New Macbook?

[nickjalder]

Hello

New person here.

Basically i don't have a mac...yet. But i'm sick of my PC and XP and i'm not going to give Vista a chance.

Anyway does anyone know when the new macbooks will be coming out, I want to get one in Jan 07 but i'm wondering if its worth waiting for a new macbook, also when is ilife 07 out???

And finally i'm slighylt worried by all the battery posts, i've already been burned by ipod battery issues.

cheers all

 

[72930]

Battery does get annoying.

iLife should be out January. New macbooks will probably have come out by then as well.

 

[XP Defector]

Leopards out that time as well? no?

 

[Chundles]

Leopards out that time as well? no?

Sometime in the 1st quarter of 2007, no other information as to a specific date.

 

[Buschmaster]

January 8th we should see iLife '07. I wouldn't expect Leopard then, but simply more information on Leopard. Last year at that time is when the MBPs were announced, so a new MacBook may be in order either then or before. I would guess that Apple sees this as a smaller "Christmas" market, and could wait, but you never know what they have up their sleeves.

What do you mean about the batteries? Mine gets 3-4 hours of battery life. I got my Macbook the day it came out and my "battery health" as read by iStat is 99%.

 

[walleyealx]

If you get a mac now will you get a deal on iLife07 when it comes out? or will you just have to use whatever means for discounts that you have?

 

[nickjalder]

OK OK thanks all, very useful.

However, should i wait for Leopard? Is it radically different from the current OS??

Also where do we stand on the black vs white debate??? I reckon black

 

[gwest]

New MacBooks

OK OK thanks all, very useful.

However, should i wait for Leopard? Is it radically different from the current OS??

Also where do we stand on the black vs white debate??? I reckon black

Should you wait? It depends what you need now. I'd certainly wait until the new MBs arrive- which I would guess will be within a couple of weeks. If you compare the new MBPs to the current MBs, you'll see that a black MB configured as the low end MBP is only $200 cheaper- pretty outrageous! For $200 the better processor, better graphics and larger screen is a no-brainer unless you really want a MB.

I'm curious to see how Apple updates the MB- they could very easily keep the present processor and upgrade the HD and RAM and still lower the price. Imagine an $899, $999 and $1199 MB! The HDs have to be expanded if Apple wants to sell movies.

Black vs White? Try them. The black feels different that the white- it's a sharp looking machine (and $200 more, ableit with a slightly larger HD). The white cord's a shame.

I'm waiting to purchase the black MB when the new line is released. I'm planning on the largest HD offered and expanding the memory to 2G. While the MBP is a better deal, I need a small and light machine to use for work.

As far as waiting for iLife 07 or Leopard- I'l purchase them a month or so after they're released. Let others cope with the glitches!