Shall I buy a macbook pro now or wait until June 2013?
I recently fried my 2009 macbook pro with a big cup of the all over the keyboard!
Now I need to buy a new one, I was oriented towards the 2.5GHz, 13", 8GB RAM and 500 GB, non-retina ;I don't need the retina).
What do you guys think? Are the new models going to have a great performance improvement versus these old models?
I mainly use the macbook for video editing and web design, not too much Photoshop. What do you suggest me to do? wait or buy? and if buy, shall I go with the 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7 model?
Please keep in mind that I don't buy with the idea of reselling it some day in rhe future..
Thank you all for your kind feedback!
Cheers,
matt
If you have a a need for a MBP and the current ones suit you, purchase one. No one knows, but Apple, when the next MBP generation will be released nor what specifications will be incorporated in them. To discuss such matters is one of a speculative nature and the Terms of Use of this forum prohibit such.
Ciao.
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