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Hey guys,
My hackintosh has been functioning as my main desktop-system for quite some time now, but I am enrolled for university in the fall, and I plan on purchasing a rMBP. I plan on purchasing a refurbished baseline 15" rMBP model from Apple to avoid the usual debt associated with the purchase of an Apple computer with a retina display.
I am torn between two options at the moment, purchasing the current refurbished 15" rMBP model for $1599, or waiting some time into the fall season when a refurbished Haswell/Iris Pro 15 "rMBP is released. Due to the fact that the I want my machine as a refurbished model, this would most-likely delay the availability of this given model. Also, I am uncertain on whether the price of the updated rMBP's would increase or decrease.
To set things straight, I am not really concerned with increased service duration (in reference to Haswell technologies) or anything of the like; I am only concerned with increased system stability (partially due to the strange nature of 1st gen rMBP's) and an improved GPU. I will be utilizing this computer for a music-creation application on OS X, and mechanical engineering applications in Win. 7 via Bootcamp.
I would like to seek opinions on the topic of waiting for the release Haswell rMBP update, or purchasing the current rMBP model. I do not want to be in the situation of being stuck without a much-needed portable computer long into the first semester of university classes.
Thanks.
My hackintosh has been functioning as my main desktop-system for quite some time now, but I am enrolled for university in the fall, and I plan on purchasing a rMBP. I plan on purchasing a refurbished baseline 15" rMBP model from Apple to avoid the usual debt associated with the purchase of an Apple computer with a retina display.
I am torn between two options at the moment, purchasing the current refurbished 15" rMBP model for $1599, or waiting some time into the fall season when a refurbished Haswell/Iris Pro 15 "rMBP is released. Due to the fact that the I want my machine as a refurbished model, this would most-likely delay the availability of this given model. Also, I am uncertain on whether the price of the updated rMBP's would increase or decrease.
To set things straight, I am not really concerned with increased service duration (in reference to Haswell technologies) or anything of the like; I am only concerned with increased system stability (partially due to the strange nature of 1st gen rMBP's) and an improved GPU. I will be utilizing this computer for a music-creation application on OS X, and mechanical engineering applications in Win. 7 via Bootcamp.
I would like to seek opinions on the topic of waiting for the release Haswell rMBP update, or purchasing the current rMBP model. I do not want to be in the situation of being stuck without a much-needed portable computer long into the first semester of university classes.
Thanks.