buying a Macbook Pro Retina 15"

[Sifinity]

hey im going to be a college student in the fall and i know and have the money to buy to the maxed 15" retina . Only problem is i don't if i should buy it now or wait for the next reiteration of it . Along with that i don't want to miss there back to school deals which will start july/august . So when do you guys think the next update will come out and do you think it will be worth the wait?

or should i buy a different mac?

any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

[coldwaves]

hey im going to be a college student in the fall and i know and have the money to buy to the maxed 15" retina . Only problem is i don't if i should buy it now or wait for the next reiteration of it . Along with that i don't want to miss there back to school deals which will start july/august . So when do you guys thing the next update will come out and do you think it will be worth the wait?

or should i buy a different mac?

any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Intel will only release the Broadwell chip at the end of this year. So I don't think Apple will update the Macbook Pro line much this year. They might do a minor update to the CPU in October, such as bump up the 2.0GHz model to 2.1GHz. But I don't think that will cause much of a performance enhancement. Overall, I don't think it is worth waiting. The next major updates to the GPU will probably be next year. If you need the laptop, you might take advantage of the back to school deal this summer.

 

[Xuan398]

I have the latest mbpr 15" with the better specs and trust me, it'll be powerful enough to last you a long time! It's amazing for everything and rather portable.

 

[solideliquid]

Just a question for those that have the late-2013 15" MBP, how long do you feel you'll be able to hold out upgrading to a newer model? In other words I have the mid-2012 MBP and feel guilty upgrading to the late 2013 model.

(DP)

 

[AppleGoat]

Just a question for those that have the late-2013 15" MBP, how long do you feel you'll be able to hold out upgrading to a newer model? In other words I have the mid-2012 MBP and feel guilty upgrading to the late 2013 model.

(DP)

Don't. Just accept technology continuously gets better and learn to enjoy what you have. Many, myself included, would give their left *** to have your computer. And it's not like the 2013s are not THAT much better than the 2012s. Just remind yourself, the base-2012 came with a discrete GPU which the base 2013 model does not come with. On the refurb list, it took me a while to decide between the 2012 and 2013 -- which were roughly the same price.

 

[Sifinity]

so theres no point on waiting? i mean i kinda feel if i wait for the update my macbook will be hold value longer just incase i feel like selling / updating to a newer version in the future

 

[Cloudsurfer]

If you need now then buy now. You'll always be waiting if you're waiting for the next stuff. Haswell is a powerful architecture that will last you many years to come.

 

[maflynn]

so theres no point on waiting? i mean i kinda feel if i wait for the update my macbook will be hold value longer just incase i feel like selling / updating to a newer version in the future

There will be no update (at least other then maybe a spec bump) until Broadwell is released - I'd say there is no point in waiting at this stage