2013-05-26, 12:36 AM
Okay so you'll probably all f3/f6 me off this island, but I love my Macbooks, so this is a question related to them, though kind of not.
My four year old Macbook's backlight is essentially dead, rendering the perfectly fine computer useless without dropping $310 for the repair, which I refuse to do as I was planning on buying a Macbook Pro this summer anyways. Seeing as that time would be now, I'm hesitating on actually making the purchase as the latest Macbooks should be out within the next month, given an expected announcement at Apple's WWDC starting June 10.
Here's the caveat: all rumors thus far point to the only major upgrade for the machines being the implementation of Intel's new Haswell processors - which, according to their basic specs as detailed here, seem to be....potentially worthwhile?
For comparison, these are the general specs of the current Macbook I'd consider buying:
2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM 2x4GB
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
So ultimately: I need a new computer ASAP, but could have access to new Haswell-processor Macbooks in as little as two weeks. Is it worth holding off until the new ones ship (using external monitors till then), or is the upgrade not significant enough to merit waiting?
My four year old Macbook's backlight is essentially dead, rendering the perfectly fine computer useless without dropping $310 for the repair, which I refuse to do as I was planning on buying a Macbook Pro this summer anyways. Seeing as that time would be now, I'm hesitating on actually making the purchase as the latest Macbooks should be out within the next month, given an expected announcement at Apple's WWDC starting June 10.
Here's the caveat: all rumors thus far point to the only major upgrade for the machines being the implementation of Intel's new Haswell processors - which, according to their basic specs as detailed here, seem to be....potentially worthwhile?
For comparison, these are the general specs of the current Macbook I'd consider buying:
2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM 2x4GB
750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
So ultimately: I need a new computer ASAP, but could have access to new Haswell-processor Macbooks in as little as two weeks. Is it worth holding off until the new ones ship (using external monitors till then), or is the upgrade not significant enough to merit waiting?