Buying now means you're paying original price for last year's product. Would you buy a 2015 car when the 2016 model costs the exact same, and comes with improved features?
[PS: For those who want to blast me for re-igniting this thread, I can only say that that's what you get from the "Similar Threads" being shown at the bottom of a topic. And, this certainly is a reality check, from some people's mindsets, isn't it? In fact, someone here in Oct. 2016 is probably thinking this is yet another new thread for Skylake. Hahaa]
Buying now means you're paying original price for last year's product. Would you buy a 2015 car when the 2016 model costs the exact same, and comes with improved features?
Sorry to bring up such an old thread, but I just have to laugh, looking back at this from 2016, 3 year into the future:
It's October 2016 and we STILL do not have Skylake-based Macs.
In fact, Kaby Lake (Skylake's successor) is already out on the streets, and we still do not have Skylake Macs.
The tech waiting game is always like Russian Roulette, and you usually come out losing. You would have wasted all of these years waiting, and deprived yourself of a faster computing experience.
Is the OP STILL waiting for the Skylake Macs, to this very day???
And in fact, Macs from 2013 have NOT really gotten cheaper at all. The mid-2012 MacBook Pro, ONLY a month or so ago, got reduced from $1199 to $1099. Apple doesn't really lower prices much at all, even for 4-year old tech.
[PS: For those who want to blast me for re-igniting this thread, I can only say that that's what you get from the "Similar Threads" being shown at the bottom of a topic. And, this certainly is a reality check, from some people's mindsets, isn't it? In fact, someone here in Oct. 2016 is probably thinking this is yet another new thread for Skylake. Hahaa]
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Well, actually, that's usually a great way to save money. You can usually save thousands by buying the previous model year, new off the lot! I've done that a few times. Brand new "leftover" cars thousands cheaper. As a matter of fact, I bought a 2014 Mustang right when the 2015 Mustangs launched (which was a whole new complete redesign) and paid about $15,000 below sticker.
But, yeah; right now it's about like buying a 2016 model year car the day before the 2017's are announced![]()
The problem is that Apple, and most other retailers are selling the last year's model for an almost original price, and in some cases maybe $100-150 off, which is not a good deal at all. Even refurb from Apple might not be a good deal after taxes.
The problem is that Apple, and most other retailers are selling the last year's model for an almost original price, and in some cases maybe $100-150 off, which is not a good deal at all. Even refurb from Apple might not be a good deal after taxes.