09-27-2007, 05:55 AM
I doubt there is much substance to this, but it seems like a larger than normal share of people have been buying Macs the last couple months. My experiences are only anecdotal as my research has been far from exhaustive. Last month, my girlfriend got herself a MacBook, her first Mac ever, and she's loving it. My father switched back to the Mac with a Core 2 Duo Mac mini (I believe that was last month as well after he grabbed one of those iMac G4s from a coworker to play around with. Loved it so much he went with a new Mac as well).
I picked up a demo model MacBook from CompUSA myself just two weeks ago. Lacking a bit in the RAM compartment, as this is not the current entry model, but last rev's entry model. The 1.83GHz, combo, 512 guy. $630, what more could I ask for. Still under warranty even. Also, it seems like a lot of people on this and other Mac forums have been upgrading.
Pretty weird as all the people that I know who are upgrading are well aware of Leopard's impending launch, but went ahead and pulled the trigger anyway. Also, none of the buyer's that I personally know are getting these computers for school, so that's not a factor in the timing either. Then again, having a system which will boot Tiger and not just Leopard is rather appealing. If Leopard is a little buggy out of the gate, there's no pressure as we all have perfectly acceptable Macs running Tiger.
Nathan
I picked up a demo model MacBook from CompUSA myself just two weeks ago. Lacking a bit in the RAM compartment, as this is not the current entry model, but last rev's entry model. The 1.83GHz, combo, 512 guy. $630, what more could I ask for. Still under warranty even. Also, it seems like a lot of people on this and other Mac forums have been upgrading.
Pretty weird as all the people that I know who are upgrading are well aware of Leopard's impending launch, but went ahead and pulled the trigger anyway. Also, none of the buyer's that I personally know are getting these computers for school, so that's not a factor in the timing either. Then again, having a system which will boot Tiger and not just Leopard is rather appealing. If Leopard is a little buggy out of the gate, there's no pressure as we all have perfectly acceptable Macs running Tiger.
Nathan