<p>what do you mean by limited MacBook shipments? I'm planning to get one this end of August, will they run out of stocks for education discount?</p>
<p>Retail stores might run out because Apple is probably trying to empty their inventory of their old notebooks to make way for the new ones. But I have no doubt that until the update comes along you will still be able to order a laptop from their website with an educational discountuntil of course September 15 when it ends. I'm waiting for as long as I can is case they do roll out an update before I leave for school in late August.</p>
<p>One more thing, if they don't roll out the update other companies are going to look a lot better to me because they are faster and have SSD. At that point I don't think it would be worth buying a mac for lower end darware and OS X...</p>
<p>just wondering, what other companies are everyone looking at? I was thinking sony but they're not very flexible when it comes to customizing. Any other ones that offer the new montevina platform and is extremely fast?</p>
<p>having a ssd option isn't going to factor in to that many college students decisions on what laptop they'll buy</p>
<p>hahahaha, that's true but it matters to people like me who are into that crap</p>
<p>HP has some options with the new platform.</p>
<p>Most manufacturers except Dell and Apple at this point have somt sort of version but I consider Dell and Apple to be of a better quality for the most part so I'm waiting.</p>
<p>i think apple will definitely release the new macbook and macbook pro lineup by the end of august, so i would wait to use the back to school promotion.</p>
<p>Has anyone read any updates recently about the new Macbook lineup? I'd really like to purchase a new Macbook Pro for college, but I hope it comes soon. Right now, the rumors I've read reference a glass trackpad and aluminum casing on the new Macbooks.</p>
<p>lol apple never tells you when they have a refresh.all we know is that it's always on a tuesday.</p>
<p>Oh, great. Just when I convinced myself that I would go out and get my Mac this week. =/</p>
<p>I know what you mean, Zamzam. I had recently decided to go ahead and buy the current version, but after hearing all these new rumors about how changed the new Macbook will be, I think I'll just continue waiting.</p>
<p>you'll go through less hell if you get one now. everyone knows rev a apple products are crap.</p>
<p>^tomatoking, i don't get what you mean</p>
<p>I agree with tomatoking: from personal experiences, Revision A ('first generation') Macs tend to be far less reliable than later models.</p>
<p>Intel just announced a new stepping of their Penryn chips with two new instructions (it will take operating systems a while to support them) and better power and headroom numbers. I hear that they will overclock to 4.5 Ghz without too much trouble. 4.0 Ghz is the usual number with current stepping Penryns.</p>
<p>I buckled under pressure and bought a new MBP yesterday. Even if they announce a new model tomorrow I'll be happy with what I have... it's an excellent machine as is, and at least I know that mine won't have loads of issues that tend to plague first generation models.</p>
<p>If you really want/need a macbook now, just go out and get one. Enjoy it instead of killing yourself by waiting. Technology is revised all the time and it'll only be a matter of months before the new one you waited so long to buy will be overtaken by a faster and better model with new eyecandy.</p>
<p>Intel is doing x86 improvements about three times a year - so yes, anytime is a great time to buy a MacBook Pro.</p>