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Why do people so deeply need to buy a new laptop, right now? My MacBook Pro from a few years ago is still fine. It's in perfect condition. It's fast.

by chris_7 10y ago

throwawayqq 10y ago
I think a lot of people are thinking ahead, sparked by the circus that new Apple announcements cause.
- tortilla 10y ago
  Premature optimization? :)
gcb0 10y ago
back to school in most universities. everyone see the freshmans with newer models. also apple (thankfully vanishing) reality distortion field passing by
yacn 10y ago
My MacBook Pro from 5 years ago when I started college just died due to a logic board failure a couple of months ago. A new board was ~$600, so I saved up a little more and bought an Intel NUC. I'm missing the portability though and my Dell 11 chromebook is a bit too small to use comfortably. I don't _need_ one right now, but I'm definitely in the market and weighing my options.
0xCMP 10y ago
Cause "everyone and their mother" has been ramming "wait until the new ones come out" in to their heads for 3 years and they want to finally get the new MBP. I know roughly 4-5 people in this exact situation right now.
kross 10y ago
Because many bought simultaneously with new Apple releases and have been waiting to see the next major version. In my case our MacBook pros are > 3.5 years old, which is too old for my comfort level; I expect major failures after 3 years that aren't worth even one day of lost productivity.
nogbit 10y ago
It's like politics, it becomes an echo chamber every fall when the big players make their announcements (aka marketing).
nandhp 10y ago
Presumably because a lot of people wanted to buy a computer in, say, January but decided to hold out for the next refresh, which was at the time expected to happen in March or so. Unfortunately, that new model was seven months overdue (http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro) and yielded disappointment over the price (I recall hearing that the price of the base model went up by about $200, but I can't find a citation for this) and the suitability of the system for their work (e.g. replacing the tactile escape key with something that seems like "a useless gimmick"). So they have a computer they wanted to replace ten months ago (or indeed any time since then) and no good options from Apple. And before you suggest they just buy a previous-generation MacBook Pro; do you really think the best thing to do today is to buy a two year old computer?
Luftschiff 10y ago
I think most have similar reasons as me. My Laptop died a few months ago and I've been planning on buying the new MacBooks (would be my first Mac). The very high prices (especially for the 16GB of Ram that I would get) have made me look elsewhere.

Why do people so deeply need to buy a new laptop, right now? My MacBook Pro from a few years ago is still fine. It's in perfect condition. It's fast.

by chris_7 10y ago

Why do people so deeply need to buy a new laptop, right now? My MacBook Pro from a few years ago is still fine. It's in perfect condition. It's fast.

throwawayqq 10y ago

I think a lot of people are thinking ahead, sparked by the circus that new Apple announcements cause.

tortilla 10y ago
Premature optimization? :)

gcb0 10y ago

back to school in most universities. everyone see the freshmans with newer models. also apple (thankfully vanishing) reality distortion field passing by

yacn 10y ago

My MacBook Pro from 5 years ago when I started college just died due to a logic board failure a couple of months ago. A new board was ~$600, so I saved up a little more and bought an Intel NUC. I'm missing the portability though and my Dell 11 chromebook is a bit too small to use comfortably. I don't _need_ one right now, but I'm definitely in the market and weighing my options.

0xCMP 10y ago

Cause "everyone and their mother" has been ramming "wait until the new ones come out" in to their heads for 3 years and they want to finally get the new MBP. I know roughly 4-5 people in this exact situation right now.

kross 10y ago

Because many bought simultaneously with new Apple releases and have been waiting to see the next major version. In my case our MacBook pros are > 3.5 years old, which is too old for my comfort level; I expect major failures after 3 years that aren't worth even one day of lost productivity.

nogbit 10y ago

It's like politics, it becomes an echo chamber every fall when the big players make their announcements (aka marketing).

nandhp 10y ago

Presumably because a lot of people wanted to buy a computer in, say, January but decided to hold out for the next refresh, which was at the time expected to happen in March or so. Unfortunately, that new model was seven months overdue (http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro) and yielded disappointment over the price (I recall hearing that the price of the base model went up by about $200, but I can't find a citation for this) and the suitability of the system for their work (e.g. replacing the tactile escape key with something that seems like "a useless gimmick"). So they have a computer they wanted to replace ten months ago (or indeed any time since then) and no good options from Apple. And before you suggest they just buy a previous-generation MacBook Pro; do you really think the best thing to do today is to buy a two year old computer?

Luftschiff 10y ago

I think most have similar reasons as me. My Laptop died a few months ago and I've been planning on buying the new MacBooks (would be my first Mac). The very high prices (especially for the 16GB of Ram that I would get) have made me look elsewhere.