Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

but if you're spending £1,500 i'd want to know it would be current for longer than a month, and have the best spec possible.

There are no secrets about the new specs as it's so open in terms of Intels current movements, and you would be throwing money away if you opted for the current, stocked, models.

hardly throwing money away - it will still do exactly the same things. The new version will only be marginally quicker at everything (you probably won't be able to notice any discernible diff unless you're really pushing it's limits). All the "20% faster" is just marketing stuff - the average consumer (or pro) won't notice any difference.

I used to think like you, but to be honest - a computer is only ever 'current' for about 2-3 months these days so that mentality is flawed. My attitude has changed to one where if I need something, I'll only be buying another one in 2 years time regardless.

Basically I'd rather buy an 'older' mac just before the 'newer, better' ones come, save the difference in money and spend £100 on 8GB of new RAM - which will give you a much bigger improvement in performance than a processor thats .333333333% faster.