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December/January '12 too late to purchase a MBP?

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Totty1987

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I'm looking to purchase a Macbook Pro within the next two months or so. I'd just like to know whether purchasing it during December/January '12 is too close to the inevitable update of the range?

It would be disappointing to spend £1500+ with Apple releasing an upgrade in February or March. :(
 
Somewhere in the March through May range is very likely, but not guaranteed. It's up to you. A year after that you'll be hearing about Haswell. Intel is all about laptop chips at the moment.
 
Truth is, I think right now is the best time to buy a MBP.

Buying 1st gen products is always a risk of having to deal with defective products. It happened to me with my current Black MB. It was the first one, and I had a terrible time with the keyboard and the trackpad button. It had a defective battery and three hard drives have failed me so far (this last one might be outside of Apple hands, but it surely had never happened before to me so frequently, and I barely move the laptop around).

The Super Drive also failed withing the first year. It was exchanged and it eventually failed again. And from one year ago, the wifi, Bluetooth and the isight camera stopped working.

Don't get me wrong. I love this MB and after more than 5 years it is still working. But I'm not going to go with a 1st gen product again. I would much rather stay with the current unibody MBP which has been improved thru the last 4 years.
 
HarryPot said:
Truth is, I think right now is the best time to buy a MBP.

Buying 1st gen products is always a risk of having to deal with defective products. It happened to me with my current Black MB. It was the first one, and I had a terrible time with the keyboard and the trackpad button. It had a defective battery and three hard drives have failed me so far (this last one might be outside of Apple hands, but it surely had never happened before to me so frequently, and I barely move the laptop around).

The Super Drive also failed withing the first year. It was exchanged and it eventually failed again. And from one year ago, the wifi, Bluetooth and the isight camera stopped working.

Don't get me wrong. I love this MB and after more than 5 years it is still working. But I'm not going to go with a 1st gen product again. I would much rather stay with the current unibody MBP which has been improved thru the last 4 years.
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Great advice mate.

I'll definitely be purchasing the MBP in December :D
 
Totty1987 said:
Great advice mate.

I'll definitely be purchasing the MBP in December :D
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Nice.:)

I might go and buy one today. I've been going back and forth since last year, and I always keep saying I'll buy it when my current MB fails, but I'm starting to consider that time might still be 1-2 years distant. Just thinking about it troubles me. =)
 
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