Home Forums Hardware Mac Desktops & Notebooks Apple Releases New Model--I Just Bought Older One!

I bought my MacBook Pro 2.66 with the 7200 rpm drive 16 days ago. I just got the announcement for the newer, faster line of MacBook Pros. The place I bought it from has a 14 day return period. I know someone there and can probably argue my way into getting the newer one that was just announced. Is it worth it?

Read Benchmarks show Core i7 MacBook Pros offer 50% speed boost and decide for yourself.

you have a better than fair chance of getting a free or pay-the-difference swap.

the markup on their computers internally, especially when cutting out all the middlemen, is considerable, so they don't mind much.

I bought a refurb ipod 32gb to replace my 16. To my horror a 1st gen arrived in the mail. (I hadn't noticed the only 32gb refurbs on their website were gen1) So I called them and they just asked me to pay the diff and swapped me.

Just received and completed installing my new, MacBook Pro 17 i7. (Details in my signature.)

I used my previous PowerBook 17 G4 for 6 1/2 years. So, this new MBP 17 is a huge upgrade for me.

In a word, this MBP 17 i7 is "awesome." ...I'm grinning from ear to ear.

They did a straight swap, I ended up with the larger drive (500 instead of 320) for the same price. I call it my CrackBook because I can't pull my eyes away from the screen. It's absolutely beautiful. Thanks to all for the hand-holding. This was a big step.