I have been dying to buy the 13in Macbook Pro for a while now. So I was wondering if I DO WANT the bulkier style w/ the ODD. Should I just buy now?
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Help Please? Buy Macbook pro now or wait?
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According to a dozens of already present threads and all those rumours, a new 15" MBP will appear in April, the 13" will appear in May / June.
If you need now and find the current ones bulky, you can replace the ODD with an SSD or HDD and have at least a reason for the bulkiness except the bigger CPU and HDD and battery and ports.
If you need now and find the current ones bulky, you can replace the ODD with an SSD or HDD and have at least a reason for the bulkiness except the bigger CPU and HDD and battery and ports.
If you need now then you buy now. If you can wait then generally you wait. However a few things to consider are that the MBP will likely move more toward an air design and you may loose the optical drive. If an on board optical drive is important to you than you maybe better buying now. The current machine are very capable and will serve you just as well as the next gen machine.
If it was me I'd wait..My current MBP 17" is to be phased out if rumours are correct, so when I do upgrade I will be looking at a 15" with a large SSD. I may hang on to the 17" if Apple do stop making them though. It's bulky and heavy to carry around but the screen is superb.
If you need now, buy now.
If you don't NEED now, wait until the new model and decide then, either buying new, or a refurb (at reduced cost).
If you don't NEED now, wait until the new model and decide then, either buying new, or a refurb (at reduced cost).
Remember also that with the new design its unlikely that there will be space to put in another HD/SSD which is a very useful facility,1 drive for OSX and another for data or Raid.
If going for 13" i would have thought weight was an issue and in that case wait might be the best option as Air design should be lighter.
If ODD is important then as Medic278 says buy now for new or wait for refurb.
If going for 13" i would have thought weight was an issue and in that case wait might be the best option as Air design should be lighter.
If ODD is important then as Medic278 says buy now for new or wait for refurb.
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YOu also noted that you do want the optical drive. That being the case I would recommend def buying now, rumor is that the optical is going to be phased out and that rumor has been pretty consistent. Again if your buying NEW buy now, if you plan on buying refurb then you really have nothing to lose by waiting and seeing what actually happens with the update.