To buy MBP now or wait?

I wouldn't bother buying now. The current machines have been on the shelf for what, ~8 months now? I doubt Apple will update before the holiday if they didn't now, they probably won't bother updating until February-April next year (and I'd bet it won't be until the latter end of that timeframe).

Honestly I get fairly tired of Apple stretching out their upgrades to 1+ years at a time; it was bad enough when you had to wait 8 months between real refreshes, now with them being even less frequent I am loathe to give them a dime unless something is extremely fresh. I don't like the idea of buying the same machine at the same price that has been out for 8, 12, or 14 months; it's basically close to a year old already.

I'd just wait until 2015 at this point, you're halfway there and your current computer works fine.

 

Accidentally made a similar thread around the same time the OP opened it.. I'm in the same boat.. looking forward to buying a mac for my Web development and graphical work but the kinda outdated hardware seems to hold me back I wouldn't mind it so much if I bought a refresh.. the whole broadwell thing seems very nice but waiting that long from now on seems like a looong time

 

I'm in the same boat. I'm currently on a early 2011 15", 2.3 i7 MBP and am feeling the need to upgrade. I was hoping the Broadwell chips would be out sooner but I'm highly doubtful at this point.

I do web design/development along with some video editing (GoPro & DSLR) and need a retina screen and would like a machine that supports Bluetooth LE for some of the new 10.10 features coming out soon. I have some money saved to get a pretty well maxed out machine and was hoping something new would be out around Oct/Nov of this year.

 

Yank out the hard disk and install an SSD [of adequate size for your needs]. Then it'll feel like a new machine.

 

I would wait. I'm waiting for an updated rMBP (so that prices will drop on existing models) or the mythical rMBA, whichever comes first.

I just want an IPS screen + good battery life(7hr+), the processors won't make much difference to me.

 

I was wondering about this too with OS 10.10 (Yosemite) coming out in Fall 2014.

So you guys still think that no big updates will happen?