Agreeded...sold my early 2008 yesterday...so I am laptopless!! I have a 32GS iPhone and iMac Desk Top and will not buy a new laptop untill the refresh because I know it will be soon... if nothing but a little speed bump?
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Agreeded...sold my early 2008 yesterday...so I am laptopless!! I have a 32GS iPhone and iMac Desk Top and will not buy a new laptop untill the refresh because I know it will be soon... if nothing but a little speed bump?
i guess the threadstarter just realized it was the wrong decision (for him) buying a 17" mbp 4 weeks ago (and now he wants to hear his decision was the right thing to do)
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this, quite honestly. who wants to pay for specs that were great in 2008? its 2010, and there is zero excuse to pay a lot of money for technology that is a few years old.
Ummm... yeah. Your love of Toyotas and their sticking gas peddles that will send you careening off a cliff into a watery abyss exludes you from the conversation. However, maybe your love of 'windows' will allow you to escape once that happens.
A smart consumer doesn't buy at the beginning of a cycle either. The smartest move would be to wait until Apple works out the inevitable bugs that will be reported with the new machines -- especially after a major architecture change.
I'm new to apple service but wouldn't they help you with the problems? Wouldn't they replace your system or something?
There is NO such thing as "future proofing" your purchase by waiting.
If you need a MacBook- go get it, and Enjoy!!
If you need a MacBook- go get it, and Enjoy!!
Is this really the biggest improvement in MacBook history??
It is worth pointing out, the only people that will seriously notice the boost are multimedia professionals and hardcore gamers. And even then, it is a boost.
Everybody else can relax. It does make sense to wait if you can, but if you can't - well, a few years ago, an old processor and limited RAM could potentially kill you, as the web was rapidly getting richer and more complicated. But with the proliferation of smart phones, netbooks and low-powered tablets like the iPad...things are actually getting optimized for lower-power computing. The web, productivity software, and even operating systems. It is unlikely most people are going to be feeling squeezed by their Core2Duo machines anytime soon.
It is worth pointing out, the only people that will seriously notice the boost are multimedia professionals and hardcore gamers. And even then, it is a boost.
Everybody else can relax. It does make sense to wait if you can, but if you can't - well, a few years ago, an old processor and limited RAM could potentially kill you, as the web was rapidly getting richer and more complicated. But with the proliferation of smart phones, netbooks and low-powered tablets like the iPad...things are actually getting optimized for lower-power computing. The web, productivity software, and even operating systems. It is unlikely most people are going to be feeling squeezed by their Core2Duo machines anytime soon.
The simple answer to your question is this: This will be my first Mac. I don't NEED it right now, as my existing windows laptop, though frustrating, still works for what I need it to do. If I'm gonna plop down $2k for another computer, I want the latest. Period.
I am waiting because I do not NEED the macbook until I start school which is not for a few months for me now. So I can afford to give it a few months but if there is nothing by the time that I have to go, I will get the current model.
Much as I would like one right now I can afford to give it a awhile before I go and plunk down the money.
Much as I would like one right now I can afford to give it a awhile before I go and plunk down the money.
Maybe, maybe not. Some problems, like the display problems reported on the new iMac 27 inch machines, take quite awhile to get addressed. In my case, my June 2009 MBP is reported to have a problem with the SATA interface that can cause communication problems with third-party hard drives. This problem was discovered within weeks of the release of the new model. Apple has never acknowledged this problem. I will find out whether this affects me when the day comes for me to replace the stock drive with one having more storage. The lesson I learned is that I will never purchase an Apple product until it's been sold for a few months and the major problems have surfaced.
Pretty bold claim considering we don't even know what processor will be in the "refresh" - it could be i3's in 13"/15" machines and i5 in the 17" for all we know.
It's becoming harder for me to tell myself to wait, but I would mainly prefer to hold off until at least June to make sure the refreshed models don't have any unexpected issues (a la 27" iMac)
Plus I'd like to get more than 3 months of use out of my 13" before I trade up.
Plus I'd like to get more than 3 months of use out of my 13" before I trade up.