Buy Now or wait till snow leopard?

[mnsportsgeek]

Hello,

I am wanting to buy a macbook pro for school next year. My first question is, will snow leopard be out before next august? And my second question is, should I wait till that is released before I buy. My guess is that with the release of snow leopard, there will also be a slight update to the CPU. I can wait all the way up until about the beginning of august. I am also doing that because I want the free ipod touch that they do every summer. I think that would be really beneficial to have on a college campus where almost everything is wireless.

 

[Eidorian]

What more gratifying? Having the hardware now or having it with Snow Leopard?

Waiting for the back to school promotion is always a good idea.

 

[McGiord]

If you already have some gear, I believe you have it right, wait until the new OS is out, and they refresh the MacBooks.
I'll do the same if I was in your case.

 

[miles01110]

I am wanting to buy a macbook pro for school next year. My first question is, will snow leopard be out before next august?

Nobody outside of Apple knows.

And my second question is, should I wait till that is released before I buy.

If you want to buy a machine for school and SL is not out before school starts, I think it's stupid to wait. You can always upgrade later.

I am also doing that because I want the free ipod touch that they do every summer. I think that would be really beneficial to have on a college campus where almost everything is wireless.

Is it a free touch these days? I thought it was a free nano or credit towards buying another iPod of your choice. Hmm, well either way it's a good deal and taking advantage of the school promotion has always been central to my decision making process. Sometimes you get a free printer (after rebate) also.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

I believe last year you had the option of getting a free 8gb ipod touch... I seem to remember playing with all the options last year and I think you could get a free 8gb touch. It could be 16gb this year possibly. Then you could upgrade to the 32gb for like $100 more maybe.

 

[01jamcon]

I'd do what you're doing, wait til snow leopard is finally out, check that its a stable release and all, then upgrade the hardware; it saves on the cost of the upgraded software. I have a strange feeling that they might hold back on snow leopard's release until after the back-to-school promo ends, especially if Windows 7 isn't out yet to push Apple.

 

[Liam8]

I would wait

I would wait to get snow leopard, it may come out sooner than expected. YOu never know, but I am going to wait until snow leopard comes out then buy a MacBook.