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I'm dying to order a new iBook. Should I wait till after Macworld?

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amberashby

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I know exactly what I want to order, but keep telling myself to wait till next Tuesday to order just in case they announce a change or a drop in price. I know it's now likely since they just revised the iBook.

I'm going to order bluetooth as well as the 60gb hard drive so I wouldn't be able to return it.

The wait is killing me.
 
Nope, it was JUST updated, unless you think you might want to order a new iPod or something new with it, just go ahead and buy it. One other thing you may want to consider is that if Apple releases a new version of iLife, you might not qualify for a free update if you buy before it is released...
 
It's only a week away. I would wait just in case. Even though chances of an update are slim. Wouldn't you just hate it if you bought one and then they announced something next week that you missed out on? Maybe there will be some new software that will be bundled with new hardware, but everyone else will have to pay for it. That's actually quite likely.
 
As a general rule, don't buy for a couple of weeks preceeding events of this size, you never know and it may be worth the wait.

paul
 
If you don't need a iBook G4 NOW , wait...

You never know what Apple is planning on the low end.

If you need a iBook G3 with OS 9 bootability, they'll be gone soon.

But Apple has been trying to stay away from MWSF H/W announcements, so the new equipment may be coming out in the Feb-March time frame.
 
Ok you guys. You convinced me. I'll wait another week. :-(

May as well start working on my Ebay listing for my Dell notebook.
 
I would doubt any updates are coming. but if you can i would certianly wait. Last year apple updated the 15 powerbooks in november i think it was, and wham, january brought the 15's to 1ghz and the 12 and 17 if i remember right.
 
Might get a price drop, too. I wouldn't count on it but I never dreamed they'd put a G4 in the ibook line so what do I know? :)
 
I bought an ibook early last december, figuring on no ibook updates at Macworld. Then the 12" PowerBooks came out, and I wished I had waited. You never know what might happen at a MacWorld.
 
Normally I'd say just buy it, but since MWSF is only a week away, you might as well wait just in case. But since the iBooks were just updated, and with a G4 nonetheless, I don't see anymore updates to the iBooks for quite a while. So go ahead and pick one up!
 
Dude, I bet you're glad you waited now, huh? You'll get the new iLife for NO cost. That's worth a week's waiting, in my book. :)
 
I ordered on the 7th and it it shipping today. Do you think iLife 2004 will be preloaded even though it isn't released yet? Otherwise I'll still have to pay $19.99 for the update. I can get it for $29 with my student discount anyway. Not sure $10 was worth the extra 2 week wait.
 
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