Worth waiting for macbook pro 2013?

I really need a new laptop and Im set on an apple laptop.

At the moment, the 2012 is pretty cheap, but I heard apple was planning something better for 2013- like a slight design change, thinner laptop, and faster browsing etc. Its 2013, but has anyone heard any rumours of when 2013 would come out? If it comes out to be like $2500, I certainly won't be waiting, because I cant afford that.

Should I wait or just go ahead and buy the current 2012?

 

To be honest, any Macbook Pro you purchase is going to do you good for a long while. I have last years 15" model, and it still works wonders for me; can even play games quite well, for a laptop that is.

If you want to wait until 2013, the only improvements I can see being implemented is a new processor and retina improvements. Not really worth the wait in my opinion, because we all know a hefty price is going to follow forth with these implementations.

One suggestion I would like to make though, is to not get the 13" form of the Macbook Pro, it's just too damn small. I upgraded from the 13" to a 15" and the improvements are beyond what I hoped for. Best of luck with your purchase.

 

Mac, ugh

can you put up a price range so i can see what kinda budget i can work with

 

I'm not sure if waiting is worth your time, but the new Haswell processors look promising. Intel graphics 4000 can currently run all games at medium @ 1366x768 with around 30 FPS. The new integrated graphics in Haswell processors can run 1920x1080 medium at 30 FPS. That's twice as much pixels at the same FPS -> the graphics will be about twice as powerful.

Especially with a retina screen it's worth waiting for Haswell processors.

Well I actually just realised that we are talking about the macbook pro so it has dedicated graphics (650m). Overall you can always wait for a newer generation as the performance is just getting so much better every year.

I can see Apple only selling Retina Macbook Pro 2013 versions and ditching the non-retina ones. It is really up to you, you can wait for the 2013 version and get better performance at a higher price, or get the 2012 version and still get good performance at a lower price.

 

Honestly, imo there is NO MacBook that is worth getting excited about. I have one, and about the only thing I use it for is folding@home, which its only even mediocre for that at best.

If you must have a macbook(gotta love conformity) then just get the 12 model. If it were me(if I even liked mac, bear in mind) I'd just buy a badass PC laptop(one that actually has hardware & cooling worth mentioning) and set it up to dual-boot windows and mac OSX. Yes yes, it doesn't have to have a half-eaten apple on the lid to run OSX. and believe it or not, a nice gaming windows laptop will run mac OSX better than any apple laptop ever could...for much less money.