Mac OS X forum: Help! When to upgrade?

You stick the new OS disc in...

You choose upgrade, archive and install...

You type in your admin password and hit enter.

As for the iPod/printer discount... do you need or want an new iPod? Do you need a new printer?

Most importantly, do you need the computer now or can you wait till October for the new OS release? Any which way I look at it... you're coming out a winner.



grim

There will be no difference in the machine whether it ships with Tiger or Leopard.

If you feel that strongly about it, you could always get one now, use it, backup all your data to an external drive, format the disk and install Leopard when you purchase it.

Go for the max and don't forget your AppleCare. I don't recall that being part of your equation

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you can get a free video? I don't think so. I think it is only the $200 Nano....?

Sounds to me like now's the time, and I wouldn't look down my nose at the MB. Unless you're a filmmaker, photographer, or psychotic gamer, the MBP offers little additional value for the extra dough. I'm writing now on a 2GHz white MB with 2GB RAM, with a Boot Camp partition running Windows XP and Parallels 3.0 running a couple of my favorite Linux distros, and after 8 months I've had no complaints of any significance (you can check out my review of the MB <a href="http://www.dailyrevolution.net/2006/12/geek-wednesday-stevies-wonder.html">here</a>).

As for Leopard, what's the rush? From what I've seen of it, there's not enough there to make it a must-have upgrade on day one (in my opinion, the only upgrade they've done that meets that description was Jaguar to Panther, that was a big one). Tiger's a great OS and will remain a great OS long after Leopard's out. What you need now is a good piece of hardware, and from what I've seen and heard about these machines, the MB and MBP are about as good as you can get. Both have just been upgraded to Santa Rosa chips, so you're on the cutting edge there. Take what they're offering now, is my advice.

that sucks.

I've decided! I'm going to wait until october. I've thought about it, and as much as the nano is nice, I just won't use it too often. My iBook will last till october.

To the user who said don't overlook the MacBook, don't worry, I didn't.
BUT:
I don't like the design. The keyboard is awkward. I'm not a fan of the widescreen screen. Also, from what I saw at the Apple store, the screen looks washed out and dim at the same time, while looking like it has a much lower resolution compared to the "hi def" image on the MBP. Also, I hate how the glossy screen reflects everything behind you. In addition, I have lost all trust in Apple's Consumer Notebook Line, from my experiences with my iBook. I will be doing no movie/photo editing, nor music composement, ect. I'll be heavy on the internet, iPhoto, iTunes, iChat, Appleworks, Google Earth, and maybe a game, but not a graphics intensive one. Besides, if you could get a MB for no cost, or a MBP for $599, which one would you get?

Thanks everyone.

Good luck with your MacBook and iPod, give us an update after you get it!!