Macbook Pro - buy now, or wait?

MagicBoy said:
I'd say they're for specialist applications only that can utilise the multiple cores. 95% of the MBP users out there will get a better overall experience with the faster clocked dual core chips.
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Edit: Good! But please apple let me make up my mind what i want to trade off!

Well I must be in the 5% as most of the software i use is quad enabled:
Eg: Color, AE, FCP, Aperture etc..

Doing any HD rendering on my current MB pro (2.2ghz 4gb) is like drawing teeth. It would be nice to have good performance on my portable rather than having go to a suite.

Id not mind one bit trading off some battery life for a greater chip.

Peace
 
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MagicBoy said:
I'd say they're for specialist applications only that can utilise the multiple cores. 95% of the MBP users out there will get a better overall experience with the faster clocked dual core chips.
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By all account just about every apple pro app these days would efficiently use a quad core chip (benchmarks on the imac / mac pro show they scale well). The absence of any quad core at all, even as an option, is pretty poor in my book - 8GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD and a dual core processor - just a little unbalanced...
 
I had been under the impression that the i5/i7 worked the same in Laptops as Desktops .. Finding out it isn't that way as all makes the price hike seem worse than before, I know you get hyper threading but still.
 
So no i3 in the 13"? And the 15" has a lesser graphics card but the newer processor? I'm confused :(

EDIT: Ahh the specs state Intel as they support graphics switching when you aren't pushing the processor. Tempted by the 13" but how does the 320m compare to the 330m?

EDIT2: Eurgh glossy screens! I travel a lot so maybe not. Wish you could get a non-gloss 13".
 
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Meds said:
I ordered through HE (over the phone), so that comes with 3 year parts and labour as standard. The only thing the applecare applies to on that is for technical phone support.
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Im confused on this - I thought this had changed to a £50 charge to get the full 3years Applecare - seems to still be a grey area...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
ps3ud0 said:
Im confused on this - I thought this had changed to a £50 charge to get the full 3years Applecare - seems to still be a grey area...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Same here. Can't find it mentioned anywhere on the education store, but have seen it mentioned here a few times.
 
Cruiser said:
are you all ordering on the appleuk site?

would you not rather go instore and pick it up just in case


oh and what about this apple care? if something goes wrong are they going to charge a bomb and are MBP likely to go down?
edit, just looked at the price £279, i'll take my chances i think
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Should always get extended warrenty with a laptop to be honest in my opinion. We all like to think nothing will go wrong with them but their nature of portability and constantly being moved around means things do go wrong from time to time. That £279 will seem like pennies if something does go wrong with it and you have to pay out.
 
ps3ud0 said:
Im confused on this - I thought this had changed to a £50 charge to get the full 3years Applecare - seems to still be a grey area...

ps3ud0 :cool:
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Well I spoke to 2 apple ppl through there chat thing on the website and they confirmed that it definately came with 3 years parts and labour, and today when I placed my order Nigel the order taker also confirmed that it came with 3 years parts and labour. All the applecare offered was 3 year phone tech support beyond the initial 90 days.

Hope that helps :)
 
The problem seems to be that so many people (including some Apple employees apparently) don't grok the difference between a warranty and AppleCare (capital A, capital C). That and one of the images on the HigherEducation store hasn't been modified to reflect the special terms.
 
Just bought the base model of the 15" i7 macbook pro and used my student discount, down from £1800 to £1554. Probably would not of bought it otherwise, i mean - it is still overpriced at that amount, but it is just easier to swallow.

The first Mac i have personally owned, but have had a first generation iMac back when they first came back in my possession. It isn't really going to be a main computer for me, i have a great desktop for gaming.
 
My sister just ordered her 13" MBP and paid out for the extra warranty just in case - least if she needs them she can call aswell - while if she calls out of the 90days is £35 per pop anyway.

5days for delivery too...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Ordered. Worked out £1,430 for 15" Macbook Pro 2.4GHz with 4GB RAM, Apple Care and the printer (i.e. after the rebate). The price also includes a 500GB 7200rpm Seagate I just bought from OcUK. I hope it doesn't die within a year like all the other Seagates I've had does!

More expensive than expected but oh well!
 
Disappointed Apple decided not to upgrade the processor on the 13" model. They are charging top price for the previous generation CPU, so I think I’ll wait.
 
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JackRegan said:
Disappointed Apple decided not to upgrade the processor on the 13" model. They are charging top price for the previous generation CPU, so I think I’ll wait.
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It's a dual core CPU in the same speed range, the performance different is a few percentage points in CPU intensive tasks, you'd be far better off with an SSD for everyday stuff. It only matters massively whether it's a core 2 duo or an i5 if you're obsessed with the specs...
 
If I was buying a car and it was last years model, I wouldn't expect to pay this years prices. The 15" and 17" models have the current intel processor, why not the 13"?

Intel have replaced their C2D processors with the i range, is it too much to expect that to be reflected in the Apples updated MBP range? plus I wouldn't expect intel to be producing C2D for too long anyway.

bigredshark said:
snip.... It only matters massively whether it's a core 2 duo or an i5 if you're obsessed with the specs...
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What an odd and imo stupid thing to say....

Jack
 
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