I use my University discount for the laptop (or my apple developer discount) I will be paying approx $2300 for the Macbook Pro 17". Do you think if Apple were to release new pro's that I would be out alot of money if I were to sell this one outright and repurchase another one using my edu discount?
I was hoping for a revise/refresh of the macbook pro with the last update, but that did not happen. I put off purchasing one this long until now, and would hope that someone here may be able to help me make the right decision.
I would appreciate any input, whether it be buying decisions, upcoming product "rumors" or speculations. If I would purchase, it would be this week.
Thanks!
Randy
My semester is actually coming to an end now, and will start back again in LATE January. With that said, do you think I should again hold out another 1-4 months in hopes of a MAJOR update to the line? I would be buying the 17" macbook pro, so it will be pretty costly, and if there were going to be MORE updates in the near future, I would consider putting off my purchase.
More importantly, I feel that if I purchase now, I may be out on a redesign (which is WAY overdue) in the near future (possibly carbon fiber?). Presuming that I use my University discount for the laptop (or my apple developer discount) I will be paying approx $2300 for the Macbook Pro 17". Do you think if Apple were to release new pro's that I would be out alot of money if I were to sell this one outright and repurchase another one using my edu discount?
I was hoping for a revise/refresh of the macbook pro with the last update, but that did not happen. I put off purchasing one this long until now, and would hope that someone here may be able to help me make the right decision.
I would appreciate any input, whether it be buying decisions, upcoming product "rumors" or speculations. If I would purchase, it would be this week.
Thanks!
Randy