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Is Now (July 2011) a bad time to purchase macbook pro??
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<blockquote data-quote="bentharbour" data-source="post: 1273347" data-attributes="member: 193210"><p>Well, we never truly know when the MBP will be refreshed. </p><p></p><p>The last three refresh's have come 10 months apart from one another:</p><p>June 2009 -> April 2010 -> February 2011</p><p></p><p>So if recent history repeats itself we should expect a refresh around December-January. Although I feel that this fall/winter the focus for apple is the iPhone, iPad and iOS...it wouldn't surprise me to see a MBP line refresh closer to February/May 2012. Additionally, there have been rumours that Apple is creating a MBA-like 15" notebook, which too might push a MBP refresh later. </p><p></p><p>My point is that nobody really knows when apple will refresh their lines, so you have to ask yourself: Can I wait until Apple refreshes? (not knowing officially when they will release). Or can you live with buying now and enjoying the greatness of a MBP until then. </p><p></p><p>You are lucky, you are buying at a time when a future technology has just been introduced to the MBP line (Thunderbolt). Therefore, even if you buy now you will not be left far behind because you have a technology that isn't really being used now, but will be in the future.</p><p></p><p>Here is a link to help you decide for this purchase and any future purchases <a href="http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/" target="_blank">Mac Buyer's Guide</a></p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>-bentharbour</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bentharbour, post: 1273347, member: 193210"] Well, we never truly know when the MBP will be refreshed. The last three refresh's have come 10 months apart from one another: June 2009 -> April 2010 -> February 2011 So if recent history repeats itself we should expect a refresh around December-January. Although I feel that this fall/winter the focus for apple is the iPhone, iPad and iOS...it wouldn't surprise me to see a MBP line refresh closer to February/May 2012. Additionally, there have been rumours that Apple is creating a MBA-like 15" notebook, which too might push a MBP refresh later. My point is that nobody really knows when apple will refresh their lines, so you have to ask yourself: Can I wait until Apple refreshes? (not knowing officially when they will release). Or can you live with buying now and enjoying the greatness of a MBP until then. You are lucky, you are buying at a time when a future technology has just been introduced to the MBP line (Thunderbolt). Therefore, even if you buy now you will not be left far behind because you have a technology that isn't really being used now, but will be in the future. Here is a link to help you decide for this purchase and any future purchases [URL="http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/"]Mac Buyer's Guide[/URL] Hope this helps. -bentharbour [/QUOTE]
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