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    Anybody else waiting for June 8th to buy a MacBook?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mismith356, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Yes, the MB prices at your school are still great. :) The prices I listed from my school are before 8.25% taxes. :mad:
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Apr 19, 2009
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  2. Quicklite

    Quicklite Notebook Deity

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    I'm considering a more portable 17 incher for UNI. Might wait until the end of the year, sell off my M1730 before GT212 and mobile i7 turns up.

    If next gen Macbook pro has similar battery life, and slightly better GPU, then I'll be glad to get it.
     
    Quicklite, Apr 19, 2009
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  3. pegon

    pegon Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is what i hope for too.
     
    pegon, Apr 19, 2009
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  4. booji

    booji Notebook Deity

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    Avoiding the sales tax is probably one of the best things about living in NH, OR, or Delaware (DE?), plus the other tax-free states :p
     
    booji, Apr 19, 2009
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  5. directeuphorium

    directeuphorium Notebook Evangelist

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    Not sure about the others but in N.H. the no sales tax thing seems great until it's time to pay your property taxes. :mad:
     
    directeuphorium, Apr 19, 2009
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    electrosoft Perpetualist Matrixist

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    Try a few years in New Jersey. You will scamper back to N.H. post haste.
     
    electrosoft, Apr 20, 2009
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  7. directeuphorium

    directeuphorium Notebook Evangelist

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    doubtful, at least there are jobs in the jersey area.
     
    directeuphorium, Apr 21, 2009
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  8. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    If i wanted a macbook, i would get it now as i don't like to wait. I become more and more impatient.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 21, 2009
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  9. dainja

    dainja Notebook Enthusiast

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    I want a Macbook Pro

    SO bad.

    Except now that I hear about the release of an update in July and a serious update in October, I just wanna wait. Unfortunately, I have an ASUS piece of that is completely useless for any serious music production (ty design which s up any FW expresscards or FW ports when doing low-latency audio - ASUS can blow me).

    Part of me wants to buy a Macbook Pro RIGHT NOW and sell it+upgrade when the October update is released...but that seems like such a waste of money...
     
    dainja, Apr 23, 2009
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  10. Jeeper

    Jeeper Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any idea what the October update is going to consist of? And if its for sure coming in October or just rumored to be in that quarter?
     
    Jeeper, Apr 23, 2009
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  11. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Mobile i7 won't be ready for Oct, so I question how significant any update really will be.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 23, 2009
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  12. dainja

    dainja Notebook Enthusiast

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    Quad Core C2
     
    dainja, Apr 24, 2009
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  13. Jeeper

    Jeeper Notebook Enthusiast

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    When they get around to putting quad cores into macs or just the macbook pro I'm assuming, would this increase the price also? And are you suggesting this might happen this coming October?
     
    Jeeper, Apr 25, 2009
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  14. dainja

    dainja Notebook Enthusiast

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    Based on my research it's likely to happen (potentially as an option?)

    At this point it can only be speculation
     
    dainja, Apr 25, 2009
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    sarahfox Notebook Consultant

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    They probably won't release any big laptop upgrades then, BUT if you buy after June you will get snow leopard as opposed to just leopard. Worth waiting for imo.
     
    sarahfox, Apr 25, 2009
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    You think there will be quad core this summer or bigger updates than just software?
     
    rydude07, Apr 25, 2009
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  17. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    There will always be new things coming up if you wait... but then you'd never buy a notebook. The chances of quad core are slim due to high thermal envelope.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 26, 2009
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  18. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Yup, you can always wait for the latest and greatest, but then you would be waiting for ever.
     
    Seshan, Apr 26, 2009
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  19. dmitrip

    dmitrip Notebook Guru

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    I am planning to buy a macbook pro for university in the fall so I am going to wait at least until the end of august. I have my Hp pavilion for now so I can wait.

    and I am also hopping that they will release snow leopard before school starts!
     
    dmitrip, Apr 28, 2009
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  20. Colton

    Colton Also Proudly American

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    Congrats! I'm sure you'll like it! :) I'm pretty sure they'll release it before fall. ;)
     
    Colton, Apr 28, 2009
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  21. dainja

    dainja Notebook Enthusiast

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    I gave in and bought a macbook pro (unibody) today.

    I've got ALOT of stuff to transfer from my PC :(
     
    dainja, Apr 28, 2009
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  22. booji

    booji Notebook Deity

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    LOL. Fortunately/unfortunately, I don't own property still renting but yes. Where I live in NH the rent is artifically inflated anyway...
     
    booji, Apr 29, 2009
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