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wuzup101 · Jul 4, 2004, 01:08 AM

Alright I'm making the switch... or atleast buying a mac. Programming/tinkering/beta testing has always been a hobby of mine so I'm considering buying a year of the ADC student membership. I just wondered if there was anyone else here who has one (and looking at some of the posts on the first page you do).

Anyway, the one question I have is: If I purchase a new machine through the ADC purchase plan (and I know this is the only one I can get through them as a student in my lifetime) does it come with an extended warranty of any sort (like applecare). On the site it seemed that Australian students get a 3 year worldwide full warranty. I was just wondering if we American students have to purchase applecare or if that was included. Anyway, I look forwared to joining the mac programming/dev community. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

Chris

wuzup101 · Jul 6, 2004, 12:32 AM

Okay well regardless of the discounts and warranty that I mentioned I want to do some programming. I just enrolled in the student ADC and shold be confirmed as a student fairly soon. I can't wait! I've had some programming class in high school (C++ and VB), and I had to take a basic C++ for engineering class this past semester in college. I'm thinking about learning some java, objectiveC, maybe a bit further in C++ as I already know a decent amount of it.

wuzup101 · Jul 16, 2004, 01:39 AM

Okay well I got my developers pack yesterday and I'm quite impressed. I was suprised to see a full copy of OSX panther in there along with the dev tools and some litature. Do they normally issue developers the latest version of the OS and give you updates when a new OS comes out. I know most people have stated that student devs don't recieve seed keys for new OS releases; however, is there a chance I'll get a free copy of Tiger when it is released to the public. If so, this is a complete and very welcome suprise. I was really confused when I opened it and there was a copy of panther sitting inside.

iOliverC · Jul 16, 2004, 05:18 AM

Originally posted by wuzup101:
Okay well I got my developers pack yesterday and I'm quite impressed. I was suprised to see a full copy of OSX panther in there along with the dev tools and some litature. Do they normally issue developers the latest version of the OS and give you updates when a new OS comes out. I know most people have stated that student devs don't recieve seed keys for new OS releases; however, is there a chance I'll get a free copy of Tiger when it is released to the public. If so, this is a complete and very welcome suprise. I was really confused when I opened it and there was a copy of panther sitting inside.

I believe you do get the OS's free, so if you registered in time and Tiger comes out in time for your membership to not expire, you should get it free. Otherwise, renew your account and still get Tiger.

I'm pretty sure thats how it works.

Thanks,
Oliver

wuzup101 · Jul 18, 2004, 12:52 AM

Sounds good, I plan on keeping the Student Dev until I'm out of college so I'll renew it anyway even if Tiger does come out within the year. I just thought that was kinda cool! I was even impressed with the little box thinger all the stuff came in!

endian · Jul 19, 2004, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by wuzup101:
I was even impressed with the little box thinger all the stuff came in!

You just get that with your 'starter kit' (unless they've changed things in the past couple years.) From now on, you'll get your mailings in a Tyvek envelope stuffed into your mailbox.

bewebste · Jul 19, 2004, 05:08 PM

I was signed up to the student program for a couple years back in college and it was definitely worth it. I got a copy of each new release of the OS for free, which more than reimburses the signup cost by itself. Then in addition you have the hardware purchase discount, along with the student scholarships they give away for WWDC, plus all the monthly mailing and other goodies to boot. I highly recommend it.

Brass · Jul 19, 2004, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by wuzup101:
On the site it seemed that Australian students get a 3 year worldwide full warranty.

Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. The 3-year education warranty was scrapped at the end of June 2004 in Australia. Bummer. I used to buy a Mac every 3 years, just for this reason (education staff were also eligible), now my warranties will only last 1 year

wuzup101 · Jul 23, 2004, 11:18 PM

Originally posted by endian:
You just get that with your 'starter kit' (unless they've changed things in the past couple years.) From now on, you'll get your mailings in a Tyvek envelope stuffed into your mailbox.

Oh yeah I didn't expect to be getting more, I know it was just for the first mailing... still it was pretty fancy for a 2 cent piece of cardboard

zanyterp · Sep 17, 2004, 09:01 PM

Originally posted by wuzup101:
Alright I'm making the switch... or atleast buying a mac. Programming/tinkering/beta testing has always been a hobby of mine so I'm considering buying a year of the ADC student membership. I just wondered if there was anyone else here who has one (and looking at some of the posts on the first page you do).

Anyway, the one question I have is: If I purchase a new machine through the ADC purchase plan (and I know this is the only one I can get through them as a student in my lifetime) does it come with an extended warranty of any sort (like applecare). On the site it seemed that Australian students get a 3 year worldwide full warranty. I was just wondering if we American students have to purchase applecare or if that was included. Anyway, I look forwared to joining the mac programming/dev community. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

Chris

anyone know if the one time discount is once as a student and then again as a "regular" developer after graduation? is that what that means? or is it once-period? and that has to be bought within a year, right? does one still have to be a student when the purchase is made anyone know?

thanks!
nick

Angus_D · Sep 18, 2004, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by zanyterp:
anyone know if the one time discount is once as a student and then again as a "regular" developer after graduation? is that what that means? or is it once-period? and that has to be bought within a year, right? does one still have to be a student when the purchase is made anyone know?

This is answered in Apple's FAQ. One-time means one-time.

medienhexer · Oct 6, 2004, 06:23 AM

hi

since I seem to be just too stupid to get that information directly, how much was your discount? Was that TOO worth the membership?

greetz

zanyterp · Mar 23, 2005, 07:36 PM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
This is answered in Apple's FAQ. One-time means one-time.

but if you order/buy a membership that is not a student membership, you should still be able to buy with a discount, right?

is there a discount on top of the already discounted prices? (it seems i have heard that before, but thought i would try to verify it)

thanks!

Angus_D · Mar 24, 2005, 04:07 AM

Originally posted by zanyterp:
but if you order/buy a membership that is not a student membership, you should still be able to buy with a discount, right?

The student membership gives you a special one-time student hardware discount. Other memberships may include hardware discounts which are different and do not have the one-time factor attached.

is there a discount on top of the already discounted prices? (it seems i have heard that before, but thought i would try to verify it)

The student developer hardware discount is probably more than the standard educational discount. Is that what you meant?

zanyterp · Mar 24, 2005, 11:03 PM

Originally posted by Angus_D:
The student membership gives you a special one-time student hardware discount. Other memberships may include hardware discounts which are different and do not have the one-time factor attached.

The student developer hardware discount is probably more than the standard educational discount. Is that what you meant?

is there an additional discount off the already discounted hardware purchase program price?

lord vader · Mar 30, 2005, 02:17 PM

When i bought my ibook i looked at the discounts for the student developer and the educational discounts and found no difference. I didnt buy the student developer thing (i get enough money.) but if i could have i would have.

fortepianissimo · Apr 1, 2005, 11:14 PM

There were some discussions on Apple's�_student-dev list about getting Tiger in the monthly mailing once it's shipped (about a month later), so it seems that student members will get Tiger anyways without renewing their accounts?

zanyterp · Apr 2, 2005, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by lord vader:
When i bought my ibook i looked at the discounts for the student developer and the educational discounts and found no difference. I didnt buy the student developer thing (i get enough money.) but if i could have i would have.

which store were you looking at? i checked and found a substantial difference between the education discount and the student ADC hardware store (looks like same as regular ADC).