reason to wait on macbook till after wwdc?

[MattyMac]

Get It Now!

Get it NOW...the promos are great...free printer and free iPod.

Even if they come out with a new iPod it wont be eligible for the rebate anyhow. Remember last year? The iPod nano came out about 3 weeks before the end of last years free iPod promo and it wasn't eligible. So I would say buy now...they most likely wont update the macbook at WWDC either!

All in all...no reason to wait!

...but hurry the free printer promo ends July 17th.

 

[generik]

If not WWDC than just wait till Macworld Paris.

Sure, you will miss out on the back to school promotion, but for us here it is not a free iPod anyway, more like a couple hundred dollars worth of rebates. If I want it cheap I will just pick up a refurb, no point getting their out of run stocks for a "rebate" and have its value crash a few weeks later

 

[manic]

The macbook and macbookk pro will be updated at wwdc for shipment september/ october. The simple reason is that meroms will be available for the same price as current yonahs, are pin compatible, and Dells and HPs will be updating their lines in day one. With intel, apple faces a different market dynamics. they switched to stay ahead. why would they choose to deliberately stay behind??? they know everyone is starting to hold back for merom. ever seen dell postpone upgrading their lines because the latest refresh was still too fresh??

 

[Eidorian]

1. Free Printer with purchase until July 17th.
2. Free iPod with purchase until September 16th.

The next Macbook might have the X3000 video chipset. It'll be a big improvement over the GMA950 for gaming.

 

[Magnus Reftel]

I would like to get a macbook for college, which starts in late august so there is no rush. That being said I wouldn't mind one now. Do you think there is a reason to wait till after WWDC, such as new software (ilife or leapord), price drops, or a new ipod (since I get a rebate for an ipod when I buy it). Thank you.

I don't think WWDC will have any effect on the MacBook. Leopard will be previewd on WWDC, not released. iLife '06 was introduced recently, so I'd be surprised if there's any upgrade to it that costs money yet.
However, I still think you should wait with the purchase until either there is a definitive software fix for the mooing or there is a rev B (or whatever) that doesn't have that problem. The noise is bearable for home use, but if you buy it for college I guess you might want to bring it along to a classroom or library, and I wouldn't even think of doing that with mine...

 

[Eidorian]

Oh and given previous iBook updates I say Septemeber or October at worst.