Would it be worth waiting for second gen rMB?

[milhaus]

Easy answer. Buy this MacBook. Sell it when the new version arrives, and buy Gen 2, if its specs are what you want (if Skylake shows a huge performance or battery improvement, if there are more USB C ports). There is a healthy market for used Macs still, and you're probably out $350 to upgrade, or $30 a month if you've had the machine for a year. Worth a buck a day? Yep, definitely.

This machine is quite good for what it is. In fact, it's become my main device (my second is a very powerful Hackintosh I built for $650 - not 100% stable but sufficiently so for my needs - so if I need performance, I just switch to the desktop machine).

 

[maflynn]

I could see myself getting a gen 1 rMB under the following conditions.
1. Fairly sure the new release won't occur until 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2016.
2. The issues with the current keyboard turns out to be isolated, rather then systemic.
3. New processor will not significantly improve, i.e., just a small bump in performance.

I'm not looking for games, and my SP3 is fairly throttled down, so the current MB will out perform that, yet with that said, there are concerns about this gen 1 product.

 

[scaramoosh]

I could see myself getting a gen 1 rMB under the following conditions.
1. Fairly sure the new release won't occur until 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2016.
2. The issues with the current keyboard turns out to be isolated, rather then systemic.
3. New processor will not significantly improve, i.e., just a small bump in performance.

I'm not looking for games, and my SP3 is fairly throttled down, so the current MB will out perform that, yet with that said, there are concerns about this gen 1 product.

The Skylake CPU isn't much of an upgrade as usual from Intel, the GPU however will be 40% faster on the m chip. This is what I'm wondering about because I like to play games like Dota 2 and CS:GO, the Macbook can handle those on low settings but the new one will be able to play them on medium.

If the new Macbook isn't coming until April 2016, I'll buy now and sell to get the new one, but if it's out later this month alongside a new air and pro... I'll obviously wait.

 

[BoneHead001]

Scaramoos, can you do the Fandango?
Great screen name.