15" Macbook Pro, buy now or wait?
I have been looking at finally buying an Apple laptop for the first time, (should have joined sooner). I was wondering if anyone had any advice/suggestions for when or if any new macbook pro models are going to come out. I was thinking of actually buying a new laptop within the next 6 months or so. Has anyone heard of a promising time frame as to when new,upgraded models will be released?
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they just upped to the new family of processors not long ago ...
in which case Apple will probably move onto Sandy Bridge (second generation Core CPUs) in late 2011 / early 2012. keep in mind that Sandy Bridge will be available in volume very early in 2011, both notebook and desktop varieties.
anyways, i don't need a MacBook at the moment. although the upcoming refresh of the MacBook Air (next week) may instill the need in me
They chart historical frequency of updates and use the time since last update compared to that to give you some idea of when it's a good time to buy-- for every model of machine Apple makes.
For instance, at the moment they rate the MBP as "buy only if you need it, approaching the end of a cycle."
There's a pretty good chance next weeks special event will include MBP updates, so I would certainly wait at least until then.