AppleInsider Staff
As part of our effort to serve up the lowest prices on Apple products through our price guides during rough economic times, AppleInsider has teamed with B&H Photo to offer an exclusive $300 discount on Apple's new 2.6GHz 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display ($2,499) for the next two days.
The $300 discount on the current, high-end retail configuration (MC976LL/A) of the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display (8GB of RAM/512GB SSD/GeForce GT 650M) is instantaneous when using the links in this article or our Mac Price Guide. The promotion, which offers the lowest price on this model by roughly $190, is valid until 11:59 pm on November 30th.
Buying with AppleCare?
It's also worth noting that B&H is offering Apple's $349.00 3-year AppleCare extended protection plan for just $122 with this MacBook Pro (and all 15-inch MacBook Pros) when purchasing both the Mac and the service plan on the same order. That's a savings of $527 over Apple's MSRP for the same Mac and AppleCare bundle, as can be seen in our Macs with AppleCare Price Guide. Plus B&H also throws in a free copy of Parallels Desktop or FileMaker Bento.
Similarly, all $249.00 AppleCare service plans for 13-inch and smaller MacBooks are just $95 with each Mac purchase. We've published step-by-step instructions on how to make sure you take advantage of these Mac+AppleCare bundle discounts. But in the case of this current offer, simply follow this link to the 2.6GHz MacBook Pro product page, click the blue "ADD TO CART" button. A "Buy Together and Save" window will pop up. First select your free piece of software, then click the "COMPUTER ACCESSORIES" tab on the lower left and add the $122 AppleCare protection. Finally, click "ADD SELECTED TO CART" at the top right of the "Buy Together and Save" window. That should yield a final price of $2,621.00, or $527 off list price.
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If there was user upgradeable ram I'd be all over this. The 16gb ram version deals are hard to find and B&H/MacMall are both out of stock.
AppleInsider, for not trying to hide the fact that this is a promotion, I thank you.
I wish I could buy this from Canada...but they won't ship to non-US customers...
Prices are lower at the Apple education store.
Prices are NOT lower at the Apple education store. The same Mac would be one dollars more, PLUS tax (which depending on where you are could be more than *another* 200 dollars), PLUS applecare would cost 239, which is more than a hundred dollars difference as well. So to put it simply- what the heck are you talking about? This price is three hundred dollars less then what Apple charges regular customers, one hundred less than what they charge for students and teachers, the AppleCare is over one hundred dollars less, and there is no tax charged unless you live in NY. Let's look at a New Jersey resident (7% sales tax) as an example: MacBook Pro - $2799 AppleCare - $349 Tax - $221 TOTAL: $3,369 vs. $2621 for a savings of SEVEN HUNDRED and FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS. (Or, four hundred and ninety-six dollars without AppleCare.) Here's a student in the same state: MacBook Pro - $2,599 AppleCare - $239 Tax - $199 TOTAL: $3,037 vs. $2621 for a savings of FOUR HUNDRED and SIXTEEN DOLLARS. (Or, two hundred eighty-two dollars without AppleCare.) Now let's look at an "ideal" scenario. You're a student, you live in Delaware (no sales tax), and you're not bothering with AppleCare. You would STILL be saving a hundred dollars with this deal. Not that any of this helps me, since I can't afford this discounted or not! ;) But to say "prices are lower at the Apple education store" is ridiculous.