Waiting to buy older MBP with Snow Leopard?

[colickyboy]

Hi,
I'm a longtime PC user looking to make my first leap into Mac. I'm looking at getting an older MBP from a 3rd party retailer like MacMall or Mac Connection but was wondering if it would be better to wait until Snow Leopard is released in a couple months (or whatever)?

Would a 3rd party retailer update all their inventory to the new OS? And if they do, would they continue big sales (their current after-Christmas sale is identical to their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales) when Snow Leopard releases?

Or should I just buy the MBP now and get Snow Leopard later when it releases b/c the machine I'm looking for might be gone by the time Snow Leopard drops?

Not familiar with how these retailers work.

Thanks

 

[akbc]

Hi,
I'm a longtime PC user looking to make my first leap into Mac. I'm looking at getting an older MBP from a 3rd party retailer like MacMall or Mac Connection but was wondering if it would be better to wait until Snow Leopard is released in a couple months (or whatever)?

Would a 3rd party retailer update all their inventory to the new OS? And if they do, would they continue big sales (their current after-Christmas sale is identical to their Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales) when Snow Leopard releases?

Or should I just buy the MBP now and get Snow Leopard later when it releases b/c the machine I'm looking for might be gone by the time Snow Leopard drops?

Not familiar with how these retailers work.

Thanks

If the sales/deals are amazing at the moment, I see why not. Even if they DO upgrade to snow leopard (which I highly doubt), who says the stock is going to stay in their inventory?

If you need it, go do (buy) it now and when Snow Leopard comes out, some websites have the OS itself discounted as well.

 

[kid rock]

I agree, buy now and get snowleopard later, as I highly doubt there will be many (if any) old style MBP left to buy by the time snow leopard arrives