Poll: What's your purchase trigger?

[JNB]

Yeah, everone's chatted about it, but I'd like to see how is breaks down, numbers-wise...

 

[Jarcrew]

I'm going to keep an eye on the refurb store over the next few weeks. If a Core 2 Duo 15" pops up with a glossy screen, I'm picking it up, I'm through waiting. My birthday's in October and it's not like Santa Rosa's that compelling an upgrade.

 

[Queso]

At the moment there's nothing in the Mac range that says "Buy Me!!" to replace what I already have, but a decent small-sized professional class laptop to replace my PB12" would probably fit the bill.

 

[Veracon]

I was really hoping for Leopard, but evidently that won't happen.

My current situation is that if I see a Santa Rosa-based MacBook before mid-July, I'll probably buy it. If not, I'm not getting a Mac laptop.

 

[juanm]

New Mac Mini.

Maybe a Macbook Pro too...

 

[Vidd]

I'd like to see a hardware update that's above slightly higher processor speeds.
Otherwise, I'm waiting for Leopard - the money from upgrading could be better spent.

 

[iSaint]

I'm not really waiting for anything. I love my 1.67 Powerbook. My daughter's iBook is dead, but I'm going to wait awhile and buy an iMac for her and my son.

 

[roland.g]

I was going to get a 24" iMac with Leopard, expecting a revision. I will wait till the next revision which I would expect by WWDC with Santa Rosa and upgrade. That machine hasn't changed since it was introduced in Sept. I will be out of town for five days at the end of April and a week in May and with WWDC 9 1/2 weeks out, I'll survive. By the time I return in May it will be three weeks out and I wouldn't be surprise if they get updated beforehand so that focus can again be on the iPhone. Though with Santa Rosa becoming available in May and several weeks for production ramp up I can also see Steve using the Keynote to actually announce a new revision. It remains to be seen if we will see a form revision or new colors added to the iMac line.

In light of the Leopard delay, I think Apple owes us a little in the way of sneak peeks at what is coming for hardware and a general when. Just a P/R announcement saying new Minis in May, new iMacs in June, new notebooks in July. But that wouldn't help them clear out stock of the current models.

 

[iSee]

There are a lot of options left out of the poll!

I am happy with my MBP, so I guess my trigger would be getting it stolen, lost, or damaged in a way not covered by AppleCare.

Also, I've been thinking about a Mini media server setup, so an improved Mini (better graphics processor, and/or cheaper price) might tempt me...

On the other hand, do I really need a media server? No, not really. To me it's just a cool idea, and I really have better uses for the hundreds of $ it would cost me.

 

[CV4]

I am waiting until June/July and a hardware upgrade on the Macbook Pro's. Whether this comes with Santa Rosa or without, I am fine (though I would prefer with Santa Rosa). I just feel that the MBPs are alittle overpriced right now for their hardware and are getting alittle outdated.

I don't need a laptop until September anyway, but if no new MBPs are out by August, I may have to seriously consider going Vista.

 

[JNB]

There are a lot of options left out of the poll!

I am happy with my MBP, so I guess my trigger would be getting it stolen, lost, or damaged in a way not covered by AppleCare.

The poll was wrapped around yesterday's announcement; a lot of purchase decisions were pending Leopard's release, hopefully timed conveniently with some refreshed hardware lines. Sorry if that wasn't apparent.