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[Piagetwithacamera]

hi

 

[AidenShaw]

So you want to buy a new Mac. You make the purchase to find out a week later that a newer version came out. How does this make you feel? How are you going to react?

How about "take it back to Apple during the return window"?

 

[ardchoille50]

In an area such as technology, where things move at a swift pace, research and planning are required to avoid this type of occurrence.

 

[AidenShaw]

In an area such as technology, where things move at a swift pace, research and planning are required to avoid this type of occurrence.

With Apple, yes - and even then it is a guessing game.

With other vendors, you can usually expect:
- Quick adoption of new tech (if Intel launches a new processor, it will show up as soon as practical)
- NDA presentations on upcoming hardware
- A phased transition (the previous generation of tech will be sold alongside the latest for some time)

Intel has been shipping Haswell-EP processors for 8 or 9 months - but can anyone predict whether Apple will announce tomorrow that the MP6,2 (or MP7,1) will use these improved CPUs? No.

 

[ardchoille50]

Intel has been shipping Haswell-EP processors for 8 or 9 months - but can anyone predict whether Apple will announce tomorrow that the MP6,2 (or MP7,1) will use these improved CPUs? No.

A very good point.