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Purchase a Macbook Pro now or wait?

Dec 17, 2010 11:07PM PST

Hello!

I'm looking at getting a Macbook Pro, but I hear new ones are coming soon.

Should I wait or not?


Thanks,
Jamie

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Depends on you
Dec 18, 2010 12:24AM PST

Depends on you. How important to you is it to have the latest and greatest, and how long are you willing to put off a purchase?

Apple doesn't exactly announce it's product launch dates ahead of time, but basically everyone just expects it will be some time in the first half of 2011. So anytime between about now and June. Are you willing to potentially wait until June?

At some point you have to decide to pull the trigger on buying, because there will ALWAYS be a new model just over the horizon. So you either make a decision to buy or live in a state of perpetual limbo.

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Define soon.
Dec 18, 2010 12:43AM PST

If you look at the revision cycle, it seems more than once a year. If this is an issue for you and you can wait, do that.
Bob

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New one
Dec 19, 2010 4:15PM PST

There would always be a new one coming soon, if you don't buy now you would be stuck in waiting for a new one forever unless the next model would be your interest.