The SHIPPING TIME is always how long it with ship to your local deliverer. Or how long Apple takes to get it over to your neck of the woods. Delivery time is dependent upon the UPS or whatever company they use to deliver it to your home.
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The SHIPPING TIME is always how long it with ship to your local deliverer. Or how long Apple takes to get it over to your neck of the woods. Delivery time is dependent upon the UPS or whatever company they use to deliver it to your home.
Wondering...If I bought one now, would it still be worth $1700 by next summer (summer 2009), or would the price drop much less?
If you have AppleCare and upgraded the RAM you should be able to get around 1700 for it.
So i should probably wait then...bummer.. I'm SO IMPATIENT!!!! AHHHH!!!!!
Nah. Don't wait. Just do what I did. Buy whatever Mac you are comfortable with, get the cheapest RAM option, then go to a computer store, and buy 4 Gig of RAM. Mine cost $74. Much better than spending $400 extra. Increases your resale value, too.
To Timewaister:
If you do buy a machine now and have AppleCare and maxed out RAM you may be able to get close to what you paid upfront for it. But remember that Apple is also selling refurbished models of the same thing without RAM and AppleCare for a little bit less.
Not that you shouldn't try asking for $1700, just that a lot of people, especially those that are in the know, probably won't want to pay that much. You might end up getting $1400 --> $1500 for it, which still isn't bad.
If you do buy a machine now and have AppleCare and maxed out RAM you may be able to get close to what you paid upfront for it. But remember that Apple is also selling refurbished models of the same thing without RAM and AppleCare for a little bit less.
Not that you shouldn't try asking for $1700, just that a lot of people, especially those that are in the know, probably won't want to pay that much. You might end up getting $1400 --> $1500 for it, which still isn't bad.
To give you guys an update on what [another] horrible experience I've had with Guitar Center in Plano (yes, there've been multiple bad experiences, but I always get a good deal, so I continue to do business with them)
I ordered my MBP17 on Friday, Feb. 29th.
I was told today that they wouldn't have it in their hands until...
March 17th.
Big letdown. Thanks to Guitar Center for helping make my Spring Semester a great one. ****ERS!
But what if I bought one now and sold this summer (2008)? Would I get $1700 then? Sorry for bugging you guys.
If you bought this summer for $2000 with AppleCare and 2GB of RAM your machine would be worth about $2450 or so... $350 for AppleCare and $100 for the 4GB of RAM.
Even if you get that on a student discount, don't tell no body.
Now.... by summer (in 6 months or so) that machine may be worth about .... hmm ... about $2000. Take $200 off the machine, another $100 off the price of AppleCare, and the RAM wouldn't really hold much value since it's pretty cheap.
You can get around $1800 for sure... the main thing though is how much Apple will lower the price of the low end Penryn by that time.
Thanks for clearing that up, I was rather annoyed by the confusion from some people.
This can happen very easily.. just 6 months ago the SR mbp was bought at $2499 and now on ebay that same 2.4Ghz SR mbp with 256vram could be bought as low as $1500-$1600 or even at macmall as brand new could be bought for $1799
So if you bought now with the current penryn's (like I have), it would be wise to just wait until Nehalem to upgrade.