ADC discount vs. Student discount

[tehgawd]

Guis, how much more discount ADC gives over a regular Student discount on a default configuration of a new Mac Pro, dual CPU? Is it still 20% vs 10%?

[Tallest Skil]

It depends.

For my Mac Pro configuration, I'm getting 25% off the regular store.

[tehgawd]

It depends.

For my Mac Pro configuration, I'm getting 25% off the regular store.

Is it because your configuration totals 10,000 USD? Plz enlighten me kthnx.

[grue]

Is it because your configuration totals 10,000 USD? Plz enlighten me kthnx.


25% just happens to be the once-a-year discount for Apple employees.

[Tallest Skil]

Is it because your configuration totals 10,000 USD? Plz enlighten me kthnx.

*chuckle*

I'm sure that BTO options add to the overall discount, so a base configuration would be about 20% off, yeah.

Oh, and it wasn't 10 grand. ;)

[Outsider]

ADC Select is showing a $500+ discount, about 20%. You can get the $2500 Quad for $1999. Not too shabby.

[Boneoh]

I just ordered mine today. With the ADC discount, I saved about $800. Even if you figure that the ADC Select is $499, that's still an extra $300 savings from the business store pricing.

[robinp]

it depends where you are, the UK Higher Education store gives 16% off without the hassle of ADC... I decided to hold off with the ADC and try to use it to get snow leopard cheap ;)

[nicolapo]

For a Mac Pro setup, ADC discount is -20% for everything in your setup/BTO options except monitors which are -10%.

[ceezy3000]

adc is only worth it for like mac pros and macbook pros, i believe with the imacs and macbooks its the same as the student discount, so get the adc discount

[dannymarr]

ADC Select is showing a $500+ discount, about 20%. You can get the $2500 Quad for $1999. Not too shabby.

May I ask what's the ADC discount? And can I get it in Australia?:confused:

[stevieapollo]

what is a ADC discount?

[thedarkhorse]

apple developer connection.
It's for software developers and IT professionals, you have to pay for a yearly membership from apple($500/yr for basic and $3500 for premiere). You get discounts on hardware and tech support you wouldn't get without the membership, along with other benefits.

[dannymarr]

apple developer connection.
It's for software developers and IT professionals, you have to pay for a yearly membership from apple($500/yr for basic and $3500 for premiere). You get discounts on hardware and tech support you wouldn't get without the membership, along with other benefits.

Thanks for clarifying this. :)

So a person from a non-developer/IT background can't apply for this?

[robinp]

apple developer connection.
It's for software developers and IT professionals, you have to pay for a yearly membership from apple($500/yr for basic and $3500 for premiere). You get discounts on hardware and tech support you wouldn't get without the membership, along with other benefits.

and student membership is £59/$99... which I think is what most of us were talking about

[nicolapo]

Thanks for clarifying this. :)

So a person from a non-developer/IT background can't apply for this?

Anyone (over 18) can apply to this.

[sparkie7]

Anyone (over 18) can apply to this.

errrmm.. where do i sign up? :D

[Tallest Skil]

Anyone (over 18) can apply to this.

You must be an active higher-education (college) student for the student membership, though.

[dannymarr]

This ADC Student Membership is amazing!

[lostngone]

Guis, how much more discount ADC gives over a regular Student discount on a default configuration of a new Mac Pro, dual CPU? Is it still 20% vs 10%?


Why don't you look for yourself???

*****
:)

EDIT...
Sorry, you are right Tallest...

http://developer.apple.com/membership/usa.html

[Tallest Skil]

Why don't you look for yourself???

http://store.apple.com/us_adc_38839

:)

I don't believe that you can link directly to the ADC store. The link works for me, but I have an activated account.

You can link to the page right before it and have people click the link into the store for it to work.

[nicolapo]

I don't believe that you can link directly to the ADC store. The link works for me, but I have an activated account.

You can link to the page right before it and have people click the link into the store for it to work.

I know it sounds weird but I was also able to access the store and see prices using that exact same direct link way before purchasing an ADC Select membership.

[lostngone]

I know it sounds weird but I was also able to access the store and see prices using that exact same direct link way before purchasing an ADC Select membership.

Anyone can see the prices(I think). I just direct linked it and you have to use the click trough.

[PeterQC]

Anyone (over 18) can apply to this.

Are you sure? Darn, it piss me off now. I'm not 18 right now, only at the end of the month, and eventually wanted to order my MBP before.

[KBS756]

can you buy in a store (like a physical one) with ADC?

[nicolasmasset]

Do they automatically renew your 500$ membership each year??

[wilx]

Does anyone know what the ADC student discount is? I'm guessing less than the 'select' ADC discount. I can get the 8x2.66 with 8GB for £3,400 with student discount, so if the ADC is substantially better I'll go for that. I'm not technically* developing software though - in case Apple have spies checking this sort of thing.


* in any way, at all.

[Tallest Skil]

Does anyone know what the ADC student discount is? I'm guessing less than the 'select' ADC discount. I can get the 8x2.66 with 8GB for £3,400 with student discount, so if the ADC is substantially better I'll go for that. I'm not technically* developing software though - in case Apple have spies checking this sort of thing.


* in any way, at all.

Depending on your configuration, it is 20% to above that.

Mine was a 25% discount.

[wilx]

Depending on your configuration, it is 20% to above that.

Mine was a 25% discount.

Ooh...

Was there any sort of check to see whether you were a developer or doing a computer-tech related course?

£800 off would be quite nice!

[wilx]

Just looking through the website and T&C, they do state quite often that it's specifically for developers, and hardware is to be used for those purposes. Does anyone know if they check stuff re. course specifics or not? Otherwise I'll just go with the normal student discount, which still knocks a few hundred quid off.

[wilx]

Just reviving this in case anyone has gone through the student ADC process and knows how stringent they are with checking 'developer' credentials. If I can get 20% off and the only thing they need is proof of student status, awesome. But if I have to prove I'm specifically studying something along 'apple development' lines, then regular student discount will suffice.

Anybody know?

[Tallest Skil]

Ooh...

Was there any sort of check to see whether you were a developer or doing a computer-tech related course?

£800 off would be quite nice!

Yeah, you actually have to sign up for a Student Developer account. You have to send them photographic proof of enrollment (ID and schedule), and then they confirm your assets.

I'm still waiting to hear back from them to get my hardware purchase asset back... I get the feeling that I'm not going to GET it back.

[galstaph]

Just reviving this in case anyone has gone through the student ADC process and knows how stringent they are with checking 'developer' credentials. If I can get 20% off and the only thing they need is proof of student status, awesome. But if I have to prove I'm specifically studying something along 'apple development' lines, then regular student discount will suffice.

Anybody know?

They just look at your courses, but I was in architectural studies when I got my mbp and it didn't matter.... I just wish I could have gotten another student adc discount for my new macpro... might have made the 2.66 octad reachable.... alas 1 per lifetime

[wilx]

They just look at your courses, but I was in architectural studies when I got my mbp and it didn't matter.... I just wish I could have gotten another student adc discount for my new macpro... might have made the 2.66 octad reachable.... alas 1 per lifetime

- sounds very encouraging. I think I'll give the ADC a go then. Thanks :)

[Gonk42]

Ooh...

Was there any sort of check to see whether you were a developer or doing a computer-tech related course?

£800 off would be quite nice!

I'm doing a PhD in Computer Science so I guess I'd qualify but if the discount is only 20% with the standard student discount in the UK at around 16 or 17% then you only get an extra 4% say which on a £2.5k computer is £100 but then you have to pay £60 for the ADC student membership (in round numbers) so it is a lot of hassle for a saving of maybe £40 or less on a £2,500 computer.

Sorry, that was a rather long sentence!

If it is 25% and the spend is larger then it perhaps starts to get worthwhile.

[Fomaphone]

Yeah, you actually have to sign up for a Student Developer account. You have to send them photographic proof of enrollment (ID and schedule), and then they confirm your assets.

I'm still waiting to hear back from them to get my hardware purchase asset back... I get the feeling that I'm not going to GET it back.

how can you get a hardware purchase asset back? isn't it advertised as a one-time thing?

[jjahshik32]

So the student ADC membership costs only $99, 1 time fee?? And not $99 monthly?

[jjahshik32]

Yeah, you actually have to sign up for a Student Developer account. You have to send them photographic proof of enrollment (ID and schedule), and then they confirm your assets.

I'm still waiting to hear back from them to get my hardware purchase asset back... I get the feeling that I'm not going to GET it back.

Oh so you ARE ordering one but just waiting for the student ADC to go through. Or is it a return?

[PeterQC]

So the student ADC membership costs only $99, 1 time fee?? And not $99 monthly?

One time fee for one year.

[jjahshik32]

One time fee for one year.

Wait so the 2nd year do they charge you another $99??

[galstaph]

Wait so the 2nd year do they charge you another $99??

no, they will not charge you unless you sign up for another year. It is NOT automatic renewal

but yes $99/year no discount for previous adc membership

[jjahshik32]

no, they will not charge you unless you sign up for another year. It is NOT automatic renewal

but yes $99/year no discount for previous adc membership

Thanks.

[SoundreelStudio]

They just look at your courses, but I was in architectural studies when I got my mbp and it didn't matter.... I just wish I could have gotten another student adc discount for my new macpro... might have made the 2.66 octad reachable.... alas 1 per lifetime

Does anybody have the price for a 2.66 8-core with the student adc discount?

[Fomaphone]

Does anybody have the price for a 2.66 8-core with the student adc discount?

keeping the numbers round, i paid $4500 including $300 NY sales tax and $70 shipping for the mac pro in my signature

[jjahshik32]

keeping the numbers round, i paid $4500 including $300 NY sales tax and $70 shipping for the mac pro in my signature

How do you like it so far, especially in real world use with multitasking? Also have you ever owned the previous gen 2008 8 core models to notice any difference?

[Tallest Skil]

How do you like it so far, especially in real world use with multitasking? Also have you ever owned the previous gen 2008 8 core models to notice any difference?

Awaiting arrival of... :confused:

[alapena]

Im a grad student and also have a job. I just purchased the new mac book for school and now I want another mac book for work. Am I only limited to one?

[Tallest Skil]

Im a grad student and also have a job. I just purchased the new mac book for school and now I want another mac book for work. Am I only limited to one?

Yes.

[Abulia]

Yes.
Technically.

Apple is not historically known for enforcing the "one a year" restriction on the student discount.

[fabriciom]

Can someone confirm what is the discount percentage in Europe and how much the ADC fee for a student?
Thanks for the info, did not know this. I'm an IT engineer student at UCM in Madrid and no one has never told me about his...