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I am going to wait for another month or so

Like a lot of other people I logged in to Macrumors at 5pm on Tuesday (UK time) hoping for news on a new MB or MBP.

I am now quite dishearted, am going to give it to the end of Feb and then buy a base MBP with 250GB drive or perhaps may be go for a Dell. I am a new MAC user with a mini looking for a replacement for my ageing XP laptop.
 
I am most likely going to buy a the current MBP within the next couple of days. Gonna go for a 15" 2.6ghz 200GB 7200RPM HDD and 4GB of RAM (thrid party of course). It should be blazing fast.
 
Like a lot of other people I logged in to Macrumors at 5pm on Tuesday (UK time) hoping for news on a new MB or MBP.

I am now quite dishearted, am going to give it to the end of Feb and then buy a base MBP with 250GB drive or perhaps may be go for a Dell. I am a new MAC user with a mini looking for a replacement for my ageing XP laptop.

Yep same here. I wasn't actually hoping for a redesign as I really rather like the current design.

I was hoping quite unrealistically for an update similar to the one last June, a noticeable bump in the spec. Ideally penryn, 15" LED at 1680x1050 and perhaps even blu-ray.

Still we shouldn't give up hope, I'm not sure something like a specification upgrade to an existing model is something that would be announced at MSF. Rather like the previous MBP upgrade or the Mac Pro upgrade it would be announced separately. I'm still hoping that within a couple of weeks from now we've seen at least a mild upgrade in the MBP spec.
 
This is the right answer. My 12" Powerbook G4 died Monday January 7th. I waited until today for Macworld to see if there would be an upgrade, but no dice. I cannot wait any longer. I'm a student and I absolutely need to have a computer. I also broke my hand skiing last week so I can't even take notes with a pencil and paper.

Waiting any longer than today is just plain lunacy. Even if Apple DOES silent upgrade the Macbook Pros a week from now, you can pay the 10% restocking fee to bring yours back if you absolutely MUST have that processor / graphics bump.

I plan on picking up my new Macbook Pro from the Des Moines Apple store tonight, and I could not be happier with my decision.

Necessity > Potential 200 mhz upgrade. Apple loves the waiting game, but I don't need to play it anymore.

Cool!! A fellow Cyclone... ISU is my undergrad alma mater..
 
Me too

Now that the Air is out and is not what I hoped it would be (no complaining) I will wait for the MacBook Pro's to be updated to Penryn and purchase one. I sold my MacBook Pro Core Duo 3 months ago. I wanted something smaller.

The Air is not it (too many sacrifices for design) and the MacBook doesn't have backlit keyboard, LED screen and has shared video memory Intel GMA.

Thankfully I am not in a hurry.
 
I am not in desperate need of a laptop but I do need one. I was hoping for a 12-13" Macbook PRO! and am will not get a MBA. I need a computer to perform, not just be a stylish trendy computer. Even though it has its benefits, its cons out-way them 3-1 (for my purposes). If they don't update the MBP within 2 months I will have to pull the trigger and get a current one.
 
i wanted to like the mba, but without firewire (imovie??), without ethernet, with only one usb port, etc., i just can't justify it.

i will wait. i've been waiting for maybe a year. i'm using a 2003 TiBook, and it sucks. but i can't buy now, knowing well that there's a significant update on its way.

at a minimum penryn, at a maximum who knows (multitouch, case-redesign)...it's worth waiting, even if i delude myself for months.

it's just frustrating...

I'm using a 2003 TiBook!
It doesn't suck, it's just old, considering I'm asking it to do quite heavy duty 3D it's being a total trouper. The fact that it takes two hours to do a rendering the new MacBook Pros can do in 5 minutes is tedious but the surprising thing is that it's doing it at all.

I really need a new machine though, I'm starting Studio Max soon and it will not run on a TiBook.

But tell me, is your fan starting to make scary noises some times?
 
I was waiting, however, I will be ordering a MBP either tonight or tomorrow. the Macbook Air just doesn't offer enough for me.

Well I did it. I just ordered the base MBP. The MBA is nice, but I see it as a niche product that didn't offer what I needed.
 
I ordered a 2.2 GHz MacBook Pro, customized with the 160GB hard disk, the evening after the keynote. Just waiting for it to ship now :)
 
I'm not getting one now, you'd be an idiot to do so. There is no chance in hell that apple won't update the mbps in the next month. currently they're not cutting edge as other microsoft based laptops have started including penryn which won't do apple any favours.

due to the release of an all new ground breaking laptop. apple would rather capitalise on sales of the air for 2 weeks before giving the mbp a quick refresh.


Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
Just ordered a MBP 2.4 17" Hi-Def 160GB 7200 RPM 4GB RAM (3rd party) last night. Should have it by tomorrow or Monday at the latest.

yea I got a build to order 17 mbp on tues afternoon and it still hasn't shipped yet. Hopefully it will ship tonight
 
just a quick question! Is it possible to buy a MBP now and return it, to receive an updated lap only at a 10% extra cost? If an update should arrive within weeks.
 
Penryn is simply the processor, right? There is no logic board redesign involved or anything. My guess is we'll see a refresh by next month. At best, we'll see the volume controls on the MBP but I wouldn't expect a total case makeover.
 
just a quick question! Is it possible to buy a MBP now and return it, to receive an updated lap only at a 10% extra cost? If an update should arrive within weeks.

i was going to do that. but only out of the box machines are exchange/refundable. that is if u opt for any upgrades then u cannot return it unless it's dead on arrival. i found out and canceled my order.
 
Nope. I decided not to invest in a non updated MBP. Instead I bought the very stylish Dell XPS M1530 Red Crimson which has same and better specs than the MBP.

But it costs € 1.059,35 :p

210-19342 XPS M1530 CORE 2 DUO T7500 2.20GHz,800MHz,4M 1 890,21 890,21
200-52171 N01X5303 1
230-10143 Display 15.4" WXGA+ Widescreen (1440x900) TFT with Truelife 1
214-10030 Fingerprint Reader Biometric with BLACK accent 1
320-10175 CCFL backcover red & 2.0mp camera 1
340-14922 Ship Accessories Euro XPS M1530 - Power Cord 1
340-14929 Resource DVD XPS M1530 - (Diagnostics & Drivers) 1
340-14942 Documentation Dutch XPS M1530 1
370-12958 Memory Dual Channel 3.0GB (1X2GB + 1X1GB) 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM 1
400-13455 Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA (5400RPM) 1
429-12854 8xDVD+/-RW Slim Slot-Load Drive, including SW 1
450-10998 AC Adapter 90W 1
451-10507 Battery XPS Primary 9-cell 85WHr Li-Ion 1
460-10041 Not Included Carry Case 1
490-10756 Graphics Card 256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 8600M GT 1
506-10024 Dell Travel Remote control 1
530-11691 Modem Not Included 1
555-11010 Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-PCI Card EUR 1
555-11135 European - Dell TrueMobile 355 internal Bluetooth Module 1
583-11753 Internal Keyboard US/International (QWERTY) 1
619-11077 Dutch - Vista Home Premium (32Bit OS) 1
630-11003 Dutch Microsoft Works 8.0 (Word Processor, Database) with Recovery CD 1
640-10395 English - Adobe Reader 8.1 1
640-10551 Dell Support Center 2.0 1
650-10914 Dutch McAfee Security Centre 30 Day Trial Version (No Recovery CD) 1
754-11241 Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support) 1

Weight: 2.62 kg. :p

Compared to the MBP 15 inch, which costs € 2399,- u bet I save money now and come back when the MPB is updated!
I am not gonna spend a dirty 1400 euros + to have the privilege to run OSX. I think I ll dual boot with Ubuntu which appearently seems to run nice on it.
Now try say that Apple aint at least twice as expensive....
 
Nope. I decided not to invest in a non updated MBP. Instead I bought a Dell XPS M1530 Red Crimson which has same and better specs than the MBP.

But it costs € 1.059,35 :p



Weight: 2.62 kg. :p

Compared to the MBP 15 inch, which costs € 2399,- u bet I save money now and come back when the MPB is updated!
I am not gonna spend a dirty 1400 euros + to have the privilege to run OSX. I think I ll dual boot with Ubuntu which appearently seems to run nice on it.
Now try say that Apple aint at least twice as expensive....


Nice machine, but no thanks: I'll take my MBP. I paid more, but I have superior specs and I like the MBP case over the Dell's.

No offense, but just my thoughts.
 
Nice machine, but no thanks: I'll take my MBP. I paid more, but I have superior specs and I like the MBP case over the Dell's.

No offense, but just my thoughts.

I respect MBP's very much but...
For a fact the XPS has superior specs. The only thing is the processor which is 2.4 on the MBP, but that will only differ 130 euros to make it likewise on the Dell. However the XPS 1530 has for example more memory, bigger harddisk and a cardreader...
And btw the MPB case looks is very outdated and old. The new Dell XPS M1530 however has a pretty modern and slick looking design.
 
I respect MBP's very much but...
For a fact the XPS has superior specs. The only thing is the processor which is 2.4 on the MBP, but that will only differ 130 euros to make it likewise on the Dell. However the XPS 1530 has for example more memory, bigger harddisk and a cardreader...
And btw the MPB case looks is very outdated and old. The new Dell XPS M1530 however has a pretty modern and slick looking design.

Where I live, a souped-up XPS M1530 of my choice only costs about 900USD less than a similarly souped-up MBP, and that is at the lousy 1280x800 resolution (the big resolution models are not here yet) so the actual premium could be even less.
 
Where I live, a souped-up XPS M1530 of my choice only costs about 900USD less than a similarly souped-up MBP, and that is at the lousy 1280x800 resolution (the big resolution models are not here yet) so the actual premium could be even less.

Well I am not here to promote Dell, but I Googled a bit on discount coupons and collected a 10% + 5% discount. And yes 1280x800 is not my choice either, however I do run 1280x1024 now on my main system with a dual 22 inch IIyama monitor setup. So I wonder if I can handle the 1440x900 specs I ordered on a 15.4 inch screen (u can also get a 1680x1050 which is not even possible for a MBP 15 inch).
 
Well I am not here to promote Dell, but I Googled a bit on discount coupons and collected a 10% + 5% discount. And yes 1280x800 is not my choice either, however I do run 1280x1024 now on my main system with a dual 22 inch IIyama monitor setup. So I wonder if I can handle the 1440x900 specs I ordered on a 15.4 inch screen (u can also get a 1680x1050 which is not even possible for a MBP 15 inch).

It's okay, to each his own. I had a hands-on of the Dell (I'm currently using an XPS too) and I decided that the Mac premium was still within acceptable range. I might have taken the XPS if I were you though.
 
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