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Macbook update before september?
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Almost certainly there will not be an update to anything covered by the promotion before the promotion ends. The promotion exists in a large part to clear out old inventory before Apple introduces a new or revised product onto the market.
My guess would be no. I always wait until the very end of the deal hoping to get a newer model in late August, but that has not happened the last two years. It's almost always late September/early October when the new one is out. I've never been really bummed about it though as you get a discount being a student and a free iPod. Sell the iPod on Ebay and pocket the cash for a nice, even cheaper laptop. I've done it the last 2 years and have been very happy with the results. In the big picture, it comes down to how big of deal is it to go from 2.16 to 2.2 GHz and a little more HD (or whatever the little speed bump will be this fall)? I'd rather have the cheaper machine...FWIW.
No one can give you a definitive answer I'm afraid.
If you NEED one NOW, buy it now. If you don't then wait until you do.
If you NEED one NOW, buy it now. If you don't then wait until you do.
Why do you say this when a major revamp has been rumoured for months from pretty good sources?
I would expect a special event around July/August time for new MacBooks.
Because while it's been rumored, several upgrades have happened. The PowerBook design is still unmatched*; they have no reason to change it.
*Don't start with that Envy crap.
No way on God's green earth will Apple update MB's before the end of their school promotion.
I myself am holding out for a redesign of some sort, but Realistic Me realizes how fruitless that may be. The white/black plastic of MB's exist to help people visually differentiate between them and MBP's.
But I'm also not in dire need of a new laptop right this very minute so I can afford to wait. My iBook is still chugging along nicely but if it does go belly up (banish the thought) then I'll have no problem buying the current MB with the knowledge that the next upgrade coming down the pike will probably be negligible.
I myself am holding out for a redesign of some sort, but Realistic Me realizes how fruitless that may be. The white/black plastic of MB's exist to help people visually differentiate between them and MBP's.
But I'm also not in dire need of a new laptop right this very minute so I can afford to wait. My iBook is still chugging along nicely but if it does go belly up (banish the thought) then I'll have no problem buying the current MB with the knowledge that the next upgrade coming down the pike will probably be negligible.
Which is true, but I can see them changing it from plastic to fit in more with the line.
They did it to the iMac.
The MBA got it, along with a black keyboard that also matches the iMac.
You could be right of course, but that's just my thought on it.
Besides, the plastic is fugly in my opinion.
The MacBook is due for a re-design I think - but agree that it is unlikely before the current "back to school" promotion is running in the USA.
The similar promotion will, hopefully, run in the UK till the end of October probably.
Because of this my guess is early November - in time for the Xmas buying season.
The similar promotion will, hopefully, run in the UK till the end of October probably.
Because of this my guess is early November - in time for the Xmas buying season.
Montevina will be introduced on July 14th for some chipsets and "early August" for others that will be using the integrated graphics. Therefore the Macbook cannot actually be updated until this comes out in early August and even then it is not like Apple to release their new laptop on the day of the chipset release.
Based on the rumours that are coming out citing the new LCD screens for Q3 (July - September) I think it is very likely that there will be new updates to the line before atleast the end of September. If you're dying to be able to use the back to school promotion you could always get the free ipod on the 15th of September and then you have a 14 day window in which to return an unopened box for no charge. This pretty much gives you until the 29th if you're desperate for the update and free ipod.
Another thing to look at is that the average (192 days) currently it is at 126 days. I know this doesn't mean much because of some of the other products that are well over this average.
Based on the rumours that are coming out citing the new LCD screens for Q3 (July - September) I think it is very likely that there will be new updates to the line before atleast the end of September. If you're dying to be able to use the back to school promotion you could always get the free ipod on the 15th of September and then you have a 14 day window in which to return an unopened box for no charge. This pretty much gives you until the 29th if you're desperate for the update and free ipod.
Another thing to look at is that the average (192 days) currently it is at 126 days. I know this doesn't mean much because of some of the other products that are well over this average.
They'll just use really cheap aluminum, the way they used really cheap plastic on the Macbooks. And people here will continue to chant "Apple is best" as their aluminum Macbooks begin to self-destruct, the way the Macbooks have for the last two years.
