Configuration question(s) and when to buy the new MBP

1)If I was going to get a new mbp today, what i had in mind was to get the 15 inch mbp(2.53 ghz) and upgrade the processor to 2.8 for an extra 300 bucks. Then since I have an external hard drive and space isnt really an issue for me, I was going to downgrade the hardrive on the mbp from 320 gigs ATA at 5400 to the 250 gig ATA at 7200 to save a few bucks. Now this is actually an upgrade in quality/speed..correct? because the speed is now 7200 as compared to 5400? So it will preform better than the orriginal 320 at 5400?
2) As far as buying the actual computer I want to try to get it around or just after christmas.....if not then, I would get it at the beginning of summer around May. Now it is probable that apple will work out any bugs that owners report in that time. So do you guys think it is better to wait til May so that everyone who has their brand-spanking new mbp's can report any issues and then apple will iron these out? Generally I like to try and wait a little while to buy a brand new model of anything computer related so that anything apple missed can be fixed. What do you guys think about this?

, I was going to downgrade the hardrive on the mbp from 320 gigs ATA at 5400 to the 250 gig ATA at 7200 to save a few bucks. Now this is actually an upgrade in quality/speed..correct? because the speed is now 7200 as compared to 5400? So it will preform better than the orriginal 320 at 5400?
The 250 will perform faster then the 320 because of the rotational speeds
As far as buying the actual computer I want to try to get it around or just after christmas.
There will always be a faster computer coming out in a few months. If you need/want one in December buy it then. Intel is only going to provide an update (speed bump) to its penryn line next year sometime and will be releasing the Nahelem i7 mobile chipset until Q4 2009 or Q1 2010 which means in all likelihood apple will not be using the next generation chips until 2010. Buy now (or December) because the product line was just updated and the next update is quite a bit down the road
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