Is Apple Ed. discount for real?

kwondokwondo
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I've never purchased Apple products through educational discounts so I was curious how much of a discount it was. About 10 years ago I remember (for whatever reason) that IBM gave a 40% discount and Apple, a 30% discount for ed. institutions/qualified students. (Someone please correct me if this info was incorrect since I've never utilized the discounts.)



Now my gf is back in school and want her own computer. I checked for the first time on Apple website and was shocked that only "select" models are given discounts and @ measily $50 off for such as "iMac" 17". Is this correct or did I look at wrong info? <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    This should be moved to the Genius Bar, BTW



    (and yes, the discounts are a lot less than they used to be)



    [ 07-28-2002: Message edited by: alcimedes ]</p>
  • Reply 2 of 9
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    They're a lot more significant for Powerbooks, but yeah, they are mostly measly for individual purchases.
  • Reply 3 of 9
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by frawgz:

    <strong>They're a lot more significant for Powerbooks, but yeah, they are mostly measly for individual purchases.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    How are they a lot more significant for Powerbooks?
  • Reply 4 of 9
    frawgzfrawgz Posts: 547member
    Not taken proportionally, of course, but the iMacs are all discounted $50 for education individuals, while these are the PowerBook prices..



    Regular: $2499

    Education: $2349

    Difference: $150



    Regular: $3199

    Education: $3007

    Difference: $192



    Regular: $3799

    Education: $3571

    Difference: $228



    The PowerMac discounts are comparable. I guess you can argue they're more expensive anyway, so it's not much better, but the deeper discounts caught my eye more so than the iMac/iBook discounts at least.



    [ 07-28-2002: Message edited by: frawgz ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 9
    spotbugspotbug Posts: 361member
    My name is Ed. Apple gave me no discount when I bought my Mac.



    Just kidding. My name's not really Ed.
  • Reply 6 of 9
    jkarc21jkarc21 Posts: 132member
    Mac OS X v10.2 only $69.00 for students on the Apple Ed. site. Can't beat that price!
  • Reply 7 of 9
    snofsnof Posts: 98member
    The discounts for hardware are fairly small, but there are some great deals on software.



    I can only remember two off the top of my head, but they are great deals.



    Final Cut Pro 3

    regular: $999

    educational: $299



    WebObjects 5.1

    regular: $699

    educational: $99



    I think that OS X Server is about half price with educational discount.
  • Reply 8 of 9
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Well I know Dell is Walmart (that's a darn good insult, according to walmartwatch.org, they pay people 15¢ an hour over seas! :eek: )



    But when poor college students look at Apples and then Dells, what do you think they're going to buy? Come on Apple lower prices, I'm going to college this fall!



    [ 07-28-2002: Message edited by: Aquatik ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 9
    max8319max8319 Posts: 347member
    um, yeah. the imacs are 7-8 months old. give apple another 6 months to further perfect the production process.



    a 10.6" (?) dome base is not something you can go and pick up at compusa. nearly all PCs are towers, so they can mass produce these more effectively
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