New MacBooks Between Now and Leopard?
I've gotta buy a new laptop for college (starts in late Aug., before the scheduled Leopard release), and am wondering if I should just flush the cash out and buy a MBPro now, or hold out a little longer.
Does anyone believe there will be a hardware update before 10.5 comes out? Would that update be wise to wait for (as in, it facilitates easy update to Leopard/would run Leopard faster)? You guys think they will release new laptops at the WWDC maybe?
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone believe there will be a hardware update before 10.5 comes out? Would that update be wise to wait for (as in, it facilitates easy update to Leopard/would run Leopard faster)? You guys think they will release new laptops at the WWDC maybe?
Thanks in advance!
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I've gotta buy a new laptop for college (starts in late Aug., before the scheduled Leopard release), and am wondering if I should just flush the cash out and buy a MBPro now, or hold out a little longer.
Does anyone believe there will be a hardware update before 10.5 comes out? Would that update be wise to wait for (as in, it facilitates easy update to Leopard/would run Leopard faster)? You guys think they will release new laptops at the WWDC maybe?
Thanks in advance!
My advice would be to hold out, my friend. If I were in your shoes (and I wish I were!) I'd wait until the last POSSIBLE moment, up to and including the first week of classes. It wouldn't kill you to crank out a couple of papers in campus computer labs...
Of course. Intel has a May date for shipping Centrino Pro so that fits well within your timeframe. Even if they have a slight delay you'll still have new hardware before school IMO.
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I agree. If it's for school get it after the hardware update, (hopefully there will be one) and wait on Leopard with that hardware.
I hear from the grapevine that LapBook, the new MacBook should be out in 1-2 months.
Preferrably closer to one month.
My advice would be to hold out, my friend. If I were in your shoes (and I wish I were!) I'd wait until the last POSSIBLE moment, up to and including the first week of classes. It wouldn't kill you to crank out a couple of papers in campus computer labs...
agreed. but i definetly think there will be updates before august, there have to be. Apple relys pretty heavily on the edu sales of their notebooks.
- 1GB RAM on all models
- DVD burner standard on all models (CD burners really need to be retired)
RAM prices have been dropping substantially over the past couple of months, so I think that 1GB of RAM is a real possibility. I have played around with the MacBooks a bit in stores, and I am quite happy with the overall design, have to admit that I hope the low end of the range will be nudged up slightly.
agreed. but i definetly think there will be updates before august, there have to be. Apple relys pretty heavily on the edu sales of their notebooks.
Agreed.