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    University price vs Applestore price

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by piggytwy, Jul 31, 2007.

  1. piggytwy

    piggytwy Newbie

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    Hi all,

    i'll be starting university very soon and my uni offers the macbook at roughly US$1750, as compared to Applestore's US$1390 (i'm living in Singapore). Here're the differences:

    Uni Macbook: US$1750
    Bundled with Office for Mac 2004 and Adobe CS3 Web Premium
    Free upgrade to Leopard
    3 years warranty
    Free 1gig ipod shuffle

    Apple Online Store Macbook: US$1390
    1 year Applecare
    Free 4gig ipod nano (after rebate)

    I have no real use for the bundled softwares, and they cannot be unbundled according to my university laptop tenders. So here's my concern. Is the almost US$400 premium enough to justify the 3 years warranty and free Leopard upgrade? How risky is it to only get 1 year of applecare?

    i'd really love to own a macbook, but the one offered by my college is grossly overpriced, i feel. i need some suggestions and if this topic has been posted before, i'd like to apologise for wasting forum space. thank you all
     
    piggytwy, Jul 31, 2007
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  2. eyeburn

    eyeburn Notebook Enthusiast

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    where r u getting the US$1390 figure from. I just bought my MBP from the applestore in singapore last week using the education discount and paid USD$2050.
     
    eyeburn, Jul 31, 2007
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  3. piggytwy

    piggytwy Newbie

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    well, the higher tier white macbook sells for S$2087 including tax, that translates to roughly US$1391, so i wasn't quite wrong, lol. and the cheapest mbp goes for around US$2050.

    EDIT: both are prices quoted after education discount though
     
    piggytwy, Jul 31, 2007
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  4. eyeburn

    eyeburn Notebook Enthusiast

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    oh im sorry i thought you were taking about eh mbp. my mistake
     
    eyeburn, Jul 31, 2007
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  5. eyeburn

    eyeburn Notebook Enthusiast

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    I think you should should buy the applestore package US$1390.

    you can go onto ebay and buy an applecare 3 year warranty for ~US$200 then buy leopard for a student price of US$69 when it comes.
     
    eyeburn, Jul 31, 2007
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    null84 Notebook Evangelist

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    any sell the Free 4gig ipod nano on ebay :)
     
    null84, Jul 31, 2007
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  7. knp

    knp Notebook Evangelist

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    Let's see. Starting with the Apple Store's $1390 for the MacBook, if you add $239 for Apple Care, $69 for Leopard, and $125 ($150 - $25 rebate) for Office 2004, it already comes to $1754. Adobe CS3 Web Premium is $300 if you purchase any Mac off their website with education discount, bringing the total to $2054. I think the deal your school offers is pretty good.
     
    knp, Jul 31, 2007
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    mtor Notebook Deity

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    I agree .
     
    mtor, Jul 31, 2007
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  9. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the university deal is better assuming you have the need for the software they supply.

    if you are not going to use the software, or would not otherwise buy it, the applestore deal is better.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 31, 2007
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