Re: Buy a Macbook now?

In article <1148942000.239402.160970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
sean.boots@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I'm looking into buying a Macbook (not pro) for personal and school
use. The issues with the "Pro" scared me, though. Would you recommend
waiting to see if problems are discovered with the regular Macbook? Do
they (Apple) announce when said issues are fixed? (Hardware revisions
and whatnot.)

Apple tends only to announce major, planned hardware updates; revisions
of the motherboards don't count.

Are there any announcements or new product releases
(software notwithstanding) expected from Apple in the next few months?
;-) Or is it time to jump on the bandwagon?

Official announcements tend to be at WWDC and Macworld. WWDC is coming
up, but I haven't been keeping up on what rumors are hot. The usual
suspects for rumors sites include think secret and spymac, and I'm sure
some cursory googling will turn up more if you want them.

More importantly though, I ask the following question:
Why does it matter? My usual advice for people asking your sort of
question is to wait until you need the computer, and then purchase a
computer that matches your hardware (do you need particular hardware,
such as Cardbus slots), software (what software do you run), and
budgetary needs. Don't buy before you need a computer without
recognizing that you're purchasing a toy. Once you need it, then it's a
tool whose purchase you can analyze against your needs.

No matter what you do though, you'll be purchasing a product that is
assured to be quickly replaced by something better. Living with this
phenomenon is part of owning a portable computer. HTH

--
Later,
John

johajohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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