To wait or no too wait?

There should be a ban on Buy Now or Wait threads.

 

Honestly.

You'd think buying a computer would be a very personal thing. Only you knows how soon you need it, and how bad you want it.

It seems most of these people have already made up their mind, but just need other people to validate their decision.

 

Buy an external HD and wait for the next gen MBP ?

 

No way, that makes too much sense to be an option.

 

Personally I never wait just because if the item NOW fits my needs/wants then I get it. Plus not everything new is better.

Then again your problem is a easy fix you just don't want to deal with it. You already have in you head that buying a new one is the answer. Almost like I need a oil change in my car, so I'll buy a new one.

You have the itch so go scratch it!

 

If all you need is drive space, just get a drive. The last two generations of Core i processors have grown by leaps and bounds over the Core 2 chips, much more than incremental updates. But for most tasks, the CPU hasn't really been the bottleneck for many years now.

New processors are scheduled for a late April to May release, so it'll be at least six months from now before new MBPs. I plan to wait it out with a C2D, myself.

 

No simple way. Are u retarded? Swapping HD in MB or MBP is so much easier compare to other laptop. Get CCC to clone ur drive to a new one and swap it. The first thing I do when I get my macbook is to swap the hd because I want 7200 rpm hard drive inside. I'm still happy with my late 07 MB with 4gb ram and 500gb 7200rpm drive. Apple also recently replaced my top case display, jewel and battery. It looks like new again .
My gf recently bought 13 inch MBP and I upgraded the memory to 8gb RAM. If it's not for the HD shortage, I would've swap the hard drive too when I opened it up. It didn't even take 20 mins to do it. No simple way, you're just being lazy.

 

Buy an external HD and wait. It will be about 6 months for the new models. Since it's only HD space that is bothering you, the external HD will help.

Once you get the new machine, you can use the external HD for backups. Therefore I would recommend going for a big external HD (750 GB or more).

 

CCC = Carbon Copy Cloner

its used to make an exact duplicate including the OSX on to the hard drive

by having an exact duplicate you could boot off the external if the interal every dies

 

The present MacBook Pro is a fantastic machine, and extremely well developed; fast, solid, dependable. I have no doubt the next major revision will build on what Apple has already achieved, this being said I prefer to replace my Pro towards the end of the cycle knowing all the niggles are worked out.

The new MBP will be an equally large jump, that we saw when Apple moved from the MBP "classic" to the Unibody. I would buy now, you can always reassess in a couple of years. I was in exactly the same position having an "Early 2008" 2.4Ghz (4.1) MBP, my Air outperforms it and had a larger SSD, time to call time, my new "late 2011" 2.4 i7 (8.2) is a dream to use and has all the power & storage I need for a portable for the present.

The new Pro will bring many positives equally it may bring some negatives, none of use will know until Apple want`s us to