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beck11488 · Mar 12, 2006, 02:30 PM

if your a student and looking for a good price on a mac mini, then go and buy it direct from the apple store, i bought one today cause the guy told me 100 off a new mac mini.

rparke1 · Mar 12, 2006, 02:39 PM

its been like that for a long while now

D'Espice · Mar 12, 2006, 02:40 PM

Are you sure it's the new Mini?

discotronic · Mar 12, 2006, 02:46 PM

On the new Intel mini the discount is only $20.

rparke1 · Mar 12, 2006, 02:50 PM

it's not for the new intel minis, i think he ment a new one in general, like you go buy a new computer for a hundred off but its not THE newest. does that make sense? tried to word it the best i could. wait, grr, why isnt the student discount for the intel minis? like for me, its a hundred off the pc minis but for the intel its only twenty off?

D'Espice · Mar 12, 2006, 02:52 PM

Them he should have mentioned that he's talking about the Mac Mini G4

beck11488 · Mar 12, 2006, 03:01 PM

am talkin about the intel mac mini, the guy told me the wrong price and i held him to what he told me

beck11488 · Mar 12, 2006, 03:01 PM

he told me 600 for the dual core base model, no bto options added

webcookie · Mar 12, 2006, 03:44 PM

are there any ppc mini's on the apple store online? i don't see them. except the refurbs.

ghporter · Mar 12, 2006, 07:02 PM

Apple Store (U.S.) student price for Intel Mac Minis is $579 for the Core Solo model and $779 for the Core Duo model.

There's ONE PPC 1.42GHz Mini in the Special Deals area for $599...

FireWire · Mar 12, 2006, 07:50 PM

Are you serious? A whole 20$ off a 599$ computer?!

All that generosity for merely being a student? Wow! I'm glad Apple understands our difficult situation and limited revenue! Thank you Apple!!!

Seriously, this is an insult.. Local theaters almost give students more discount than this for a little movie ticket.

beck11488 · Mar 12, 2006, 11:15 PM

umm 200 discount on adc membership and on macbookpros and g5;s

discotronic · Mar 12, 2006, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by FireWire

Are you serious? A whole 20$ off a 599$ computer?!

All that generosity for merely being a student? Wow! I'm glad Apple understands our difficult situation and limited revenue! Thank you Apple!!!

Seriously, this is an insult.. Local theaters almost give students more discount than this for a little movie ticket.

The mark up on that movie ticket is substantially higher than the mark up in the mini.

quiklee · Mar 13, 2006, 03:26 PM

if it's not worth 599 to you, then go and buy a dell . . . you get what you pay for . . . i wish Mercedes gave student discounts . . . i find it an insult that a movie theatre gives students more discounts and Mercedes doesn't!

FireWire · Mar 13, 2006, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by quiklee

if it's not worth 599 to you, then go and buy a dell . . . you get what you pay for . . . i wish Mercedes gave student discounts . . . i find it an insult that a movie theatre gives students more discounts and Mercedes doesn't!

Good for you. Seriously, I don't have a problem with the price itself, I just find it insulting that Apple aknowledges that students have special needs, but lower its price by a ridiculous margin. I mean, currently, McDonald offers a free pack of Wrigley's DoubleMint when you buy certain meals. That's understandable. But 20$ off a 799$ computer is like giving a free mailbox as a bonus when you buy a house.

And FYI, most dealers give out discount to students or graduates, in the magnitude of 1000$ or more. They don't merely give you a free cupholder or free mats.

ecking01 · Mar 13, 2006, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by FireWire

Good for you. Seriously, I don't have a problem with the price itself, I just find it insulting that Apple aknowledges that students have special needs, but lower its price by a ridiculous margin. I mean, currently, McDonald offers a free pack of Wrigley's DoubleMint when you buy certain meals. That's understandable. But 20$ off a 799$ computer is like giving a free mailbox as a bonus when you buy a house.

And FYI, most dealers give out discount to students or graduates, in the magnitude of 1000$ or more. They don't merely give you a free cupholder or free mats.

What is the student discount from HP, gateway, sony, or dell?

You take what you can get. Be lucky apple offers one at all.

I'm a student too and I've bought the BT keyboard, mac mini, 30gb ipod with video. That means over time I've saved $64cad. Now I would have bought those anyways so is 64 dollars a huge savings? No, but it's 64 dollars less than what I thought I'd spend, that's 2 months of my cell phone bill.

If you're a student every little bit helps.