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What should I do now [regarding rMBP purchase]?

skier777 said:
Not even a question. Get one while you are in NYC.

Most people are complaining about the screen on the MBA and raving about the battery life. The two are completely correlated. Yes, the new rMBP will see improved battery life, but not by a huge amount, maybe 20% at the most.
The processor speed bump is marginal 10-15% and the graphics performance will see a similar improvement.

So what, you will be one generation behind. But that is only one year. Use the savings to upgrade a year sooner next time, in 2016 rather than 2017. unless you believe that the computers double in value each year, i think you have already justified this to yourself...
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I've bought a rMBP and I hope I've made the right decision.

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Androidpwns said:
What was your last laptop? ( gradz on your new machine! )
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My last laptop was a 15.6-inch Sager NP5160, with a Core i7-2720QM 2.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, HD 540 GB (which I replaced for a 240 GB SSD) and an NViDIA GT540M video card. I bought it in early 2011.

Pretty good configuration, but that's it. Bad keyboard, terrible trackpad, unusable webcam, heats a lot, heavy and cumbersome, plastic-feeling. And it's currently not working (it's the third time it stops working without a reason, and now I must take it to support again).
 
I think you made the right choice. I think the upgrades wouldnt outweigh the costs. So getting it now seemed like the best choice. Plus you get to enjoy that beautiful screen today instead of waiting several months =D
 
tgi said:
You made the right choice, you will enjoy it!
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I'm already enjoying it. It's great.

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sonicrobby said:
I think you made the right choice. I think the upgrades wouldnt outweigh the costs. So getting it now seemed like the best choice. Plus you get to enjoy that beautiful screen today instead of waiting several months =D
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Thanks. I just hope Apple doesn't update it while I'm still in NYC... Anyway, I think I could return and exchange it if they did. But I guess the update will take at least one or two months to come.
 
skaertus said:
I'm already enjoying it. It's great.

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Thanks. I just hope Apple doesn't update it while I'm still in NYC... Anyway, I think I could return and exchange it if they did. But I guess the update will take at least one or two months to come.
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Will the updates to the 15" rMBP be significant or should I get a refurb 15" rMBP now?
 
tgi said:
Do you need a computer now? If not, wait. If so, buy.
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Need it for school in August, but I want to port my game over to Mac and start development on iOS and stuff right now.

Assuming the rMBP 15" is still $2200, even with discount, I don't think I can afford $1999 (+ Tax). The currrent-gen refurb is already $1599 (+ tax) = $1720ish.
 
Mr. RPG said:
Need it for school in August, but I want to port my game over to Mac and start development on iOS and stuff right now.

Assuming the rMBP 15" is still $2200, even with discount, I don't think I can afford $1999 (+ Tax). The currrent-gen refurb is already $1599 (+ tax) = $1720ish.
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That's last gen (2012), not even current gen (e. 2013).
 
Mr. RPG said:
Will the updates to the 15" rMBP be significant or should I get a refurb 15" rMBP now?
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My crystall ball tells me that the updates will be significant especially in terms of battery life, which should get a boost thanks to Haswell. As for CPU and GPU performance, I don't expect major improvements.
 
skaertus said:
My crystall ball tells me that the updates will be significant especially in terms of battery life, which should get a boost thanks to Haswell. As for CPU and GPU performance, I don't expect major improvements.
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I think the rMBP will only see a modest battery life change from 7 to 9 hours.

As for CPU.. I've heard it will only be slightly faster and the GPU could just be an overclocked version of the 650M.

Do you agree?
 
Mr. RPG said:
I think the rMBP will only see a modest battery life change from 7 to 9 hours.

As for CPU.. I've heard it will only be slightly faster and the GPU could just be an overclocked version of the 650M.

Do you agree?
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I do, called the 750M.
 
Now benchmarks are showing a new MBP with Haswell processors... Do you think there is any chance of them being released next week?
 
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