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MBP needed in October, when refresh?

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Ulf1103

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When will the MBP be refreced? (The new disign on).
I'm gonna need the MBP for college early October. If you look at average refreshes, it will make it. But if you look at th last 2-3 refreshes It only will be here around end 2011/start 2012.
Does anyone knows when there're coming new CPU's out (not only from intel, but also from ARM?).
Or does anyone knows when the new MBP will cope out.

Any advise?
If it comes out in october, I can weir for it, but start 2012 is too far away. :(
 
you can still buy the old one when u start ur college and every 3 weeks take it back to the Apple store and wait for the new :p
 
Ulf1103 said:
When will the MBP be refreced? (The new disign on).
I'm gonna need the MBP for college early October. If you look at average refreshes, it will make it. But if you look at th last 2-3 refreshes It only will be here around end 2011/start 2012.
Does anyone knows when there're coming new CPU's out (not only from intel, but also from ARM?).
Or does anyone knows when the new MBP will cope out.

Any advise?
If it comes out in october, I can weir for it, but start 2012 is too far away. :(
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The MBP's are going through a transition in my opinion, I think the best strategy for the pro's happened when in 2008 they received the Nvidia 9600 & 9400 but due to Intel being a baby we know what quickly happened to that... I think the next refresh in 2012 will be finally getting the Macbook Pro's on the right map strategy.

Angra-mainju said:
you can still buy the old one when u start ur college and every 3 weeks take it back to the Apple store and wait for the new :p
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Lol that would be a sight
 
Angra-mainju said:
you can still buy the old one when u start ur college and every 3 weeks take it back to the Apple store and wait for the new :p
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What do you mean?
If I buy a custom made MBP 17" best i7 8GB RAM and 128 SSD (with Apple care) now, and I told the people at the Apple store that there's somthing wrong with it (what should I say), like every 3 weeks, when the new MBP comes out, and I say that there's still somthing wrong with it, they'll let me buy a new costum made on or a stock one?


What exactly do you mean by this?
 
Ulf1103 said:
What do you mean?
If I buy a custom made MBP 17" best i7 8GB RAM and 128 SSD (with Apple care) now, and I told the people at the Apple store that there's somthing wrong with it (what should I say), like every 3 weeks, when the new MBP comes out, and I say that there's still somthing wrong with it, they'll let me buy a new costum made on or a stock one?


What exactly do you mean by this?
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LOL! he is being sarcastic. You dont wanna do that.

I doubt MBP will be refreshed again this year so your best bet is to get something when you need it. No one knows about new designs or when they will come out.
 
Does someone then knows when there will come out new i7 our any CPU from intel? Or a CPU from ARM?
 
I could be lost i this, but didn't Apple recently refresh the MBP with the latest Intel i7 notebook chips? I have the lowest 15"and I think it flies. I'm not sure, why you would wait if you need one now?
 
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lol the current MBP just came out 4 months ago.

Just buy now if you can't wait 'til January/February of next year. It'll probably be longer since I don't think Ivy Bridge ships til 2nd quarter-ish 2012, which is the CPU architecture you'd be waiting for of course.

The current ones are beastly from what I've heard.
 
jdsmoooth said:
I could be lost i this, but didn't Apple recently refresh the MBP with the latest Intel i7 notebook chips? I have the lowest 15"and I think it flies. I'm not sure, why you would wait if you need one now?
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Well, Appel updated their MBP 118 days ago.
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#MacBook_Pro
I'll be needing my MBP in 97 days, that means that if Apple was truly perfect (keeping their average) I can order it the day I need it. :)
I would love Apple if they were perfect.

But, after the 97 days, I can't wait to long for the update. Max. a month, then I really need to have it. I don't like to pay the price for the current MBP if when I paid it, a month later, the next one is their and myn will be old.

I don't mind paying the price when it's just new :)


This post might been a little bit to early.
If you found any news, you may post it.

But I'll probably gonna ask this again in two months. 'cause in two months a lot can have changed.
 
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lol the current MBP just came out 4 months ago.

Just buy now if you can't wait 'til January/February of next year. It'll probably be longer since I don't think Ivy Bridge ships til 2nd quarter-ish 2012, which is the CPU architecture you'd be waiting for of course.

The current ones are beastly from what I've heard.
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Well, the reason is the above one and 'cause I want a MBP which looks different and with more battery life…
 
Ulf1103 said:
Well, the reason is the above one and 'cause I want a MBP which looks different and with more battery life…
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There is no hard indication that Apple will drop the DVD drive in the next version of the MBP. Even if they did, they might well use the space for more battery capacity. Don't expect much change till 2012. There might be a spec bump before then, but it would be a minor upgrade.
 
Figure at most a slight unannounced spec bump in the late fall, post Back to School offer, but in time for any holiday shoppers without one. Full refresh in mid February, maybe, if not later.
 
malman89 said:
Figure at most a slight unannounced spec bump in the late fall, post Back to School offer, but in time for any holiday shoppers without one. Full refresh in mid February, maybe, if not later.
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Like an optional even faster i7 and a slightly lower price?

In September - Oktober or later?
 
besides the 2.4Ghz i7 which is an extreme processor and carries a high price tag, the 2.3 ghz i7 that apple offers is the fastest mobile processor. Ivy brige which will replace sandy bridge isn't coming out till the first month or two of 2012. I don't what apple could do to update their notebook line.

Look at the buyers guide and you'll see that they've moved to more of a yearly update for the MBP. No more twice a year. The current line is great so just buy it!
 
Battlefield Fan said:
besides the 2.4Ghz i7 which is an extreme processor and carries a high price tag, the 2.3 ghz i7 that apple offers is the fastest mobile processor. Ivy brige which will replace sandy bridge isn't coming out till the first month or two of 2012. I don't what apple could do to update their notebook line.

Look at the buyers guide and you'll see that they've moved to more of a yearly update for the MBP. No more twice a year. The current line is great so just buy it!
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/intels_ivy_bridge_cpu_launch_slips_march_2012 Just to back myself up
 
Battlefield Fan said:
besides the 2.4Ghz i7 which is an extreme processor and carries a high price tag, the 2.3 ghz i7 that apple offers is the fastest mobile processor. Ivy brige which will replace sandy bridge isn't coming out till the first month or two of 2012. I don't what apple could do to update their notebook line.
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I know, it's for now, but couldt Intel release an even faster sandy bridge CPU and that then apple will adopt it in there MBP's as an option, before the next real update?

Battlefield Fan said:
Look at the buyers guide and you'll see that they've moved to more of a yearly update for the MBP. No more twice a year. The current line is great so just buy it!
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I know, but I really want a MBP witch a new look…
That's why I don't know what to do.

I defenetly will think about buying it in a week ore wait for te next update…
But if there aren't any rumors befor Oktober, I will need to buy the current one for the same price I could buy it 3 months earlier.
 
Ulf1103 said:
I know, it's for now, but couldt Intel release an even faster sandy bridge CPU and that then apple will adopt it in there MBP's as an option, before the next real update?


I know, but I really want a MBP witch a new look…
That's why I don't know what to do.

I defenetly will think about buying it in a week ore wait for te next update…
But if there aren't any rumors befor Oktober, I will need to buy the current one for the same price I could buy it 3 months earlier.
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Macs have great re-sell value buy a new one now, resell it for 75% of what you paid and cough up extra cash to buy the new one you'll want.
I do this just about every "good" upgrade.
 
Ulf1103 said:
I know, it's for now, but couldt Intel release an even faster sandy bridge CPU and that then apple will adopt it in there MBP's as an option, before the next real update?


I know, but I really want a MBP witch a new look…
That's why I don't know what to do.

I defenetly will think about buying it in a week ore wait for te next update…
But if there aren't any rumors befor Oktober, I will need to buy the current one for the same price I could buy it 3 months earlier.
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Why would apple use a completely new design for a refreshed Sandy Bridge that is probably less than 3% faster? Probably not even that. You need to realize that anything typically under 10% is not a noticeable to the user. Don't be brainwashed into thinking that the GHz of a processor matters. What you really would notice is a new architecture. Like going from Sandy bridge to Ivy.

You're over thinking this. There will always be an update around the corner.

Also don't spend tons of money on the processor. Look into getting a SSD. I just ordered a OWC Mecury Extreme Pro 6G. That will really improve your machine.
 
Battlefield Fan said:
Why would apple use a completely new design for a refreshed Sandy Bridge that is probably less than 3% faster? Probably not even that. You need to realize that anything typically under 10% is not a noticeable to the user. Don't be brainwashed into thinking that the GHz of a processor matters. What you really would notice is a new architecture. Like going from Sandy bridge to Ivy.

You're over thinking this. There will always be an update around the corner.

Also don't spend tons of money on the processor. Look into getting a SSD. I just ordered a OWC Mecury Extreme Pro 6G. That will really improve your machine.
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I'll be buying THE 17" high end with 128GB SSD :)
and I'll buy an external HDD. :)
 
Ulf1103 said:
I'll be buying THE 17" high end with 128GB SSD :)
and I'll buy an external HDD. :)
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Maybe you should do it the other way around, get it with the HDD and purchase an SSD separately. You'll maybe get a faster one possibly cheaper or the same money you'll pay apple for the upgrade + buying the extra HDD.

Then you can just swap them over. If you wanted to get really fancy you could swap out the dvd drive for the original hard disk and get an SSD + HDD system.
 
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