Current Macbook Pro Owners...

How many of you would sell your current macbook pro and take the plunge on the newly released version?

 

It's kind of a hypothetical question without knowing exactly what the MacBook Pro update will entail.

I.e. will it just be the same MacBook Pro but with updated Santa Rosa components?

Willl it be the same MBP with Santa Rosa and also an LED screen?

Will it be the MBP with Santa Rosa, an LED screen, and some minor improvements to the chassis (adding things like the MacBook's magnetic latch and user-replaceable hard drives)?

Will it be an MBP with Santa Rosa, LED screen and a completely brand new hardware design (that might look dramatically different, or perhaps even just be significantly thinner and lighter than even the current MBP)?

These are all possible scenarios, and I think the threshhold for wanting to replace a current MBP with the new model would depend on which scenario actually plays out.

If I still owned my MBP, I would arguably replace it for nothing more than the LED-backlit screen (the reason I returned my MBP was because I was dissatisfied with the uneven brightness/viewing angle issues).... anything on top of that would be gravy. But if I had an MBP and didn't have a problem with the screen, I wouldn't replace it just for the Santa Rosa update and an LED-screen....... but I might consider it if there was also a major design revision.

But honestly, I think even in the most extreme scenarios, I wouldn't see a reason to replace a machine like the MBP, which is generally excellent already. It would be kind of silly I think to replace it unless one was really dissatisfied with it or if it wasn't filling some specific need.

 

No matter what the update, I am happy with my Macbook Pro as is. I don't see myself upgrading it for the next few years at least.

If I should suddenly come upon a heap of money, I would however buy an ultra-portable Macbook Pro if one is ever released. But that's only if I happen to win the lotto or some such The one I have fulfills my needs splendidly.

 

I would not sell just to get the new model for several reasons.

If it's just a hardware upgrade(e.g. no LED screen, no appearance changed), then it's not that big of a deal. This thing does everything I need it to, and more . I've only ever bogged it down once and I was doing about a bazillion things at once. I would only do this if I would completely break even or make a profit.

If there's an LED screen and/or an appearance upgrade the reason I wouldn't switch is because of what happened when they first designed the MBP case w/ intels in mind. They had major heat issues. Everything is going to have kinks it needs to work out, and changing the case or having an LED screen will definitely take some time to get all the bugs out.

Now, if all of the above happens, and there's no reports of anything bad happening after a few weeks, then maybe I might back everything up and sell this one to get a new model.

 

I agree totally with system. If it's a minor change, then it won't be worth an upgrade. If it's a major change, I don't want first gen hardware again.

 

I might buy Leopard. But no. I won't sell until it's at Quad Core 4GHZ with 400GB Flash memory and RW HD Flash Cube accessories

 

I bought my MBP a month ago knowing that new a MBP was coming out with a probably redesigned case, and Santa Rosa. It now looks like LED screens are almost a certainty.

The MBP screen graininess and uneven lighting did not seem like issues to me and most of the other problems involving the MBP have been worked out.

It's the same decision a buyer today faces, is latest and greatest with its uncertainty worth waiting a couple of month for, or is the current lineup good enough. I may be more interested in upgrading when the word is out, and maybe 2nd gen LED screen come out. I typically keep a laptop about about 18 months. I get one year under the original warranty, and if it's working good, I am betting I can get through 6 more months without incident, and then I unload it.

Mine is fast, stable, and runs pretty cool. Runs Vista like a pimp. That's right, I called Vista a ho, so sue me.

 

hahaha...

 

Those are actually two more reasons I wouldn't want to upgrade:
1) Mine had the kinks worked out of it already by not being the first-gen.
2) I keep hearing the rumors that the Macbook Pro casing will be updated - which seriously does not appeal to me, I don't think they can improve the perfection that today's casing is. It's just beautiful. But of course, Apple are free to prove me wrong

 

Unless the new macbook pros get a 5+ hours battery life consistently, no.

 

Well, I'm a future owner of a Macbook Pro. I'm waiting this summer for Apple to hopefully to put in Santa Rosa technology with Direct X 10 graphics.

 

For me, if its minor changes I wont upgrade. But, Im the kind of person that wants the latest and greatest, even at a financial cost. I think if the changes are big enough, I see myself upgrading to a leopard loaded MBP, even though I said to myself "Ill keep this one for a long time" when I bought my current one.

 

I think Apple's timing is out of whack if they intend to release a new MBP in the 2nd or 3rd quarter of the year BEFORE Leopard is released. Unless they offer a coupon for a free upgrade to Leopard, many potential buyers will put off buying until they get not only the new MBP, but also Leopard.

But then, what do I know, they just released a new Macbook... ha

 

I bought a MBP two weeks ago. If they had immediately released an update with an LED screen (and if that meant a lighter machine with even better battery life) then I would have been pretty miffed.

For now, I am in love with my MBP and with Tiger OS X - it is a real pleasure to use for my photography developing and just for general use.

My old Windows laptop was reasonably well specced but to go to the MBP which just happily hums through everything, it is such a nice machine I am absolutely delighted.

So to answer the question... I would not upgrade at this time but I also like to have the latest and greatest. A minor update with a slightly higher processor would not swing me (I have the 2.33Ghz already). But if in a few months it is available with Leopard and 2.4Ghz+ and 4Gb RAM and an LED screen and lighter and longer battery life... that could swing me to sell my current one.

But for a series of relatively minor upgrades, no way, I'm in love with the one I've got and glad I didnt wait any longer

Is it wrong to love a computer??

 

I guess another way of looking at it is that a minor upgrade with Tiger could squeeze some extra sales out of the current model, followed by another sales boost with the eventual release of Leopard? So it could make sense...

 

You are assuming OS X is like Windows and their users are like Windows users. Most Mac users are comfortable with an OS upgrade, and there is not the same cost associated with an OS X upgrade as there is with a Windows upgrade. OS X is usually 129, whereas Windows has 4 or 5 versions and ranges from 99 to 249 or so, making it a much more daunting task for the regular user to figure out. People don't necessarily wait months to buy their Mac for a new OS X. Weeks maybe, but not months.