Should I stay or should I go

[John hayman]

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Hello Pro world, as I need a new mac soon, ( lion is the the straw that broke and ageing iMacs back) I was wondering if I should get a MacBook Pro soon, and get £65 gift card or wait for the update hopefully early next year?

 

[chainprayer]

i always just buy (unless i know for sure something new is coming out very soon). there's always something new on the horizon that you can be waiting for.

 

[kappaknight]

If you need a laptop now, get a laptop now.

 

[09283678]

well how much longer do you give the imac to last? like what's been happening with it?

if you think it can hold out a good 8-9 months then i would wait. if not, just get it.

what model are you thinking about buying?

 

[John hayman]

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Basically the graphics in the 2008 iMac are awful to the extent that I can't use launchpad or mission control and exposé has been removed by apple, I'd probably veggie base MBP and upgrade the ram or add SSD as it is needed.

 

[jnpy!$4g3cwk]

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Hello Pro world, as I need a new mac soon, ( lion is the the straw that broke and ageing iMacs back) I was wondering if I should get a MacBook Pro soon, and get £65 gift card or wait for the update hopefully early next year?

The current 15"/17" model is extremely fast, and, there is talk of making the MBP extremely thin sometime in the next few product cycles, something that I don't look forward to. I would go with the current model.

 

[MarocSpecops]

Hint: buy a core i7 2.2 or higher mbp. The other ones are much weaker in overall performance

 

[Jrv]

Hint: buy a core i7 2.2 or higher mbp. The other ones are much weaker in overall performance

Yeah, if you want to spend 1000 dollars more for that.

Personally, I think the best combo is to buy a 13 inch for portability, then use that 1000 dollars you saved to custom build yourself a desktop that will be more powerful than the more expensive pros anyway, AND you'll have the 13 inch as well.