Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

College Students: buying penryn or waiting for montevina?

College Students: buying Penryn now or waiting for Montevina?

  • Buying / Bought Penryn

    Votes: 45 42.5%

  • Still waiting for Montevina

    Votes: 61 57.5%
  • Total voters
    106
kingshrubb

kingshrubb

macrumors regular
Original poster
Mar 3, 2008
154
0
Just wondering what most people entering college are doing.. going with penryn now or waiting for montevina. I'm still waiting for montevina, but it seems like its going to come out so late I wont be able to get used to it (I'm switching from windows) or have any fun with it before school starts =(
 
I bought mine a week ago.
If you keep waiting for the next update you'll have to wait until Apple goes out of business. Buy it now, have fun with it.
 
kingshrubb said:
Just wondering what most people entering college are doing.. going with penryn now or waiting for montevina. I'm still waiting for montevina, but it seems like its going to come out so late I wont be able to get used to it (I'm switching from windows) or have any fun with it before school starts =(
Click to expand...

The temptation is there to wait but at the same time, I think the risk is this; firstly, its a 1.0 release, new platform, new features, no drivers - and new bugs.

Although it does promise alot, at the same time, is it worth it? for me, I've settled on a MacBook - and sure, I could wait for this new platform, but murphey's law, the graphics drivers will be horrible, there will be a slew of users complaining.

A better way is this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrino#Montevina_platform_.282008.29

Do you need those features? Also, I doubt the MacBook would get an update, the difference between the MacBook Pro and MacBook would come uncomfortably close to the point that Macbooks might end up canibalising MacBook Pro sales.
 
i finally decided waiting is retarded. I am happy that i got my MBP for 300 bucks less. because i just sold the ipod touch. I think that is much more worth it, then just getting some performance increases. So! If they end up releasing a new mbp and still give out the free ipods!? Then ill be bummed. But not really.
 
I would say wait: a MBP case redesign is imminent; they have had the same design for a while now, they will probably take a look at something new very soon. That's what I think, at least.
 
I waited for the Penryn update before I bought mine. I wouldn't do that again. Although I did get a slightly better computer, I didn't have one for the entire first term and a bit of the second one. It is always nice getting the latest and greatest iteration as well, but how much more power are you getting? How much are you saving on processing time? The Penryn didn't change much, Montevina will be similar.

If you really want to notice a difference, find a way to wait til the Nehalem update.
 
The new MBPs are imminent, we've crossed into the "just waiting for the formality of them actually being made available" phase now. Any week in the next 8 we'll have them, keep your credit card in your wallet for now.
 
Yixian said:
The new MBPs are imminent, we've crossed into the "just waiting for the formality of them actually being made available" phase now. Any week in the next 8 we'll have them, keep your credit card in your wallet for now.
Click to expand...

Thx Yixian lol, you've convinced me to keep waiting. I guess ill force myself to keep waiting by buying iPhone 3G this week so i can have a little bit of Apple for now and not have to use this chunky dell. :D
 
kingshrubb said:
Thx Yixian lol, you've convinced me to keep waiting. I guess ill force myself to keep waiting by buying iPhone 3G this week so i can have a little bit of Apple for now and not have to use this chunky dell. :D
Click to expand...

Lmao exactly what I'm doing :D

A day feels like a month right now while waiting though so the new ones can't come quick enough!
 
Got a penryn upgrade replacement from my merom, I'm perfectly content with the performance :)
 
drewsof07 said:
Got a penryn upgrade replacement from my merom, I'm perfectly content with the performance :)
Click to expand...

Montevina is the least important aspect of the Montevina MBPs for me, it's the GPU, the case and the possibility of Blu Ray that I'm in it for. And I'd sacrifice both of the latter two for a decent of the former too..
 
I bought my Penryn MBP mid-June. For me, I just couldn't wait any longer; my previous laptop was pushing 5 years old and Windows was beginning to annoy me to no end.
 
I'm ordering mine this weekend, tax Free weekend in VT, and a free iPod Touch, thats like $450 worth of savings because I was planning on getting an iPod eventually anyways... so might as well get it free!

I personally really liek the current case design so they might change it, but if they do hey, I'm still happy with the current case and if I got the last generation with this style, then thats fine I'll know I got the last of a solid line of notebooks, because I'm sure if they change a lot of stuff theres going to be issues.
 
I'm in the same situation as OP...waiting for montevina...my college doesn't start til late Sept. though so I'll probably buy around early Sept. before the back to school promotion is over. Hopefully they come out by then! If apple comes out with it a few days later I would be pretty pissed though...(a few days after school promotion ends...)
 
I've also purchased one recently. I am very happy with the performance, got no regrets at all.

If Apple releases a laptop with revolutionary redesign, godly performance etc. etc. I can simply ebay/give to sister my current one and buy a new one after a year or two =)
 
Depends on the release. I have to buy before the 22nd of July because I'm going to Ireland for my first semester of college. As much as I'd like to help their economy, everything is expensive like tanj in Europe, so I'm buying over here.
 
The iPod Touch/Nano/printer deal is nice this time but I don't really need anything right away am still happy with my PB. But it is very tempting at the moment :)
 
I think I am going to wait. Right now I have a 15" Santa Rosa and use it for Final Cut, After Effects, and all that good stuff. It is a 2GB memory one so I am pushing it to its limits right now. My bro is coming to the same college as me so I am going to buy the Montevina one when it comes out (hopefully in August) and give him my "old" one (its only from June of last year). Come onnnnn August! :D
 
magiic said:
Im waiting until the last possible moment
Click to expand...

me too. I have a strange feeling that the b2s deal will come and go without Montevina. And right now iI'm not sure if the bump will be worth losing the free ipod
 
I'm waiting. The Intel delay is supposed to be over around 7/14; giving Apple a few weeks to bask in the iPhone 3G buzz, I'm hoping for a MBP announcement early in August...
 
The Montevina laptops will still have Penryn CPUs. The current Macbook Pros with Penryn CPUs are Santa Rosa-based (minus Intel's Wi-Fi adaptor).
 
I bought mine in mid June about 2 weeks ago and haven't regretted it. If something new and amzing comes out cool. But I'm happy with my MBP even if it is the last before the design change, and I don't doubt it will still be relatively up to date for at least the next year or two.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back