My money is on July for back-to-school sales. If not by July, they will start losing sales to the new Zen.
People who want a Mac will wait.
People who want a Mac will wait.
People who want a new Mac will wait. People who need a new Mac can't. I'm one of the latter. My laptop is barely holding together on my desk right now and I can't take it anywhere. I need a new laptop and I want an ultra-portable since I take it to university every day. If it's not out by August then I need to look at what else is on the market.
If the people who ran apple thought that way, Apple would be trading at $50/share.
There are some people who really do want a mac, the majority of people want a computer that satisfies their needs and wants. I bought an MBP last year so I don't really care about the wait now, but if I were anxious to buy, I'd be eying some Ivy Bridge PC's pretty closely.
You NEED a Mac? Nobody NEEDS a Mac. You WANT a Mac.
If you want to sit on your high horse all day and play semantics, be my guest. I need a new laptop. I would prefer if it were a Mac. I used Mac as a euphemism for laptop since it is the type of laptop I would strongly prefer. Shoot me, kid.
You NEED a Mac? Nobody NEEDS a Mac. You WANT a Mac.
If they didn't think that way we would KNOW about the new MacBooks instead of speculating about them. Apple knows their core clients will wait and will buy anything they put out there. They could sell an iBrick and Mactards would buy it.
The others wouldn't know an Ivy Bridge from a Sandy Bridge or whatever. If they want a Mac they'll just walk into the store and get one.