Should I wait to buy a MBP?

[james3334]

I was planning on buying a MBP this week, but I have seen some threads saying a new version is on the way?

Is it just internal upgrades or a design change as-well?

Sorry if this has been asked before

[masterchef341]

No one knows when the next version will be released. No one knows if there will be design changes.

There are rumors that the update may be in Spring. Or maybe summer. Or fall.

[joer80]

While no one knows for sure, it is very very likely there will be a design change this go round.

[ygohome]

If I require a machine/mbp and if it would hurt my productivity by waiting for a newer release, then I would buy today. I have to tell myself to ignore any "buyers remorse" incase a newer model appears immediately or shortly after I buy a new computer.

If you already have a working solution using a current computer and if that can keep you productive until the next release, then I would wait.

Of course, if it is a radical design change then I have to wonder if they will have all the bugs worked out in the first release... so I would "try" to watch and wait to see how the new release is received before putting my money down.

But then again, if I must have a new machine in order to stay productive then I'd go ahead and purchase the current mbp.

[S.SubZero]

Ivy Bridge is very possible, and that would be a nice incremental upgrade.

The big rumor, which I think is too early, is they will try to go Retina in the MacBook Pros. I could see this in the 13" and maybe 15" in another generation but now seems too soon.

Apple likely *wants* to go Retina in the 17" because they are currently the only laptop maker left with a 1920x1200 17" panel, and as such I'm sure they pay a premium on the stock. To go Retina would give them a convenient excuse to switch to 16:9, likely a 17.3" panel like everyone else just with a much higher resolution. That would require a total redesign to accommodate that panel.

[kornchild2002]

What's with all of the high resolution and retina talk? Seriously, none of that happened until Apple released the iPhone 4. Now everything with a display, whether it comes from Apple or not, has to be some type of qHD this or retina that. People weren't that concerned with having such insanely high resolutions until Apple packed it into the iPhone 4. Now with the iPad 3 out of the way, the retina rumors keep hovering around Apple's cinema display, the iMac, MBA, and MBP line. Those rumors had been around for a while but now the attention has really shifted towards their computers since the iPad was the last remaining hot iDevice that had to be upgraded.

[KCETech1]

What's with all of the high resolution and retina talk? Seriously, none of that happened until Apple released the iPhone 4

we used to get excited over 2048x1560 in the old r50p / t60 15" series thinkpads in 06/07

[mmoy]

Sony has had HD in a 13 inch laptop for several years now.

I have a 15 inch Dell Inspiron 8500 with 1920x1200 resolution. Unfortunately it also comes with a Pentium 4 which makes it suitable for cooking breakfast.

I'd like 1920x1200 in a 15 inch MBP - that would get me to upgrade my 4+ years old 17 inch MBP. Quad resolution would work too.

[doh123]

Retina in a Mac won't work unless OSX 10.8 gets resolution independence like the iPads and iPhones.... or else everything will be super tiny.

[masterchef341]

iPhones and iPads don't really have (complete) resolution independence... they just have "HiDPI mode" that works with 2 specific resolutions. The rumor mill is suggesting that a similar method might be used with upcoming macbook pro models. It would make the implementation relatively easy if you just double the resolution in both directions for all screen sizes, turn on HiDPI mode so that everything is rendered like it is currently, and ignore the fact that images aren't being rendered at the same size on different laptops (which is already the case anyway).

What's with all of the high resolution and retina talk?

People have always complained about not having enough resolution, they're just freaking out now that it's somewhere on the horizon.