Hi. I'm a first time poster as well, having started a thread about Time Capsule and whether if it's possible to connect it to a wireless cellular USB modem... I'm still waiting for the first response.
About your question, I'm in the same boat. I am in the market for a all-new MacBook Pro, but I really need a new computer right now. I almost bought a new MacBook Pro right before they came out with a quicker processor and multi-touch a few months ago. I also considered a new 3.06GHz iMac, but I really need portability. Yet the launch for the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros seem to continue being pushed back. I'll tell you from experience that I purchased the very last of the Titanium PowerBooks in late 2003. It was the Ti PowerBook with the highest 1GHz processor speed, a then improved, brighter screen, a DVI port, built-in AirPort (though not "Extreme"), a then massive 60GB hard drive... the works. But guess what? After a few weeks, the new 12" and 17" all-aluminum PowerBooks came out and I wanted to shoot myself. At least the aluminum 15" direct replacement to my Ti PowerBook, didn't come out until a few months later. Still, I was very, very disappointed, but I really didn't think Apple, (or the Apple reseller I ordered my computer from), would do anything about it... I mean, why would they? So, at the risk of receiving a generic response saying: "well, that's the nature of new technology; sooner or later new PowerBooks were to come out," I just took a deep breath and learned to live with my sudden 'dinosaur' of a Titanium PowerBook. I even remember seeing this five-minute online Apple corporate video where Jonathan Ives and Philip Schiller extolled the virtues of using a titanium alloy: "titanium is a remarkable material, lighter than aluminum, stronger than steel," only to declare aluminum was a much better choice when talking about the all-new PowerBooks on their follow-up online video. I was really fuming.
Still, you know what, I think it all worked out for the best. (Maybe it's been a five-year denial on my part), but I've always found my Ti PowerBook more esthetically pleasing, with it's two-tone silver/gray colors as well as the dark, yet translucent keyboard, than the all silver replacements that followed. I've always found the Ti PowerBook sleeker and more minimalist, since most of the cable ports are in the back and thus have always kept my desk much tidier from clutter. When no wires are connected, a little flap covers the ports. The newer iBooks/PowerBooks/MacBooks/MacBook Pros that followed all had the ugly exposed ports on the sides, making the machines look like an octopus, depending on what you would attach to their sides. (Of course, having the ports on the sides makes them more accessible and convenient). But hey, what do you know? Now the MacBook Air is back to a silver/gray look with a dark keyboard and incorporates a flap where the ports are hidden until they are needed... in my eyes a kind of more direct evolution from what the Ti PowerBook was all about. Who knows what the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros will look like, but I'm willing to bet they will look somewhat close to the new MacBook Air and to what my trusty old PowerBook looks like. Of course, I know all the modern Apple laptops incorporate too many awesome features I wish mine had. But still, through the years, I've tried to keep up incorporating 1GB of ram, (which is really becoming uncomfortable when running Leopard), a 250GB hd, (from a previous 100GB 7200RPM hd), a two-port, USB 2.0 PC Card adapter, a more modern double-layer Superdrive, a higher capacity, after-market battery, etc. And aside from a little scratch on the top case, I've been able to keep my Ti PowerBook virtually spotless. I've heard aluminum is horrible at attracting dents, (although I have to face the fact that my future MBP will most likely be aluminum).
My suggestion to you is to wait. Hang in there. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you'll be able to exchange a current MacBook Pro that you'd buy with a newer one when they come out. AppleCare won't help you that way either. And believe me, if you buy a new MacBook Pro now and the next generation blows you away, you're going to regret it big time... especially when you know it may be only two or three months away. I didn't have the advantage of having found Apple-rumor websites back in late 2003. In fact, I just skimmed over a new post saying the new Montevina processors would not ship until mid July, so I guess that kills any chance that new MacBook Pros will appear at the June 9th WWDC; but I'll keep reading, of course. If the new MacBook Pros end up being total turkeys, (which I doubt), then you can try and get a discounted current generation MBP. That's what I plan to do... wait it out and see. Then again, the final decision is yours. Good luck!
