Planning to purchase new MBP help!

I'm planning to buy the MBP tomorrow at the Southlake, TX store......any buying advice.
Thanks

yeah...dont buy one.
seriously though, if you need one now or have been planning on buying it for a while, then perhaps this wont matter to you. but there is a good amount of evidence that the MBP will be updated soon, potentially with Santa Rosa and/or LED screens. I just bought one last week so....I am potentially in the same boat, except that its too late for me. However, there is something to be said for the fact that no matter when you buy a new Mac there will always be some big update coming soon that you are going to miss out on, if not this one, then some other one.
Basically...take a look at this
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro

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