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Buy or wait?

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holger

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Hi there,

I still have an old Mid 2010 ("Edsel" as some call it here) 15" MacBook Pro.
I quite like it, and it besides the worn battery and worn power cable it works quite well.
But it's getting old (and the "Edsel" dual-GPU graphics glitches worse with each MacOS version).

So I'm thinking of buying a new one. The main point is: currently, I'd get quite a big rebate through a university program.

What I'm really missing in the current MacBook Pro 13" Touchbar is:
- Magsafe
- "big" USB port
But I guess they are gone for good.

Question is: would you buy now (rebate is valid until beginning of October) or wait e.g. for another 6 months?
Is quadcore CPU the only feature that is expected in the next-gen MacBook Pro?

Oh, and does the current generation MacBook Pro have any major glitches? I don't want to buy another Edsel Mac...
 
If you need one now then buy it, if you can wait then wait. It's really that simple. If you buy it now and don't need it, when they release new models later next year (Anything is speculation at this stage, expect 20% power improvement) then you'll be miffed you didn't wait. On the other hand if you need it and wait, and they release only a small increment next year, you'll be miffed you just didn't buy one now and got some use of it for the last ~12 months.
 
holger said:
Hi there,

I still have an old Mid 2010 ("Edsel" as some call it here) 15" MacBook Pro.
I quite like it, and it besides the worn battery and worn power cable it works quite well.
But it's getting old (and the "Edsel" dual-GPU graphics glitches worse with each MacOS version).

So I'm thinking of buying a new one. The main point is: currently, I'd get quite a big rebate through a university program.

What I'm really missing in the current MacBook Pro 13" Touchbar is:
- Magsafe
- "big" USB port
But I guess they are gone for good.

Question is: would you buy now (rebate is valid until beginning of October) or wait e.g. for another 6 months?
Is quadcore CPU the only feature that is expected in the next-gen MacBook Pro?

Oh, and does the current generation MacBook Pro have any major glitches? I don't want to buy another Edsel Mac...
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I love my old 15" 2010 MBP. Threw in an SSD and 8GB of RAM and it suits me just fine. I'm just saying...
 
holger said:
So I'm thinking of buying a new one. The main point is: currently, I'd get quite a big rebate through a university program.
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If you can save some money now, then definitely buy now.
 
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like the poster above me mention , there was just a release , so now is the best time possible to buy a new machine , of course next year it will be better , but how much that 10%-20% improvement in performance is going to effect your actual work flow ?

In my opinion it's not likely the the 13 will get a quad core processor.

And Yes - it seems like this generation have much less glitches then first gen
 
Abaganov said:
In my opinion it's not likely the the 13 will get a quad core processor.
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Even if it does, performance gains will remain similar to previous years. Intel themselves estimated "up to 30%", so we're realistically looking at 10-30% depending on thermal design.

Same as every year.
 
If you're going to wait, I wouldn't expect to see a new version of the MacBook Pro before (at least) March/April 2018 at the earliest.

Can you "wait" that long?

You also wrote that you liked Magsafe and wanted at least one "big" USB port (as in, "USB-a").

In that case, you might consider either:
- an Apple Refurbished 2015 design MacBook Pro 13" or 15"
or
- a new (these are still in production) 2015 design MacBook Pro 15".

To see the 2015 MacBook Pro on Apple's store pages, you have to go to the MacBook Pro area, then click "buy", and then scroll down.

Just to advise you that these options are still available.
 
Buy one today. A major change in the next 6 months seems next to impossible, and the current machines are running very well, and I agree that the 2017 has made some nice improvements over the 2016 that translate to a smoother experience. A quad core 13-inch may or may not happen with the next release - so for now I think it is best to assume it will not happen.

As an added bonus, you will get one with Sierra instead of High Sierra, where you have the option of delaying the upgrade until all of the bugs are worked out of the new OS. Buy one a week from now and you don't have that option in the event some bug interferes with your productivity.
 
I don't think you'll miss MagSafe. The trade off for being able to charge off any port - from either side! - is so great.

And miss USB? I think it's great not having to check the cord to make sure I'm not trying to plug the cord in upside-down.

It may be a hiccup of getting used to the change, and take you a minute to acquire the right cables so you never need a dongle, but I really don't think you'll miss those things a month after the switch. It took me about 3 days.
 
SamVilde said:
And miss USB? I think it's great not having to check the cord to make sure I'm not trying to plug the cord in upside-down.
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Great feature that doesn't help when the devices you need to use are USB A
 
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