MacBook Prices - When to Buy

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<p>There are some interesting graphs plotting prices of Apple hardware items vs. time.</p>

<p>For newly released items, the cheapest (or least expensive) time to buy appears to be around 3 months after release.</p>

<p>Buying items at the end of the market cycle carries the risk of having outdated software or hardware.</p>

<p>See [Mac</a> Buyer’s Guide: Know When to Buy Your Mac, iPod or iPhone](<a href=“http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/]Mac”>http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/)</p>

<p>From PC World:

If you’re eyeing Apple’s products, the timing is relatively simple. Apple doesn’t shift prices all that often, so your biggest concern is to avoid buying a new MacBook just before the next major revision hits the market. Apple tends to update its laptop line twice a year: generally there’s a significant change to the line-up in the spring (in the March to May timeframe) and some minor updates in the fall (October or November). The exact timing varies, but if you read the Apple-focused rumor sites and blogs, and visit our friends at MacWorld regularly, you’ll get a sense of when the new models are coming.

[When</a> Should You Buy a New Laptop? | PCWorld](<a href=“http://www.pcworld.com/article/219826/when_should_you_buy_a_new_laptop.html]When”>http://www.pcworld.com/article/219826/when_should_you_buy_a_new_laptop.html)</p>