Wait for New 13inch MBPs or Buy Now?

[CaptainCannabis]

If you always wait till the next thing comes out then you will never have a new computer

I agree. I used to wait for the latest thing thinking "oh, the buyers guide says it will come out next month ill wait," and it didn't come out until 4 months later.

Wat happens? That I wasted 4 months without being able to use a Mac computer that I needed to use. And this has happened to me on several occasions (I've had like 8 Macs up to now).

And I've also bought a mac, and 20 days later, boom! Update.

I've learnt from that, and now I just buy it when I need it and stop caring about the silly updates.

My late 2008 unibody MBP15 died 3 days ago, I had no apple care on that. So a few hours later I bought a MBP17 i7.

If in a month and a half or so there isn't an update, u'll regret not having bought it now and will be desperate for January, if in january there isnt one until february u'd be more desperate haha.

If you buy it now and in a month there is an update, depending on how geeky u are u might regret it... so basically, ull end up feeling bad about it unless u are lucky enough to wait for the month and for the update to actually happen.

So... its better to learn not to care about updates.

 

[mrcodewizard]

if you dont NEED it, wait.

the i7 models will proabbly get a tad bit faster, not by much though, possible usb 3.0 too.

The flip-side to this is they are most likely going to have a lot of problems when they first come out. Why be a Guinea Pig?

I have decided to wait until the next update + 2 months. I have an MBP 13, so I can wait.

 

[DVD9]

Well, if you don't need it, you should always wait. If you need it, buy it. The changes between two generations aren't that substantial. If you don't play games or do video editing, you most likely won't notice any differences.

For the 15 and 17 that's true. The 13" MBP was not really updated though. That should have an i5 processor inside.

If you're rich and you can just spend whatever, whenever you like, then you should just buy whatever you want right now. If your laptop is going to have to last you at least three years and you're targeting the 13" as all you can afford then you had better wait for the i5 and USB 3.0, especially USB 3.0. External hard drives are being used more and more and you will have an increasing need for USB 3.0 speeds.
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[ReallyBigFeet]

If you want a Pro model, don't buy the current gen MBP 13". You'd be better served with a plain Macbook as the current model is pretty bush league relative to its better-equipped siblings.

If you really have your heart set on a 13" and can wait, I'd wait for the current-gen 13" MBP to grow up a bit first.

 

[troy14]

If you want a Pro model, don't buy the current gen MBP 13". You'd be better served with a plain Macbook as the current model is pretty bush league relative to its better-equipped siblings.

If you really have your heart set on a 13" and can wait, I'd wait for the current-gen 13" MBP to grow up a bit first.

I don't get the whole bashing the 13".

I'd spend the extra $$ to a pro from the White macbook for the casing and even more important the backlit keyboard. Doesn't the pro have a much better screen too? (Well.. as good as a glossy screen can get).

I don't get the whole C2D debate, either. If you truly NEED an i5/i7 processor, you aren't going to be getting the 13" anyways, you'll be at the 15"/17" model for the dedicated GPU. The C2D is plenty quick enough for anyones tasks and I'd be willing to bet if someone gave you a laptop with a C2D and said there was an i3/i5 in there you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference.

It really is curious to see what Apple would put in the new 13", since the C2D are being discontinued. They chose much faster graphics / longer battery vs a little cpu speed increase in the last update, which I think was a great choice.

The i processors would just kill the battery faster for gains no one really needs. I'll keep my 8 hour battery, thank you. After all, it is a laptop. I'll keep it away from a wall socket as much as I can.