Well so I have a couple questions to ask for everyone's opinion.
background: I'm 17 and will be getting a Macbook Pro as a graduation/birthday/own funds present. I plan on using it for a good 4 years through college. Now to my 2 questions:
1. How big of a step is 256 graphics to 512. If I want to game, is it really worth $500, because that's practically the only difference. I'm not going to be a hardcore gamer, but I'd like to be able to buy a game 3 years down the line and still play it, not necessarily on best graphics, but at least not running slugishly. I'll probably run Halo 2, battlefield 2142, half life 2, maybe crisis (about as high end of a game I'd ever run), etc. Is 512 really worth the extra $500 if I'm not a hardcore gamer?
2. Now or Montevina? Should i get one in a month when I can, or wait for this summer to get the Montevina update. I've heard the speeds not going to be much better and I know the processor will still be penryn, just a platform change. So I really don't care about the small speed bump it will carry. But does anyone see a new graphics card like say the 8800M being in it? or will it probably just be a 8600/8700 again due to heating issues? I thought about waiting too, to see what the probably eminent redesign will be. I LOVE the current design, but what if they make it thinner and add a magnetic latch??? However, the current design has almost all the bugs worked out, whereas a new design will have kinks to work out... So its a hard decision. Any input from you guys would be awesome. thanks. As of now, I'm leaning towards buying one in a month (the current one).
Also, I don't seemaking the hard drives any bigger (at least base option) at Montevina.
I would at least wait for the back to school promotion and grab an iPod. That said, if you 'need' it now, get it now. From what I have read about the next updates they won't be a big improvement technically over what we have now at the moment, but the longevity and 'future proofness' of them will be far better than the just released models.