Black Friday Mac pricing matrix (find the best prices)

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While Apple on Friday announced modest price cuts on a handful of Macs for its 24 hour sale, several of the company's authorized resellers have stepped up to offer much steeper discounts, including OnSale.com and ClubMac, which have cut $200 off some unibody MacBooks and $300 off some unibody MacBook Pros. Our pricing matrix (below) highlights the best deals on each of the 16 current Mac models.



With Best Buy's 4-day Mac sale coming to a close Thursday at midnight, both OnSale.com and ClubMac have moved in to fill the void, offering the lowest prices we've seen on 13 of the 16 current Mac models. MacMall's own Black Friday deals match those from OnSale and Club Mac on 9 models, while Amazon.com offers the best deal on the 8-Core Mac Pro.



We've laid out the below Black Friday Mac Pricing Matrix to make it easy for readers to locate the lowest price on the Mac model of their choice. The best prices are highlighted in bold. The "Discount" column to the far right reflects the amount of savings between Apple's suggested retail price and the lowest price offered Friday for that respective model.



Each price is a link that will take you to the retailer's product page for that specific Mac model.



Update: Pricing matrix updated Monday, December 8th with the latest pricing changes.



Product Retail Apple Amazon MacMall Best Buy On Sale ClubMac Discount 2.40GHz 15" MacBook Pro $1,999.00 $1,999.00 $1,879.00 $1,798.97 $1999.99 $1,748.97 $1,748.97 $250.03 2.53GHz 15" MacBook Pro $2,499.00 $2,499.00 $2,248.98 $2,248.99 $2499.99 $2,198.99 $2,198.99 $300.01 2.50GHz 17" MacBook Pro $2,799.00 $2,799.00 $2,568.98 $2,548.99 $2799.99 $2,499.99 $2,499.99 $299.01 2.1GHz 13" MacBook (white) $999.00 $999.00 $909.99 $909.99 $999.99 $899.99 $899.99 $99.01 2.0GHz 13" MacBook $1,299.00 $1,299.00 $1,218.98 $1,199.99 $1299.99 $1,149.00 $1,149.00 $150.00 2.4GHz 13" MacBook $1,599.00 $1,599.00 $1,468.98 $1,468.97 $1599.99 $1,399.99 $1,399.99 $199.01 1.6GHz 13" MacBook Air $1,799.00 $1,799.00 $1,744.00 $1,679.99 $1799.99 $1,699.00 $1,699.00 $110.01 1.8GHz 13" MacBook Air $2,499.00 $2,499.00 $2,368.98 $2,339.99 $2499.99 $2,349.99 $2,349.99 $159.10 2.40GHz 20" iMac $1,199.00 $1,199.00 $1,099.99 $1,099.99 $1199.99 $1,099.99 $1,099.99 $99.01 2.66GHz 20" iMac $1,499.00 $1,499.00 $1,374.99 $1,374.99 $1499.99 $1,349.99 $1,349.99 $149.01 2.80GHz 24" iMac $1,799.00 $1,799.00 $1,618.98 $1,649.99 $1799.99 $1,599.99 $1,599.99 $199.01 3.06GHz 24" iMac $2,199.00 $2,199.00 $2,199.00 $2,094.00 N/A $2,094.00 $2,094.00 $105.00 1.83GHz Mac mini $599.00 $599.00 $543.99 $543.99 $599.00 $543.99 $543.99 $55.01 2.00GHz Mac mini $799.00 $799.00 $734.98 $734.98 $799.00 $759.99 $759.99 $64.02 2.8GHz Mac Pro 8-Core $2,799.00 $2,799.00 $2,458.98 $2,453.97 $2,799.99 $2,599.99 $2,599.99 $345.03

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tyler82

$20 discount on a Mac Mini, or $100 off of a $2,000 macbook? This does not even cover the sales tax in my state. They market it like it's such a big secret on their web site, something that needs anticipation, instead it is very disappointing for what is supposed to be the one day of the year for big discounts, and especially in a depression you would think Apple Inc. would want to kick start sales.

soundsgoodtome

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Originally Posted by AppleInsider


The best prices are highlighted in bold.

They are? All looks like the same font over here....

shogun

To see the bold go to the main article page:



http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...st_prices.html

timon

You have the wrong numbers on 3Ghz iMacs, it's $2,098.



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Also, MacMall and OnSale are the same company. MacMall, OnSale and ClubMac all all in California, which does not help us in CA to skip the tax, and all require a mail in rebate. You would think one of the Non-CA retailers would have buys.



CrapBuy, sorry BestBuy, has crap on Mac Sales.

wiggin

So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.

kd86

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Originally Posted by tyler82


$20 discount on a Mac Mini, or $100 off of a $2,000 macbook? This does not even cover the sales tax in my state. They market it like it's such a big secret on their web site, something that needs anticipation, instead it is very disappointing for what is supposed to be the one day of the year for big discounts, and especially in a depression you would think Apple Inc. would want to kick start sales.

Tell me about it. I think what's most insulting is $11 off a Nano and I wasn't even looking to buy one. It's like why bother discounting it at all? If $11 means that much to you, you're probably not an Apple customer anyway.

robb01

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Originally Posted by Wiggin


So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.

Crappy BF all around



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picasso

Can someone tell me why I am to pay 6.25% sales tax here in Illinois from purchasing an MacBook Pro from a retailer in California (onSale.com) or in New Hampshire (PC Connection)???

amac4me

NIce to see a discount on the Apple TV

virgil-tb2

Let me chime in with the rest in saying this is the lamest of lame "sales." I was going to buy an AppleTV but 6% off??? Really?



Up here in Canada, that's roughly half the normal sales taxes. Given how much this site and others have been hyping the whole "Black Friday" thing, this is a bit of a joke.



In Canada, anything less than the sales tax is called a simple "discount" and not only doesn't deserve a special day, it hardly deserves mentioning to a friend. A "Sale" is where things are sold at a substantially reduced price, (not the same price but slightly less tax.) Pretty much anything over 10% or 15% off is therefore (technically) a "sale", but it has to be 20 before anyone would make such a big deal out of it.



Why call it "Black Friday" anyway? Sounds more like a name for a day of disaster than a day of good shopping. Does everyone get gunned down at the mall after their purchase by teenagers with assault rifles?

kim kap sol

Perhaps Apple is aiming for a real Black Friday.

olddog

Indeed I too was disappointed in the weak promotional offerings from Apple. Nonetheless, I printed pages from the best-priced Web site for what I wanted to buy (MB Pro) and wandered into my local Apple store this morning (Austin, Domain location).



They were willing to match the price - but not including a rebate - as long as the manufacturer numbers matched up. Saved $150 off the 2.53 MBP. So do your comparison pricing and take in documentation on competing prices.

chirokitsune

Don't know if this has been reported anywhere but you can apply the Black Friday Discount to the EPP store as well at Apple.



The price drops the base EPP price to:

• Macbook 2.0Ghz $1120


• Macbook 2.4Ghz $1402


• iMac 20in. 2.4Ghz $1,076.00 \t


• iMac 20in. 2.66Ghz $1,308.00 \t


• iMac 24in. 2.8Ghz $1,590.00 \t


• iMac 24in. 3.06Ghz $1,966.00

anantksundaram

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Originally Posted by chirokitsune


Don't know if this has been reported anywhere but you can apply the Black Friday Discount to the EPP store as well at Apple.



The price drops the base EPP price to:

• Macbook 2.0Ghz $1120


• Macbook 2.4Ghz $1402


• iMac 20in. 2.4Ghz $1,076.00 \t


• iMac 20in. 2.66Ghz $1,308.00 \t


• iMac 24in. 2.8Ghz $1,590.00 \t


• iMac 24in. 3.06Ghz $1,966.00

Can you point to some links?



The Education Store in apple.com, for instance, does not seem to offer such double-dipping. The only option seems to be to click on the "Shop Now" under "TODAY ONLY" and that takes one to their regular BF sales!?

mdcat

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Originally Posted by PiCASSO


Can someone tell me why I am to pay 6.25% sales tax here in Illinois from purchasing an MacBook Pro from a retailer in California (onSale.com) or in New Hampshire (PC Connection)???

Because you take possession of it in IL, just as if you bought it from a store there.



Stores in states with sales tax were tired of losing sales to businesses located in other states, so a federal law was passed a few years ago imposing the sales tax of the customer's state.

1984

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Originally Posted by mdcat


Because you take possession of it in IL, just as if you bought it from a store there.



Stores in states with sales tax were tired of losing sales to businesses located in other states, so a federal law was passed a few years ago imposing the sales tax of the customer's state.

I live in Illinois and Amazon (among many others) doesn't charge sales tax. I don't think online retailers are required to charge your state's sales tax unless they have a retail presence or other business in your state. At least that's how it used to be. Maybe certain states now require sales tax to be charged on items shipped to other states but clearly not all do.

1984

I think it's clear from the chart that Onsale and ClubMac are one and the same.

gwarf420

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Originally Posted by Shogun


To see the bold go to the main article page:



http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...st_prices.html

Every single row, with its corresponding discounted amount, is bolded.

chirokitsune

This is the state government link. I don't have the normal Apple EPP link though I have seen it before. http://www.apple.com/r/store/government/state/epp.html

sikras

Days before, some websites were getting us excited that it would be Apple's most aggressive Black Friday. It will be a better deal for me to wait for the back to school special, when they will include an Ipod with a new laptop. I'll just wait until next summer.