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There's also rumors of processor upgrades too floating around - so if you hold off you might get a new OS and a new CPU. 
There's two schools of thought on this, as far as I'm concerned.
First School of Thought: "Buy Now"
Second School of Thought: "Wait a While"
Good luck!
First School of Thought: "Buy Now"
- One thing you'll note as a common theme in both this and the second school of thought is the concern about compatibility.
Whenever you buy a Mac, whatever OS it ships with becomes the absolute base minimum OS version that that model will work with. This becomes a very important factor because, if there's an app you're interested in and it's not available at the time (or slightly thereafter) of Leopard's release, you may or may not be stuck having to wait for an update. Now, it's true that Leopard's been in the public spotlight for quite some time, and that developers large and small have had all manner of pre-release copies to test their apps, utilities, drivers, etc., against, but that does not necessarily mean that every company will have Leopard-compatible software from Day One.
Where this also becomes particularly sticky is if you buy a piece of hardware (say, a printer or scanner, for example) and that manufacturer decides to move on to a new model to support under Leopard, potentially you could find your hardware device become defunct instantly. At least if you have a version of Mac OS X that the thing runs on, you can keep using it until you eventually decide to EOL the thing and buy a new one.
Second School of Thought: "Wait a While"
- The advantage of waiting a while should be obvious: you'll be more likely to have access to any application you want and you'll be able to rest assured it works under Leopard.
Also, no matter who releases an OS -- be it Apple, the Linux community, or Microsoft -- stuff will invariably be broken, and waiting until one or two revisions go by is typically sufficient to ensure whatever bugs exist have been fixed.
Good luck!
Wrong. There are absolutely NO rumors of any processor upgrades; what would they upgrade it to? The next mobile processor on the Intel roadmap is Penryn which isn't due out 'til 2008.There's also rumors of processor upgrades too floating around - so if you hold off you might get a new OS and a new CPU.
I'm just going to
buy my MBP as soon as Leopard comes out, I've held off since January to buy one, and I could end up waiting forever if I keep waiting for the next new update. I honestly can't wait much longer.
Leopard (10.5) for October the 5th
See the link?
buy my MBP as soon as Leopard comes out, I've held off since January to buy one, and I could end up waiting forever if I keep waiting for the next new update. I honestly can't wait much longer.
Leopard (10.5) for October the 5th
See the link?
anyone think there might be a chance we'll see a new santa-rosa MB with upgraded onboard gfx (x3?00) announced along with leopard?
am looking to buy my 1st mac, and an upgraded MB with leopard would be a very tasty & attractive package
Rumours point to a new Macbook line in Spring, brushed aluminium and the like, although I could easily be wrong.
I honestly can't wait much longer.
Leopard (10.5) for October the 5th
See the link?
Not a chance in hell. Apple hasn't named a Golden Master yet. No way they could have it shipping in 6 days.
Which could also end up being Spring '08 if they don't get a move on!
I'm not impatient
Spring?
What Rumor site is reporting this? I have been following Macrumors and 9to5mac for over a year now, and I don't recall seeing that rumor. I do recall seeing January....
It better not be spring! I have been waiting for a MBP redesign to update from PC to Mac
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What Rumor site is reporting this? I have been following Macrumors and 9to5mac for over a year now, and I don't recall seeing that rumor. I do recall seeing January....
It better not be spring! I have been waiting for a MBP redesign to update from PC to Mac
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I'd buy your new computer now. You'll get 10.4 with the computer and an upgrade to 10.5 when it comes out in a few weeks (fingers crossed). So if 10.5 sucks, you can always reinstall 10.4! Best of both worlds!
There seems to be 2 schools of thought here and please correct me if I am mistaken. The first few posts in this thread speak of a free upgrade to Leopard?! Is that a free upgrade if you are already a tiger based customer and the download is available for free or its a free upgrade if you wait and purchase after its released to the general public and then you are buying it from scratch rather than upgrading?
If I remember correctly, Apple will offer a free upgrade to the new OS if you purchase a new Mac within a certain time period. For example if you buy a MacBook two weeks before Leopard is released you will get a free upgrade. However, they haven't announced anything like this yet.