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Apple Cuts Prices for Educational Customers

Posted by pudge on from the don't-know-much-computer-science dept.

Eharley writes "Over the weekend, Apple's online educational store lowered prices on its computers and upgrade components by 5-15%. Now the 12" Al PowerBook starts at $1399. If you have a computer on order that hasn't shipped you probably already received an email about the price drop and will have your account credited the difference. However, if you're like me and always seem to buy things the week before they have their prices reduced, you may still be eligible for a refund provided you act fast."

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  1. Sign me up by ihatewinXP · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I knew there was a reason i didnt want to graduate this century. aside from the obvious perks of being a career student Apple education prices just keep me taking electives.

    Seriously though, a 12" poweerbook for $1399? I remember my fist mac, Lombard powerbook, being like $3000. Im looking over my expenses tonight and will probably order one tomorrow. I easily got my moneys worth on the lombard because i used it so long. The vlaue I recieve from apple notebooks make that an absolute steal.
    you can wait for the g5 powerbook, ill start being more productive with my antiquated g4 tomorrow.

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  2. Woot, G5 Prices Get the ChopToo by WiseWeasel · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Awright! Now I can get a Dual 2GHz G5 w/ stock options and an upgrade to a 9800 Pro graphics card for $2969, about $100 less than when I priced it out yesterday. Oh happy day. It's like they said here, you're a student, have a free 9800 Pro, you'll be needing it for all your studying . . . how generous. My order is soooooo placed.

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  3. Yay US Students by truffle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Candian students, still out in the cold :( Thanks Apple.

    Apple student developer program (popular source of student discounts for apple products) also US only.

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  4. Clearing out inventory? by Van+Halen · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Of course, everyone has been expecting new PowerBooks for some time, especially with the 8-month-old 15" model still lagging the other two in system specs. Both WWDC and MWNY came and went without a refresh, and it seems that the latest rumors are predicting a late August update to the line, using new Motorola PPC 7457 processors running at 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 GHz. As always, rumors should be taken with a huge helping of salt, but perhaps Apple realized that many students and educators have been waiting for a PowerBook revision before buying for the fall. End of August is probably a bit too late for most people to get new machines before the semester starts, so maybe this is just a small incentive to get people to buy current models now?

    Regardless of speculation, it'll be interesting to see what happens with pricing when newer models do come out (whenever that may be).

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