<p>A little disappointed here, but we went ahead with the MBP purchase. Both daughters have used Macs from K through 12 (and the district provided MBs from grades 7-12 for at-home use during the school years) and switching to PCs, for them, anyway, just wasn’t in the cards. </p>
<h1>2D got the app GC and the printer. Since we all have iPhones and/or iPods anyway, not sure what would have happened if there’d been the usual offer.</h1>
<p>do you get a printer rebate and the $100 app card? is the printer rebate a apple store gift card or is it actual money that you can spend anywhere?</p>
<p>Buy your mac from best buy with the black tie warranty. The apple warranty sucks. My d and son both have pros and the icare warranty does not cover much.</p>
<p>I got a rebate form to complete which supposedly will send me back the rebate funds; and also a gift card for the Apple store. I still don’t get it, but I’m not complaining.</p>
<p>You might check to see if the college has an IT store. At my son’s school the price was the same, but you got a three year warrenty instead of just one. The free printer he got is still sitting in its unopened box (a typical $100 printer where the ink costs more than the printer). He also got an iTouch (which is now obsolete).</p>
<p>What do you mean the touch is obsolete? Even the 1st gen touch runs most apps available even if it doesn’t have a camera or the very latest Os. It still can access the Internet and play music.</p>
<p>I’m surprised that apple downgraded their student incentive but I would choose a Mac without it.</p>
<p>so the printer rebate is just an apple gift card?</p>
<p>^No. You fill out the online rebate for the printer and they send you a check.</p>
<p>The gift card thing is an added bonus on top of the printer rebate and the educational discount.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.apple.com/promo/[/url]”>http://www.apple.com/promo/</a>
^read the link</p>
<p>Buy through Apple’s Educational Program and also get the additional discount on the laptop.</p>