AZ Geeks: Laptop Help - Buy now or wait

BackLoafRiver · Apr 6, 2012

So, I have been without a laptop for a year. I miss it and have some credit to buy a new one.

I am going with a 15" macbook pro as I love the mac OS and it will play well with our work stuff. The question is, do I get one now, or wait until the new units ship with the Ivy Bridge CPU?? Not sure if I will appreciate the difference between that and the Sandy Bridge that it ships with now.

I know the whole "if you always wait something better is around the corner" mentality. Thoughts are, as always, appreciated.

o3jeff · Apr 6, 2012

BackLoafRiver said:
So, I have been without a laptop for a year. I miss it and have some credit to buy a new one.

I am going with a 15" macbook pro as I love the mac OS and it will play well with our work stuff. The question is, do I get one now, or wait until the new units ship with the Ivy Bridge CPU?? Not sure if I will appreciate the difference between that and the Sandy Bridge that it ships with now.

I know the whole "if you always wait something better is around the corner" mentality. Thoughts are, as always, appreciated.

Watch out, there are a bunch of Apple haters here.

I say buy now. Going on a year now with my MBP!

wa-loaf · Apr 6, 2012

Update supposedly coming soon. I think the current ones are from February of last year. Rumor is it will have much thinner form factor like the macbook airs.

gmcunni · Apr 6, 2012

Buy now, upgrade later.

Nick · Apr 6, 2012

Just saw on the news this morning that Apple Macbooks are being hit with a virus!! wasn't that half the reason to get a Mac?

8)

ski stef · Apr 6, 2012

I heard that on the radio this morning coming into work as well. I was riding with Jimmy and he just kind of looked at me i was like MOTHER.. something to worry about but I still couldn't be happier with my MBP.

Prior to purchasing I also was wondering if I should wait until the update but at the end of the day I was on a laptop that was hurting and it was just desperately needed.

Just do it. :smile:

mondeo · Apr 6, 2012

BackLoafRiver said:
So, I have been without a laptop for a year. I miss it and have some credit to buy a new one.

I am going with a 15" macbook pro as I love the mac OS and it will play well with our work stuff. The question is, do I get one now, or wait until the new units ship with the Ivy Bridge CPU?? Not sure if I will appreciate the difference between that and the Sandy Bridge that it ships with now.

I know the whole "if you always wait something better is around the corner" mentality. Thoughts are, as always, appreciated.

The Ivy Bridge GPU is something like 5x faster than Sandy Bridge, if you're not getting one with a dedicated GPU then that's a consideration.

Or you could buy a comparable Windows laptop for hundreds less. It's amazing what a $350 laptop can do these days.

riverc0il · Apr 6, 2012

For your average computer user, buy now is pretty much standard for laptops. If you are just surfing the web, checking email, and doing word processing and spreadsheets, waiting for a slightly faster computer isn't going to help you at all.

wa-loaf · Apr 10, 2012

BackLoafRiver said:
So, I have been without a laptop for a year. I miss it and have some credit to buy a new one.

I am going with a 15" macbook pro as I love the mac OS and it will play well with our work stuff. The question is, do I get one now, or wait until the new units ship with the Ivy Bridge CPU?? Not sure if I will appreciate the difference between that and the Sandy Bridge that it ships with now.

I know the whole "if you always wait something better is around the corner" mentality. Thoughts are, as always, appreciated.

Wait, it's close:
http://www.macrumors.com/2012/04/10...t-forthcoming-update-for-15-inch-macbook-pro/

o3jeff · Apr 12, 2012

Did you order it or are you waiting?

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