Buy a macbook

porkrind · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:27

is it a good time to buy , how untill lepoard

Mr Jones · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:33

If you need it now, buy it.

Things are forever progressing. The last Apple meet is done and dusted, so we can "safely" assume it's a good time now, seeing as it has recently been updated to Core 2 Duo.

Leopard is not out till "Spring 2007", very vague but I'm sure apple will bring it out before the summer hits. Plus, with Core 2 Duo, it'll go well with Leopard when it comes out.

Get it now if you see the need for.

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Will_3rd · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:40

Buy one just remember to get one before the back to school purchasing starts!

titchard · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:24

porkrind said:
is it a good time to buy , how untill lepoard

Yeah, you can always buy Leopard after and install it later. I did that with my Mac Mini when Tiger came out.

Rich

dirtydog · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:58

titchard said:
Yeah, you can always buy Leopard after and install it later. I did that with my Mac Mini when Tiger came out.

Rich

How much will that cost him though, £80?

titchard · 20 Jan 2007 at 13:20

dirtydog said:
How much will that cost him though, £80?

Yeah but if you need it now, it's negatable, otherwise wait.

I wouldn't be put of by that.

Rich

dirtydog · 20 Jan 2007 at 13:27

If he absolutely needs it now then fair enough I suppose, but otherwise waiting three months (is it?) to save £80 seems sensible

Presumably, immediately prior to the release of Leopard, Apple will do some sort of free upgrade offer for those buying a Mac with Tiger?

Mr Jones · 20 Jan 2007 at 13:39

dirtydog said:
If he absolutely needs it now then fair enough I suppose, but otherwise waiting three months (is it?) to save £80 seems sensible

Presumably, immediately prior to the release of Leopard, Apple will do some sort of free upgrade offer for those buying a Mac with Tiger?

I think it's within 2 weeks, but that's for hardware only, no?

ic1male · 20 Jan 2007 at 17:08

I'm placing me bets on Leopard not appearing until June so if you want a Mac, I'd get it now.

toosepin · 20 Jan 2007 at 17:23

Dr Jones said:
I think it's within 2 weeks, but that's for hardware only, no?

The 2 weeks offer is basically because products* bought from an Apple Store (or Online) have a no questions asked return policy of 14 days. So technically if something is released a week after you bought a MacBook then you could return it and then buy the new thing - however Apple offer an exchange with the difference either to be paid or credited.

* Not all products apply.

triggerthat · 21 Jan 2007 at 00:53

What was the period where you could get Tiger for like £20? Was it if you purchased a piece of hardware 3 months before it Tiger came out?

nav... · 21 Jan 2007 at 09:56

I bought a macbook 5 months ago.

I'm first in line for leopard, the upgrade few is nothing compared to what you could be paying for vista...

dirtydog · 21 Jan 2007 at 10:24

How much will the upgrade fee be then? I didn't realise there was any such thing as an upgrade version of OSX.

drak3 · 21 Jan 2007 at 11:54

If you need a macbook get one. I got mine a week ago since the recent update to duo 2 is a milestone. Just add 2GB of ram to have the extra kick and leopard for the 60-80 quid isnt something to worry about

ps: Does apple offer the 15% discount fot students on software only. Upgrade or standalone?

toosepin · 21 Jan 2007 at 19:47

The student discount can vary on different software. I've seen the Higher Ed discount be as much as 50% in some cases

Caged · 21 Jan 2007 at 20:01

dirtydog said:
How much will the upgrade fee be then? I didn't realise there was any such thing as an upgrade version of OSX.

Technically all OS X discs are upgrades, since you can't buy a Mac without the OS, so comparing OS X pricing to Vista retail is misleading. The student discount is huge though, £58 presently.

When Tiger launched it was available for about £11 to people who had bought hardware a month or so previously, I can't remember the exact details.

XD-3 · 23 Jan 2007 at 12:12

I no this is a little of topic Sorry im looking to buy my first every mac after reading a lot about them and watching loads of keynotes with Steve jobs.

He just seems so much more interesting then bill gates these days. And the iphone looks awsome

Well i was wondering is there going to be another hardware speed boost any time soon from the current 2.33GHz in the 15 and 17" Macbook Pro's??

Or weather i should just go for it now. i have a great pc running vista but i don't no OSX just looks so appealing really wont to learn how to use OSX as good as i can windows.

Thanks
XD-3

Will_3rd · 23 Jan 2007 at 12:22

XD-3 said:
Well i was wondering is there going to be another hardware speed boost any time soon from the current 2.33GHz in the 15 and 17" Macbook Pro's??

Or weather i should just go for it now. i have a great pc running vista but i don't no OSX just looks so appealing really wont to learn how to use OSX as good as i can windows.
XD-3

The Macbook Pro's were only updated late October afaik with the C2D, I think the displays on them might get updated soon though, LED's or something

OSX is a great OS, just takes about a week to get used to that's all

triggerthat · 23 Jan 2007 at 13:53

XD-3 said:
I no this is a little of topic Sorry im looking to buy my first every mac after reading a lot about them and watching loads of keynotes with Steve jobs.

He just seems so much more interesting then bill gates these days. And the iphone looks awsome

Well i was wondering is there going to be another hardware speed boost any time soon from the current 2.33GHz in the 15 and 17" Macbook Pro's??

Or weather i should just go for it now. i have a great pc running vista but i don't no OSX just looks so appealing really wont to learn how to use OSX as good as i can windows.

Thanks
XD-3

google mac rumors.