I'm planning to buy a Macbook Pro with my friend's education discount. The thing is Leopard is coming out soon and possibly a new rev. I'm having a hard time deciding if I should buy it before the free ipod promo ends and eventually purchase Leopard, or wait till Leopard comes out.
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free ipod vs. leopard? help me choose!
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Assuming Leopard will be priced similarly to Tiger at $69 edu, the iPod (at $179) is a better deal.lu0s3r322 said:
The education discount hold out until September 16th. Last year the iPod Nano was released well within the old discount that had an iPod Mini. I believe the Nano was added to the rebate.
I'm at least waiting for WWDC.
I'm at least waiting for WWDC.
You have to buy a Mac that falls under the rebate and an iPod on the same receipt if you buy it in store.dj420118 said:
well now i've factored in a few more things so it makes it even harder to decide
first of all, if i buy a mac before july 17th, i could get a free ipod + a free printer, a $280 value.
2nd, if i choose not to buy before then but in fact, wait for WWDC and buy approximately a week after WWDC I could still get a free ipod and possibly a macbook revision.
3rd, if i choose to wait for many mentally painstaking months until xmas, the free ipod would not be added but I would most likely recieve a MBP with Leopard and this is the real thing bothering me, possibly a merom processor
im completely stuck on this one, it's baffling me.
first of all, if i buy a mac before july 17th, i could get a free ipod + a free printer, a $280 value.
2nd, if i choose not to buy before then but in fact, wait for WWDC and buy approximately a week after WWDC I could still get a free ipod and possibly a macbook revision.
3rd, if i choose to wait for many mentally painstaking months until xmas, the free ipod would not be added but I would most likely recieve a MBP with Leopard and this is the real thing bothering me, possibly a merom processor
im completely stuck on this one, it's baffling me.
lu0s3r322 said:
No, Leopard will be previewed this Spring at WWDC but the release date is still conjecture. I think the date will be announced in summer at the January MWSF.
I expect to see it shipping early-autumn, probably around March.
EDIT: Still shuddering from typing "Vista" instead of Leopard. Must get clean, must get clean, out damn spot!!
Not sure about the release date of Leopard... but it won't be for a while, they haven't even been getting builds out and about of it yet. Go for the iPod.
At WWDC 2005, Steve said it would be release late 2006 or early 2007. Most people seem to think it will be near the end of that window...I think the most popular thought is that a shipping date will be announced in January at MWSF, but that shipping date could be several months out from the announcement.
Wash your keyboard out with soap!
Chundles said:
Wash your keyboard out with soap!
I'd go with the iPod. It's going to be a long wait till Leopard (I'm thinking January 2007 at the earliest), and sometimes new OS' have some kinks that need to be worked out.
lu0s3r322 said:
I would agree with that. The most recent rumors put the Merom release date at the week of August 22nd, after WWDC, so I wouldn't expect Merom-based systems to be introduced at WWDC.
I'd guess Merom-based MBPs could come in around October, but that's just my feeling. Rumors of an enclosure change coming along with the processor upgrade. That might scare away people wary of Rev. A products...don't know how you feel about that.
Is Leopard going to work well with the current Intel Macs? Someone mentioned the new chips will be 64 bit and that the new OS will be optimized for that?
PhrogDriver said:
It will work fine on both Intel based Macs and on PowerPC based Macs just as WildCowboy has said.
WildCowboy said:At WWDC 2005, Steve said it would be release late 2006 or early 2007. Most people seem to think it will be near the end of that window...I think the most popular thought is that a shipping date will be announced in January at MWSF, but that shipping date could be several months out from the announcement.
Wash your keyboard out with soap!
Holy crap!! How did I type that?!!
It was still morning though....
I feel so dirty.