AppleInsider StaffWhite 13-inch MacBooks
For example, OnSale.com is selling the just-announced $999 2.26GHz white MacBook for $923.99 after a $75 mail-in rebate. However, it's also offering AppleInsider readers an additional 3% of when using the links in this article or those in the Mac Price Guide (also below), bringing the final cost down to $899.18.
New 21- and 27-inch wide-screen iMacs
For its part, ClubMac is extending AI readers similar courtesy on sales of Apple's new 21- and 27-inch iMacs. After mail-in rebates are combined with the added 3% discount, the 3.06GHz 21-inch NVIDIA model comes to $1,093.18 ($105.82 savings), the 3.06GHz 21-inch ATI model to $1,374.18 ($124.82 savings), the 3.06GHz 27-inch ATI model to $1,548.18 ($150.82 savings), and the 2.66GHz quad-core 27-inch model to $1,834.18 ($164.82 savings).
13-, 15-, and 17-inch MacBook Pros
Meanwhile, MacMall's mail-in rebate and 3% offers cover the 13-, 15-, and 17-inch MacBook Pro lines. After discounts, the 2.26GHz 13-inch MacBook Pro falls to $1,078.18 ($120.82 savings), the 2.53GHz 13-inch MacBook Pro to $1,354.18 ($144.82 savings), the 2.53GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro to $1,543.18 ($155.82 savings), the 2.66GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro to $1,784.18 ($214.82 savings), the 2.80GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro to $2,025.18 ($273.82 savings), and the 2.80GHz 17-inch MacBook Pro to $2,219.18 ($279.82 savings).
In each of the above cases, the resellers' final costs fall below Apple's educational pricing for the respective models. Additional details are available in AppleInsider's Mac Price Guide, which is updated daily.
The 3% discounts are reflected as "Instant Discount(s)" during checkout, after the items have been added to your shopping cart. Discount will not show up before items are added to your shopping cart.
Current Generation Macs
| Education | ||||||||||
| MacBook | ||||||||||
| 2.26GHz 13" MacBook (white) | $999.00 | $994.00 | $944.00 | $989.99 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $899.18• | $923.99 | $949.00 | $99.82 |
| MacBook Pro | ||||||||||
| 2.26GHz 13" MacBook Pro | $1,199.00 | $1,168.95 | $1,078.18* | $1,119.00 | $1,168.95 | $1,199.00 | $1,118.99 | $1,118.99 | $1,099.00 | $120.82 |
| 2.53GHz 13" MacBook Pro | $1,499.00 | $1,474.00 | $1,354.18* | $1,399.00 | $1,474.95 | $1,499.00 | $1,398.99 | $1,398.99 | $1,399.00 | $144.82 |
| 2.53GHz 15" MacBook Pro | $1,699.00 | $1,678.95 | $1,543.18* | $1,579.00 | $1,678.95 | $1,699.00 | $1,578.99 | $1,578.99 | $1,599.00 | $155.82 |
| 2.66GHz 15" MacBook Pro | $1,999.00 | $1,948.95 | $1,784.18* | $1,799.00 | $1,948.95 | $1,999.00 | $1,798.99 | $1,798.99 | $1,849.00 | $214.82 |
| 2.80GHz 15" MacBook Pro | $2,299.00 | $2,110.00 | $2,025.18* | $2,089.00 | $2,110.00 | $2,229.00 | $2,088.99 | $2,088.99 | $2,099.00 | $273.82 |
| 2.80GHz 17" MacBook Pro | $2,499.00 | $2,311.99 | $2,219.18* | $2,249.00 | $2,312.00 | $2,499.00 | $2,248.99 | $2,248.99 | $2,299.00 | $279.82 |
| MacBook Air | ||||||||||
| 1.86GHz 13" MacBook Air | $1,499.00 | $1,449.00 | $1,394.00 | $1,439.00 | $1,439.00 | $1,499.00 | $1,438.99 | $1,438.99 | $1,399.00 | $105.00 |
| 2.13GHz 13" MacBook Air | $1,799.00 | $1,708.99 | $1,694.00 | $1,729.00 | $1,709.95 | $1,799.00 | $1,728.99 | $1,728.99 | $1,699.00 | $105.00 |
| iMac | ||||||||||
| 3.06GHz Dual 21" iMac | $1,199.00 | $1,194.00 | $1,129.00 | $1,169.00 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $1129.00 | $1,093.18+ | $1,149.00 | $105.82 |
| 3.06GHz Dual 21" iMac | $1,499.00 | $1,494.00 | $1,419.00 | $1,489.00 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $1,419.00 | $1,374.18+ | $1,399.00 | $124.82 |
| 3.06GHz Dual 27" iMac | $1,699.00 | $1,694.00 | $1,599.00 | $1,699.00 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $1,599.00 | $1,548.18+ | $1,599.00 | $150.82 |
| 2.66GHz Quad 27" iMac | $1,999.00 | $1,994.00 | $1,894.00 | $1,949.00 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $1,894.00 | $1,834.18+ | $1,899.00 | $164.82 |
| Mac mini | ||||||||||
| 2.26GHz Mac mini | $599.00 | $594.00 | $589.99 | $579.99 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $589.99 | $589.99 | $549.00 | $19.01 |
| 2.53GHz Mac mini | $799.00 | $794.00 | $784.99 | $769.99 | N/A Yet | N/A Yet | $784.99 | $784.99 | $749.00 | $29.01 |
| Mac Pro | ||||||||||
| 2.66GHz Mac Pro (Quad) | $2,499.00 | $2,299.00 | $2,289.99 | $2,299.00 | $2,299.00 | $2,499.99 | $2,298.99 | $2,298.99 | $2,299.00 | $200.01 |
| 2.26GHz Mac Pro (Octo) | $3,299.00 | $3,078.95 | $3,069.99 | $3,099.00 | $3,078.95 | $3,299.99 | $3,078.99 | $3,078.99 | $2,999.00 | $229.01 |
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26 Comments
Whooo this is gonna make me really buy a new iMac
Whooo this is gonna make me really buy a new iMac
And by the time you get your rebate back you'll look just like your emoticon.
why no discount on the i7 imac?
thank you appleinsider and staff,
but can you remove the product which no longer available? (like previous generation Mac Pro) ...
Another savings is doing business with a company that has no physical presence in your state, thus avoiding sales tax.
Apple, even online, has to charge sales tax because they have a store in nearly every state in the union.For the more advanced among us:
When you first get your Mac from a shipper, it's wise to clone the boot drive to another drive, option boot and repair permissions on both to verify it's working correctly, then erase with Zero option the original boot drive. Cloning copies the whole drive, programs and structure etc. It works just like the original.
Shippers are rough with parcels, damage to the platter sectors may have occurred during transport or from the factory, even from overseas. Zeroing will map off these bad sectors, giving you a much more reliable computing experience and less glitchy behavior. Later on as the drive fills up, it may come across bad sectors and you'll be wondering WTF? So it's wise to Zero early on with every new drive before using it.
You can option boot off the clone and reverse clone after zeroing, keep the clone as a fall back optional boot method in case later on all things go bad with your original drive. Drives are cheap, cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner and Superduper are near free and easy to use, it's a life saver trust me. Drives just die one day for no reason, great to have a alternate boot method in addition to any other method like Time Machine etc. Don't use Filevault of course.
I was taught this method by video production friends because their files are often quite large and thus more likely to run across bad sectors on the drive. Having watched my hard drives being carelessly dropped at my door and 30" displays just dragged across a busy highway, I was a bit hesitant to order anything online after those incidents, but now take plenty of precautions to protect my data. Zeroing has greatly increased my computers reliability. Also redundancy, lots of redundancy. Store clones and file copies off site in case of fire, theft, flood, and deranged girlfriends too.
And especially for the new iMac, since the hard drive is most likely not user accessible (again), booting off a clone will allow you to use the computer until you can schedule a appointment for service. You might even be able to retrieve files using Data Rescue or any other recovery software which read the bit's directly, bypassing the file system.
Clone your whole boot drive every two weeks, and before any major software install/OS update.
(no comp for product mention)