Don ' t follow them ! <| sep |> Stop . Hammer time . <| sep |> It depends on what you want from a machine and what you are going to do . Are you willing to go through the pains of a new device debugging ? An established computer has a lot of things tested on it and for it already . Even with an upgrade , one just has to read the woes of the surface pro 4 when it was released . How soon do you want to upgrade your machine ? The five will be released maybe the spring . Maybe next fall . Will the improved processor cost be worth it ? These days improvements are fractions and for many users that fraction is not worth the price of just released . Why we buy is very different . I know my usage habits and what I want out of my machine . The five will be new and shiny but the new and shiny won ' t be worth it . By the time I am ready to upgrade the six or whatever magical name they come out with will be ready . I don ' t need it to be my everything . I have a very large , very powerful gaming machine for a desktop .