Time to buy?

OK, I've been waiting since June for Apple to iron out any problems with the MacBooks before I replace my 12" PowerBook G4. Are the newer models better? Is now a good time to buy?
Looking to buy from John Lewis (UK) who offer a 2 year warrantee as standard. Thought this might be best on a portable.
Any happy customers out there?
Dual 2Gh G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Yes, I would say now is a great time to buy. I just got my Macbook about a week ago and it has been flawless. And with Core 2 Duo the speed is amazing.

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I've seen a couple of other threads over the last 10 minutes posting similar problems, so it appears to have affected other people as well - the poster on the first thread has now posted again saying that it's now working for him, so you could give it another try.
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The Time To Buy iPad, Or Not?

Hey everyone,
I have been thinking about buying the iPad ever since it came out and to this date have not been able to. I have the money, but is now the time to spend it on that 9.7" beauty? I would like to use it for web surfing, email, apps(of course), and I would also like to pick up on the reading for the rest of high school. This is the time for me, I need to decide in the very, very near future. I need two burning questions answered though, is it the right time to buy? Also, Which one to get? As far as which one to get, I plan to use this mostly around home and of course whenever I travel. I think that as far as videos go, I would be putting a few on when I take some trips then take them off if I find myself not viewing them often. I would always have my computer relatively close though, so I would be able to get content on and off quick.
Merging into the next question, I would only get the 32GB if I would have it for a while. If the next one would have killer features then maybe I should wait off for the next generation. The feature that I think is guaranteed is a front facing video camera, I don't think that I have a huge need with that. I have my MacBook Pro for most of the stuff like that. I don't know how much I would desperately need the speed bump that could also surface next spring, because, like I said I have a laptop that I do a good amount on. Or do I not need one at this time? I am a big fanboy so this product is in my mind a great buy.
I need some help here, just tell me what you think. Anyone who has been in the same situation or is in it themselves, feel free to chime in.
Thanks for any help.
SIDE NOTE!!!!!: If anyone has some thoughts about refurb iPads coming up, tell me as well. I don't think they are coming since it has been a while.

I just got my 32gb 3G iPad about a week ago for my bday and I'm absolutely loving it. I was planning on buying one myself but was saving up for it. Anyway since it had been a few months since it came out I thought to myself that if I waited this long couldn't I just wait till the 2nd gen but I decided that I still wanted it. Also I figured if the 2nd gen came out and if it had some feature that I just couldn't live without that I could probably sell my 1st gen iPad for a good amount. I've owned every version of the iPhone (except the 3Gs) and I've always been able to resell them for a good price.
The reason I wanted the 3G was in case I wanted to use my iPad somewhere wifi wasn't available. But so far I haven't had to activate the 3G service.
The other thing I love about my iPad is that it really is useful. I've only used my laptop to add movies to my iPad Undoubtedly when school begins I'll need to laptop for writing papers and such. But otherwise my iPad is perfect for carrying around and using everywhere. Until the iPad I was considering buying a new MacBook Pro 13" because my 15" (almost 3yrs old) was just to heavy and cumbersome and I didn't like carting it around, even in the house (4 floors).
Anyways the point of this rambling is if you want an iPad go ahead and get it now.

Opinion - MacBook Pro -is now the time to buy?

I am looking to replace a 2006 MacBook Core Duo 2 Ghz wi 2 GB RAM and a 500 GB drive with either a 15 or 17 MB Pro with Matte screen (4 GB and 500 GB drive). They have the high end 15 and 17 in stock with matte screens at my local Apple Store.
Is now the time to buy?
Three things give me pause so I am looking for some advice.
1. Hard drive related beach balls - especially on 7200 rpm drives.
2. Is the 15 or 17 any more or less prone to these troubles? Is the 5400 rpm 500 GB drive a surer bet?
3. Potential speed bumps to coincide with new cheaper MacBook releases.
Those who have bought recently - is the hard drive beach ball, 30 - 40 second hang issue resolved?
Just generally, would you wait to see if there are any changes to the MacBook Pro specs (a la speed bump) with the impending Mini, iMac, MacBook announcements?
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For the 15" the time to buy, for me, was before they jettisoned the express card slot My ideal would be a 13" with an express card and the dual graphics chips - oh well I'm not holding my breath for that one. I'm glad I got my 15" while they were still offering express card although I might have been willing to trade that for the smaller footprint of the 13" if it would have been available at the time. I love my 15", but it is big (esp. coming from a 12" PB G4).
As for beach ball speed issues - I think all the shipping MacBook Pro's (at least the 15" and 17") can take 8 gigs of RAM - I would get the base memory from Apple and then upgrade after the fact. I bumped my late 2008 MBP (typing on it now) to it's max of six Gigs RAM and it made a noticeable difference.
And as far as performance, even 7200 rpm notebook drives are slugs compared to their desktop cousins; and compared to the speed increases in every other component in personal computers, mechanical hard drives are glacially slow slugs.
If you really want maximum performance, you need to do what I am getting ready to. Skip the 7200 RPM drive and replace your primary drive with a solid state drive (but do your research - not all SSD's are created equal and some may be slower then a traditional hard drive!). Since I'm not about to pay more for an SSD then the purchase price of my computer, I'm going to get a smaller one (corsair makes a 160GB that looks nice), and remove my optical drive (hardly every use it anyway). In the optical drives place I will put a 500GB drive with one of several kits out there that provide a mounting bracket for the second drive. Best of all worlds - OS and applications on the ultra fast SSD, bulk of my data on the more spacious traditional drive.
CPU and Video are pretty darn fast across the board, even with the base configurations. These days the hard drive is THE speed bottle neck in computers...
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Is now the time to buy? (The CREATIVE ZEN 8

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In a slightly off-topic way: I hear that video playback is limited in resolution. I have x-vid videos with width 624 and height 352 pixels. Normally I convert them to MP4 with PSP Video 9. Will the x-vids work on the Zen or will even the converted .mp4 work
Many thankz for help.

everything is great on the zen. Appearance, video converter is great and even crops widecreen videos to 4:3 without stretching, sound quality is great and has a bass boost which is a v nice extra . The only thing which lets it down is the battery life, can perform well straight after a charge ( ran a whole 2h30mins film losing under half life) but tends to drain when not being used a fair bit. Having said that it is however a lithium ion battery (like in a laptop) so cant be overcharged unless u leave it long enough to overheat and damage, and also can be topped up all the time.
Neway i say get it it's the best media player out atm i reakon

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I have to put in my credit card's security code every time I buy something from iTunes. I seem to be the only person that has to do this because I've asked friends and they don't have to do this. Is there a setting I need to change in my iTunes profile?
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No Problem Demo.. They said to keep trying they would get back to me later this week, she had to talk to the tech people that has a longer history than what she has availabe.. We also ran the diagnostics on the ipad and all is fine with the firmware and the battery.
One thing that leads me to believe i am locked out of the servers, when i do a restore through itunes I get that little lock in the window just above where it says the servers are unavailable.
I have also been intouch with verizon and they said they would run some diagnostics on there end and would get back to me, that was 2 weeks ago.
Thats what I like about apple they're good on the follow up.

Do you have to redeem your iTunes gift card every time you buy something? Or does it take money off the card automatically?

Do you have to redeem your iTunes gift card every time you buy something? Or does it take money off the card automatically?

As far as I know redeeming a card simply adds the value to your account.
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When is it time to buy a new laptop rather than upgrade existing?

My daughter has a Macbook with the following config:
Model Name:                          MacBook
Model Identifier:                   MacBook4,1
Processor Name:                   Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:                   2.1 GHz
Number Of Processors:         1
Total Number Of Cores:        2
L2 Cache:                              3 MB
Memory:                               2 GB
Bus Speed:                            800 MHz
Boot ROM Version:              MB41.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system):         1.31f1
We have upgraded hard drive, etc, but her system is gumming up. When is it time to buy new rather than refresh/upgrade??
Thanks!!

You can still upgrade the RAM to 4GB (or even 6GB under some circumstances) http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook/stats/macbook-core-2-duo-2.4-white -13-early-2008-penryn-specs.html
But this doesn't help in general with slowness.
Have a read here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342 on how-to use the Activity Monitor to determine whether the MacBook is suffering from too low RAM.
Especially on the amount of page-outs which are the indication that you are short on RAM.
Since you already upgraded the harddisk I assume the MacBook don't suffer from too little free diskspace.
When buying a new macBook I would start with the Refurbished section on Apples Online Store.
Some great findings/savings there to make.
My two current Macs (iMac and Mac Pro) are refurbished ones.
Stefan

Good time to buy?

Would it be a good time to buy the iphone 3G?
How long before the next one or an updated one comes out?
faster wifi or processor chip?... more memory?.. better camera?
Basically anything thats not upgradeable though firmware updates.
I made this mistake when buying my macbook pro, new one came out a few months later... I still like mine better

Something new will always be in the works. The best time to buy any technology is when 1) you need it 2) you can afford it and 3) the existing feature set meets your needs at a price that seems reasonable to you. If you always wait for the next new thing, you'll wait forever. Conversely, if you can't stand the thought that if you buy now you'll be upset when the next model comes out, whenever that is, then wait.
If you do choose to buy now, buy with the full understanding that eventually there will be something newer, flashier, shinier, neater, etc., but that won't stop your current product from doing exactly what it did when you bought it and being just as snazzy as you thought it was when you purchased.
Regards.

Right time to buy?

I am doing Web Development at University and I am thinking about getting the Adobe Web Premium Student package for £202 on amazon but is this the right time to buy. Ie if I left it until a certain date would I get a free CS5 upgrade? Like what laptop users got before Windows 7 came out?

Depends when you need it and what you'll use it for.
Looking at past release dates:
CS shipped Sep 03
CS2 shipped April 05
CS3 shipped April 07
CS4 shipped Oct 08
IF Adobe sticks to the established 18-24 month upgrade cycle, CS5 may ship somewhere between April 2010 and Oct 2010.
But only Adobe knows the true shipping date for CS5 and things may change.
Bear in mind though that there may be no compelling features in CS5 that you'll need. Unless you just want the latest and greatest.

Tried for many times to buy fcpx but can't?

hi
tried for many times to buy fcpx but can't?
prasad

We need more information to help you. (We, users, in this group.)
At the Apple Store, did you submit your Apple ID / PW successfully?
What happened after that?
Are you trying to upgrade from a trial version?
What kind of messages are you getting?
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There's also a chance that you paid for the app, and it's waiting for you to download.

Is it good time to buy Mac Pro with display?

Hi There,
I am thinking to buy Mac Pro with display and I wonder if it’s good time to do that. Displays still waiting for update. We have been waiting for Mac Pro update long and as far as I see the update wasn’t what people generally expected.
And disappointing thing about Blue-ray drive as well. I think it was good time to put one in by Apple.
So do you think its good time to buy all that stuff or wait longer and perhaps better Mac Pro with new display will come out soon?
Regards

Rufus wrote:
Um no.. It's more than an "extravagant speed bump," the new Mac Pro is using the new 45nm chip architecture. In addition, the significantly larger cache and faster 800mhz RAM make for drastic performance increase.<</div>
Um...yes..
and with this new faster processor, I'm to do what with???...open an Excel spreadsheet a nanosecond faster, get a few more fps on Doom3? Woop-tee-do! I now have 8 cores but most software uses 1 of them while the other 7 purr in idle.
BluRay/HD video is here... or should I say HAS BEEN here for over a year now.... how am I going to use this new super-dooper processor with editing, creating, and authoring HD video and discs?
A faster processor at this point is meaningless without the tools to use it with.
All they did with the new MacPro is give you a computer that is worth the fixed $2800 price tag.
Reminds me of the tire commercial on tv where they describe this car with exotic and powerful 12 cylinder engine, and plush leather seats, and race proven suspension...... but with no tires.
It all looks great on a spec sheet, but you can't use it to do any real work.
I can film HD video all day long, but I can't use a Mac to put it on disc...... (but I can use a Dell!!)
There is no way anyone can explain this other than political.... I would bet that this has something to do with Steve's affiliation with Disney and other studios in regards to his doomed movie rental snafu. Apple has always been the ground breaker in bringing such technology to the market first (a mouse, a cd drive, multiple displays, a superdrive, etc.), and usually before the consumer even understands they need it. To be this far behind with BluRay, he's got to be holding back for a reason ... and I would love to hear it.
I've been a Mac user for 22 yrs and have only been embarrised to be so twice... once when the fruit flavored iMacs were introduced (eventually proved to be the best selling computer model of all times), and now with the absence of BluRay. I've been hoping Steve will prove me wrong again, but I've been hoping for year now... and am still waiting.
Um... No, the Mac Pros power isn't gonna do much for an excel spreadsheet.. However, I bought mine to use with Logic Studio which does take advantage of all eight-cores and the faster front side bus and RAM, and the performance is remarkable..
Just for kicks I timed how long it took to rip "Finding Nemo" with my old G4 dual 1.25 ghz using Handbrake's Apple TV preset... The G4 took 7 hours and 54 minutes.. My new Mac Pro did the same job in 24 minutes..
If you really want a Blu-Ray drive in your Mac Pro, then just buy one and stick it in the empty optical slot, but be prepared for the price tag... http://www.mcetech.com/blu-ray/
And if you use one of the Pro apps that takes advantage of multiple cores, the new Mac pro is a dream.. If you don't use one of those apps, you probably don't need a Mac Pro. At any rate, you're whole spiel about the Mac pro's power being trivial or useless is nonsense..

Why does apple charge more than it is mentioned in the game at the time you buy

why does apple charge more than it is mentioned in the game at the time you buy?

yes without any details and its not first time, i am always suprised to see the actual price and price i pay, well could be tax but should it be not mentioned which helps people understand.

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