Mac Back to School Deal?

College Life
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<p>With the new MacBook Pro updates, I'm about ready to buy one. Question is, should I wait until the back to school deal? For the past two years they've started on June 5th, but I haven't found any information on whether they will have one this year or when it'll start. I will need a laptop by mid/late June, so should I wait until June 5th and find out or should I get one now with the rebate ($200?) they have in place?</p>

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<p>Yeah, I’ve been harassing Apple about this too. Seriously, it’s almost June. Why not wait? You can always rush-delivery your laptop. When I spoke to Apple, they said they’ll be unveiling it in June. So…yeah.</p>

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<p>They have a deal just about every year (it’s helpful to clear out new iPod stock so new ones can be introduced from September-November, and it sells Macs), so I wouldn’t worry about whether or not the deal will be offered. It may not be in place by that time, however…</p>

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<p>So what does the deal include?
a 200 dollar education discount + the 200 dollar rebate?</p>

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<p>Usually an education discount, a $200 rebate on an iPod, and (depending on the year), a free inkjet printer.</p>

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<p>^
dang…hmm i think im gonna wait..i guess.</p>

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<p>Same here, I’ll wait until June 10th-ish and hopefully the deal will have started by then.</p>

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<p>The education discount and the free printer are in effect all year, it’s just the iPod that comes out in June</p>

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<p>I need a new ipod…lost mine earlier this year ;( so i think im gonna wait.. >< june is only a week away.. so :)</p>

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<p>It’s been unveiled today!</p>

<p>Buy a Mac –> Get Student Discount + Get a $299 off an iPod Touch or a Nano. :)</p>

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<p>So… no free printer this year? Or am I missing something?</p>

<p>Because if there is a deal with a free printer, I might go straight through Apple instead of buying a computer deal (basically, computer + printer + messenger bag + assorted cables) from my school. On the other hand, will I even need a printer? My brother said he just used his friend’s because his ran out of color ink…</p>

<p>Edit: Found the printer deal. Looks like my school won’t be getting a share of this guy’s laptop.</p>

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<p>Can anybody point me toward the limits on how many items we can buy?
I remember there was something like a limit of one laptop purchase per student?</p>

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<p>Here’s the link to apple’s student sale: [Apple</a> - Back to School - Buy a Mac for college and get a free iPod*](<a href=“http://www.apple.com/backtoschool/index.html?CID=WWW-NAUS-BTS20080530-OSA9M]Apple”>http://www.apple.com/backtoschool/index.html?CID=WWW-NAUS-BTS20080530-OSA9M)</p>

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<p>I can’t link to the page that has the limits as the page re-directs if you try to access if directly, but here’s what it says:</p>

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<p>You get the free printer as well, if you order before July 21. So it’s $200 off a Pro/$100 off a Macbook, free nano/touch 8GB/$299 off a 16GB touch, and a free printer. Unfortunately I’m only going to arrive in the US in late July, so I’ll miss out on the printer!</p>

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<p>Pretty sure the printer is year round. Earlier this year it said the deal “ends” on April 22nd</p>

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<p>Waiting for next year…
The New Nehalem CPU on Macbook Pro. Or maybe more surprise next(Blue-ray??:))</p>

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<p>Not blu-ray. Apple still has to jump through too many hoops for that one. But if there’s a “HOMG, gotta have it” update, you can always sell. ;)</p>

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<p>So the updates will be out monday??? That’s the day when Apple has it’s presentation on new merchandise, right?</p>

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<p>For those who already bought one, does apple require you prove your status as a college student in order to redeem the refund? I wanna get my college laptop this year, but if they require you to send proof, I’ll just wait.</p>