I'm curious now. How would it look if it were to you? Can you please make a better buyers guide?
I'm sure alot of us would like to see you improved buyers guide![]()
I would look at it from the following perspectives:
1) Strength of sales of the product independent of time between of upgrades,
2) Strength of the original design compared to competitors and industry trends,
3) Incursion of competitors to Marketshare,
4) Economic forecasts for the upcoming 6 to 18 month period,
5) Company stock price, and profit margin,
6) R&D allocation per product category and related product category performance forecasts.
Lots of technical stuff and jargon, I know. But working around executives in Book Publishing, software engineering and product development has ingrained these concepts into my skull.
The MBP is strong in #'s 1 and 2 and certainly adds to #5 (profits) currently. Given a reduced economic forecast (#4) and #6 forcing R&D into areas like iPhone, iPod, MacBook Air and TV, I predict we'll be waiting another 6 to 9 months on a MacBook Pro significant redesign (you will see an insignificant Penryn bump next month to three).
Just my perspective: I think the MacRumors Buyers guide is pretty amateur when it comes to predictions and only looks at "time." A very poor indicator.
I wish I had the time to create a new buyers guide: I just trust the one inside me -- it has proven very accurate last 10 years -- unfortunately it benefits the few.
Dante