Buy new MacBook Pro 15 inch

Hi, I intend to buy a new MacBook Pro 15 inch soon. Is it recommanded to buy one now? What if Snow Leopard comes out in a few weeks/months? How do these things work when a complete new OS comes out? I mean will there be problems or high costs to run it on the recent hardware?
I am new in this. I hope someone can give me a little information.
Thanks!!

Since apple over-hauled the MBP line last October and gave it a small speed bump, I do not think you'll see any updates to the line anytime soon. Maybe a small speed bump in June or October but that's about it. The biggest change will occur when intel released the mobile version(s) of the Nehalem processor. That won't occur until late 2009 or early 2010.
As for Snow Leopard no official release date has been given by apple which could mean that you won't see it for a little while. Apple does provide release dates but they are typically a couple of months in advance. If you did buy a MBP now and apple just so happened to release Snow Leopard a couple of weeks later they typically give you a coupon for a free upgrade.
We really comment on how well things run on the new OS because many of us don't have it and those that do are bound by Apple's non-disclosure agreement. If you look at Apple's prior OS upgrades, you can see that unlike windows there's been very little compatibility or stability issues. Apple does an excellent job of providing a stable and well rounded OS.

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