MacBook for College: Wait or Buy?
So I'm stuck with a sticky situation. I'm going to buy a new black MacBook (2 GHz, 1GB RAM, 100GB HD) for when I begin college in August. My question is, should I go ahead and buy it now, or wait to see if Apple whips out any revisions between now and then? I'm not sure what they can do, but you never know with Apple. Your thoughts? Also, any ideas of what future revisions might be?
Thanks,
-PepeDLux
Thanks,
-PepeDLux
Comments
If you need it before August, go ahead and buy.
But if you can wait, then wait, I personally think the MacBook will be upgraded sometime before the holiday buying season but that could be any time from Sept. to Nov. of this year
Remember that Apple will update the IG that the Macbook has to the newer version which will be released sometime from the middle of August to the middle of Sept., plus give it a speed bump.
Chances are no other revisions will come out before then. But you never know, there might even be a price drop. You can never tell with Apple.
Its not too long to wait either. Two months. Will go by pretty fast.
The get a free Nano deal is until September too, so you wont lose out on that by waiting either.
Yeah...I say wait. Youve got the PERFECT excuse to wait...you dont need it until you go away to college.
For me its a no brainer. Sure, you could have alot of fun in the next couple of months with it. But what IF...just what IF some other upgrade or bug fix or price drop happens. Youll be KICKING yourself, because you really didnt HAVE to buy it early...and then itd be too late.
WAIT.
Now having said that. Do whatever makes YOU happy. :-)
Originally posted by CosmoNut
I voted buy now, especially if this is your first Mac. You can take the summer to learn the ins and outs of the OS, get your file structure arranged, etc. It'll save you from having to do all that when you're starting school and begin worrying about other things.
thats a good point. although i voted for wait.
im in the same boat. im gonna buy a macbook before i go back to college in the fall and for me this one will be my first Mac of my own.
but my sister just got a new iMac this weekend so im learning on it. (and its friggin SWEEET)
but like he said, if this is your first mac then buy now so you can learn cause your first semester at college can sometimes overwhelm you (unless you take a mere 13 hrs like i did lol)
Overall, I didn't need the computer, and I wanted it a lot. I didn't see any difference between my buying it now and buying it in august so I did it. I'm glad I did, I love my mac, but the situation could be different for you.
The learning curve isnt SO great to warrant buying NOW if you didnt really need to.
I mean come on. You are going to college. You should be able to figure out how to use your computer in a day or two.
I still say wait, if you dont need it until college.
:-)