Killer Deals: new MacBook Airs for $879, new 64GB 3G iPads for $569
MacBook Airs
MacMall on Saturday extended a limited-time offer on Apple's new 11.6-inch MacBook Airs, which the Apple Authorized Reseller is selling through eBay for $879. Thats $120 below Apple's $999 suggested retail price and the lowest price available from all Apple resellers by $35. It's also currently the lowest entry price we've seen for any current Mac notebook (Mac Price Guide).
These are brand new, unopened MacBook Airs feature a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB DDR3 SDRAM, 64GB Flash Storage, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, 11.6" LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1, FaceTime camera, built-in battery, and precision aluminum unibody. There's a strict limit of one per customer while supplies last.
As an added bonus, MacMall on Saturday tacked on free 2-day shipping to the offer so that readers purchasing the notebook as a Mother's Day gift can rest assured that their order will arrive before next Sunday.
First-gen iPads
Meanwhile, MacMall has also taken stock of a large cache of brand new, unopened 64GB first-generation 3G iPads (the high-end model), which the reseller is blowing out at $569. Each order includes a free Apple iPad case, which originally retailed for $39, bringing the combined savings on the bundle to $299.
Again, that's the lowest price we've seen by far, besting Amazon's $701 offer by $132 and Apple's similar $659 offer on Refurbished units (not new units) by $90. These first-generation models are worthy alternatives for those unwilling to wait for iPad 2 shipments or who don't mind forgoing the new model's slightly-slimmer design for the $299 in savings.
Unlike the reseller's MacBook Air deal, however, the iPads are available only by telephone order and cannot be placed online.
14 Comments
So tempting...but I've never bought last year's model! I just don't enjoy it no matter how much money I'm able to save!
What a joke I must say. The first gen ipads will get left behind by developers real quick. The switch to a dual core chip with much better graphics makes this not such a good deal. There is always a time when the last gen is a good deal but this is not it.
My 2 cents, don't cheap out. Performance is worth way more than storage.
Just ordered one of the Macbook Air's couldn't pass it up! I know they will probably release a sandy bridge one soon, but this is good enough for what I want/need to do with it!
Glad I bought one for my wife last month when MacMall had their first blowout of these Macbook Air for $849.
When you have been able to get an iPad 1 3G/wifi 64 gig from ATT for $529 pretty much since they rolled out iPad2.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...id=yy5DX9IGltD