bokken

Waiting never hurts. If you wanted the newest and the fastest, wait, but if you do wait, make sure you wait for something to come out. In the Apple line, they will hopefully update the macbook pro, but there are people saying that they won't. Intel is scheduled to release a new chipset during the first month of summer, so I would expect to see some sort of upgrade from them, and on top of that, apple offers college things. If you are going with someone else, just go with what you want.

Linux FTW.

And for the Vista people: Windows itself sees how bad Vista is and is doing two things about it. 1) Extending/extended the support and sell dates of XP and 2) creating the "Vista Killer" Windows 7. Vista is such a big flop that they are going to try to roll out a new OS soon enough to not have too many losses.

Chipmoney

Windows 7 is in no way a "Vista Killer"...

It's just the next windows system, originally Vista was scheduled to come out just a few years after XP, but XP needed so much work with the service packs they pushed back Vista.

prdonut2k7

I would wait. I ordered my laptop (Macbook Pro) in August, and it came in about 2 weeks or less. I believe there was a Macbook (Pro) update during last summer (it might have been before summer, i can't remember exactly), so it was worth the wait.

Chipmoney

There was a macbook pro update earlier this year, but supposedly there will be a new design this summer along with integrating the new intel chipset too.

dzirob33

Does anyone know when the nanos will be part of the students package (as in the discount they give)?

blindkite

When do the apple student deals start?

hewey

I think it speaks volumes that it's now cheaper to buy Vista off the shelf than it is XP.

Still, I'm a Mac user, so I wouldn't know. =-P