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When in 2012 would the new Macbook Pros be released?

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rnsinclair

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I don't need a new Macbook now, but I will need it next year when I go to college. Yes, I've read the previous threads with people saying, "You can play the waiting game forever, etc etc." But the the thing is, I bought my current Macbook Pro about two months before the release of the Unibody Macbook Pros. I don't want to miss out on a major overhaul again! My current Macbook Pro is pretty outdated... it still runs on Leopard! I expected an OS upgrade after Snow Leopard (I didn't really think it was worth upgrading at the time because my Mac was only about a year old), so I waited. I didn't expect Lion to be unavailable to users of Leopard. :/

School would start in late August, so should I buy my Macbook the spring before that? Or should I wait until around October/November? If the latter, should I upgrade my current OS now?
 
If you check the Buyers Guide you will see that the last 3 updates of MBP came out about 10 months apart from each other, so I believe the next ones will be either Late 2011 or Early 2012 (Dec/11 or Jan/12)

Until then, I think you should upgrade to Snow Leopard at least
 
oh my god not one of these threads again.

no one wil know until they are released.

mostly like early next year.

apple has pretty much updated there entire mac line,a dn the pros were just updated in february which wasnt even that long ago. they ahve no reason to update them
 
So let's flip the question... Is there any new hardware available that Apple could use to bump MBP specs? Any CPU bump will be insignificant. Is there any new GPU they could use? There aren't many options here really...

For a spec bump:
1. CPU -> somewhat faster model?
2. HDD -> 240GB SSDs are still pricey, so I wouldn't expect anything here
3. GPU -> don't know; is there anything new out there?

I'd expect Apple to get slightly faster CPU for Christmas and advertise it as "New and faster Macbook Pro" and that's pretty much it.
 
If you check the buyers guide closely, you will notice that the time between releases is increasing and as pretty much every sane person expects there will be no new MBP without Intel 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs and those are showing up at the earliest early 2012 with a possible delay to the 2nd or even 3rd Quater, which means new MBP probably prop up in Februar the earliest possible, more likely in April or even later.

The only thing that will show up sooner is the 200Mhz speed bump on most of the products. Why? Because Intel already released 2760QM and 2860 QM which sell for the same price as the old 2720QM and 2820QM the two CPU that are in the 2.2 and 2.3 GHz Models. The new ones are 2.4 and 2.5 Ghz.
This might happen anytime now. If is only a minor refresh so it might not be anything more than some press release. Or nothing at all and they simply start selling the new chips without any word.
 
dusk007 said:
If you check the buyers guide closely, you will notice that the time between releases is increasing and as pretty much every sane person expects there will be no new MBP without Intel 22nm Ivy Bridge CPUs and those are showing up at the earliest early 2012 with a possible delay to the 2nd or even 3rd Quater, which means new MBP probably prop up in Februar the earliest possible, more likely in April or even later.

The only thing that will show up sooner is the 200Mhz speed bump on most of the products. Why? Because Intel already released 2760QM and 2860 QM which sell for the same price as the old 2720QM and 2820QM the two CPU that are in the 2.2 and 2.3 GHz Models. The new ones are 2.4 and 2.5 Ghz.
This might happen anytime now. If is only a minor refresh so it might not be anything more than some press release. Or nothing at all and they simply start selling the new chips without any word.
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Will this small bump or new performance increase mean any discount on the existing models ? Looking to pick up a 2.0ghz.
 
2hvy4grvty said:
Not unless you buy used. It'll mean the discontinuation of first gen Sandys.
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So what your telling me is that if in October there is a small bump in performance a 15" 2.0ghz will still be sold at the same price as today ?

Sorry I guess as a newbie I figured Apple would knock some $$$ off the price to get rid of them.
 
pjmccarthy99 said:
So what your telling me is that if in October there is a small bump in performance a 15" 2.0ghz will still be sold at the same price as today ?

Sorry I guess as a newbie I figured Apple would knock some $$$ off the price to get rid of them.
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Did Apple discount the 3gs when the 4 came out? No, they simply started selling the 4 and stopped offering the 3gs. Did the Macbook get a price reduction before giving its last breath? No, it simply stopped being offered.

The third party vendors may choose to offer a "discount" to clear inventory, but don't expect anything major. Since when has Apple products had difficulty leaving the shelf? Not since they transitioned from creating their own hardware to copying [but making better] others.
 
The past couple releases have been a little over 300 days apart. This would most likely put the next release in January. Given the anticipated fall release of the iPhone 5, iOS 5, and the iPods, a Mac update would best fit in the winter.
 
Q: When in 2012 would the new Macbook Pros be released?

A: When Apple Feels Like it. (i.e. no one knows for sure, although it'll probably be in Q1 2012)
 
A month before the iPad 3. So around March 2012. Too long of a wait if you ask me.
 
Thanks for everyone who tried to give real answers. I mean, in 2008 they upgraded the MBP line twice: first in February, then in October. I bought mine in August thinking that it would be another year before the next upgrade, and I just don't want to make such a mistake again.

Again, thanks for everyone's input. I think I'll just wait until right before school starts, and if there are no huge rumors or leaks then I'll buy my MBP then.

So for the next year... is it really worth it to upgrade to Snow Leopard/Lion? Are they really that much better?
 
nono it won't be early 2012 as a poster said [well it might be but..]
keep in mind that intel's Ivy Bridge is coming out the first half of 2012!! so apple will probably embrace that like they did sandy bridge [but then again that's up to apple to decide]

damn apple makes me so frustrated :p
 
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