My wife's previous Macbook Pro died, so she ordered one from Amazon which arrived on Saturday. Very bad timing I guess (but she needed it for a business trip). Any chance of her getting a rebate or anything for getting the model that was just on its way out...?
Nope.
It must be only apple buyers who think this way. Every other computer manufacturer updates its products weekly. There are always spec boosts, new models coming in, old models going out, sales, discounts etc. Apple is different. They only sell three laptop models and you really can't customize them, and they only update them twice a year. Its a whole different game, and they can play it because people go along with it because its Apple. If you buy a book and a new edition comes out the next day, do you get a a partial refund? If you buy a car and a new model comes out two weeks later do you get a rebate for getting a car that was on the way out? Nope sorry, apple is a nice company but they aren't that nice. If its really a problem then return it and buy a new one. But its not worth your time, because you would honestly never notice the difference in performance.