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Macbook Pro now or after Lion? Delta?

truz

truz

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So I'm in the market for a new Macbook Pro. I'm currently using a Macbook pro 2.16Ghz with 3GB ram and a 320GB 7200rpm drive. It's running quite slow as my old iMac 2.0 core duo with 2GB ram restarts in windows faster then my macbook pro can.

I'm looking at the Macbook pro Core i7 2.2Ghz, 8GB ram, 500GB 7200rpm, anti glare(what I'm use to as my current mac is anti glare) $2500 with student discount.

Should I order online now or wait until Lion is released? My biggest deal about this was having to restore/resetup my mac when Lion is released. SO I would rather wait until the final release so I only have to do this once. However when I was at the Apple Store on Friday one of the sales staff told me Snow Leopard to Lion is a Delta update. How true is this as I was quite shocked and thought it was total bull-$h1t when he told me.
 
I think you should hold out for a few more weeks, when Lion comes pre-installed with new Macs. But if you want your Mac right away, then go ahead, Lion is a decent update, though its quite cheap to upgrade later, so you won't be disappointed either way. :apple:
 
Why waiting.Everyone who order new mac after 6.6 have a free Lion update.
So, buy it and enjoy it.
 
I like the idea of having it pre installed and knowing I won't have an issue as it's Apple Tested before shipped.

If the hardware stays the same I'm fine with ordering now and upgrading later for free. I wish Apple would put USB 3.0 support. I would be quite disappointed if apple added any new hardware updates at the Lion release. such as graphics, memory, additional thunderbolt port, usb3 support.

How long will this Student discount stay going for? I'm more interested in getting a $100 credit to purchase aperture 3 then getting Lion pre installed when I can download it for free.
 
truz said:
How long will this Student discount stay going for? I'm more interested in getting a $100 credit to purchase aperture 3 then getting Lion pre installed when I can download it for free.
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I believe the $100 credit goes until early September. The student discount on actual hardware is permanent. Good choice using that for Aperture - it rocks IMHO :)
 
appleguy123 said:
I think that Lion is a delta update to save on download time. Phil said that in the keynote.
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Because you have to be able to re-install the OS at some point from the recovery partition, I'm pretty sure they download the entire OS. It's only 4GB though, which is a lot smaller than Snow Leopard.

The other issue however is the fact that some apps themselves may not be updated for Lion, but you'll have the option to continue using Snow Leopard otherwise. Especially apps like Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite take a while to get to full compatibility (I vividly remember the Spaces bug in Office 2004 and OS X Leopard which Apple didn't fix until OS X 10.5.2).
 
My biggest thing about waiting would only be for USB3 or a second Thunderbolt port. I will hookup to a external display when in my office and I may purchase a second display. I would like to be able to purchase a thunderbolt external hard drive but with 1 port and 2 external monitors I don't see this happening.

I could settle with 1 thunderbolt and 1 or 2 usb3 ports. I like the idea of transferring files quickly. I don't understand why there is no usb3 support. Apple is always last to bring new technology (other than their own) to the mac.

Only reason I may wait, is to see if usb3 is added.
 
truz said:
My biggest thing about waiting would only be for USB3 or a second Thunderbolt port. I will hookup to a external display when in my office and I may purchase a second display. I would like to be able to purchase a thunderbolt external hard drive but with 1 port and 2 external monitors I don't see this happening.

I could settle with 1 thunderbolt and 1 or 2 usb3 ports. I like the idea of transferring files quickly. I don't understand why there is no usb3 support. Apple is always last to bring new technology (other than their own) to the mac.

Only reason I may wait, is to see if usb3 is added.
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USB 3.0 support will be added with Intel's Ivy Bridge chipset next year. Apple doesn't want to spend the $15 it would cost for a 3rd party controller chip.
 
The talk about Delta updates I only remember seeing with the iOS 5 announcement, and that would refer to the 5.x updates, not 5.0 itself, and not Lion.

jW
 
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