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Black Friday Mac pricing matrix (find the best prices)
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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The best prices are highlighted in bold.
They are? All looks like the same font over here....
To see the bold go to the main article page:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...st_prices.html
You have the wrong numbers on 3Ghz iMacs, it's $2,098.
Edit:
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.
So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.
$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.
So much for the 15% discounts analysts were predicting.
Crappy BF all around
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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)???
NIce to see a discount on the Apple TV 
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?
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Lowest Prices Anywhere!
| Model | Price | You Save |
|---|---|---|
| Core i5 MacBook Pros w/ Retina | ||
| 13" 2.5GHz/8GB/128GB | $1,406.48 | $292.52 |
| 13" 2.5GHz/8GB/256GB | $1,479.99 | $519.01 |
| 13" 2.5GHz/8GB/512GB | $1,699.99 | $799.01 |
| Core i7 MacBook Pros w/ Retina | ||
| 13" 2.9GHz/8GB/256GB | $1,599.99 | $599.01 |
| 13" 2.9GHz/8GB/512GB | $1,799.99 | $899.01 |
| 15" 2.3GHz/8GB/256GB | $1,899.99 | $299.01 |
| 15" 2.6GHz/8GB/512GB | $2,299.99 | $568.01 |
| 15" 2.7GHz/16GB/768GB | $2,699.99 | $499.01 |
| Model | White | Black | |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPad mini (WiFi only) | |||
| 16GB WiFi |  |
$329.99 | $329.99 |
| 32GB WiFi | |
$429.99 | $429.99 |
| 64GB WiFi | |
$529.99 | $529.99 |
| iPad mini (WiFi + 4G) | |||
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| 16GB 4G White | $459.99 | $459.99 | $459.99 |
| 32GB 4G White | $559.99 | $559.99 | $559.99 |
| 64GB 4G White | $659.99 | $659.99 | $659.99 |
| 16GB 4G Black | $459.99 | $459.99 | $459.99 |
| 32GB 4G Black | $559.99 | $559.99 | $559.99 |
| 64GB 4G Black | $659.99 | $659.99 | $659.99 |
$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.