Apple Launches 2011 Back to School Promotion

MacRumors · 03:13 AM

Apple has finally launched the Back to School promotion for 2011. As reported, this year's back to school promotion offers a $100 iTunes/App Store Gift Card with the purchase of a qualifying Mac. The promotion starts today and ends on September 20, 2011.

You must be a college student, student accepted to college, parent of college student or faculty/staff at any grade level. Qualifying computers include the MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iMac. Readers should also note that any Mac purchased now will also get OS X Lion for free.

Article Link: Apple Launches 2011 Back to School Promotion

talkingfuture · Jun 16, 2011, 03:10 AM

Also on the UK Apple store - £65 voucher.

elhungarian · Jun 16, 2011, 03:11 AM

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Sucks for those hoping for iPods. Oh well better than nothing I guess.

314631 · Jun 16, 2011, 03:12 AM

This is great news for customers.

Leatherman · Jun 16, 2011, 03:14 AM

€75 is the deal here

Bergis · Jun 16, 2011, 03:19 AM

650 SEK voucher in Sweden

iphoneblack · Jun 16, 2011, 03:20 AM

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Includes 11 MBA?

freddiculous · Jun 16, 2011, 03:23 AM

Haha I just ordered my MacBook pro finally. I am officially an owner of a 2.2 i7 high res antiglare 2011 MbP!!! Woohoo. I think apple did this on purpose but it actually gives you an option to reject the $100 dollar iTunes gift card hahaha. "yes, I want a free $100 dollar back to school card" or "no, thanks" lol

Dekimasu · Jun 16, 2011, 03:25 AM

So if the Airs are updated in the next month or two, will the new models be included in this deal?

iphoneblack · Jun 16, 2011, 03:27 AM

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Looks like include 11" MBA

Hurry up and refresh the mba!! I'm ready

afd · Jun 16, 2011, 03:27 AM

Very disapointed not go get an iPod (at least my wife will be...), but glad my G5 iMac can finally be replaced. Am very sure we can find a good use for the £65, still haven't seen series 8 of 24.

Fliesen · Jun 16, 2011, 03:28 AM

i dig the 3 featured apps.

productivity, productivity, pro...crastination

C0LUMBIA · Jun 16, 2011, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freddiculous

Haha I just ordered my MacBook pro finally. I am officially an owner of a 2.2 i7 high res antiglare 2011 MbP!!! Woohoo. I think apple did this on purpose but it actually gives you an option to reject the $100 dollar iTunes gift card hahaha. "yes, I want a free $100 dollar back to school card" or "no, thanks" lol

When it gave you the option to choose that you didn't want the card, were there a box to click that you DO want the card? I can't see it

Bonilla · Jun 16, 2011, 03:31 AM

finally appear, damn! yesterday June 15 was my 14 day of gettin this promo with my new MBP, I dont know if i Will be avaible for the promo at this time.
I will call in the morning an ask for it.

I will let you know, what happen.
Mac osx lion for free at least?

spoccka · Jun 16, 2011, 03:33 AM

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Well this is ****.

Jimmery · Jun 16, 2011, 03:34 AM

The terms & conditions section doesn't load for me... I wonder if the Mac mini and the 11" Air are included this time. I sure hope so.

freddiculous · Jun 16, 2011, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C0LUMBIA

When it gave you the option to choose that you didn't want the card, were there a box to click that you DO want the card? I can't see it

Yup... Two options. At first i thought they were going to charge me 100 for the card, but it deducts towards the end. I also ordered the free Epson Stylus NX420 All-in-One Printer.. Anyone have this printer is it any good or should i sell it? Hmmm.. now its time to see how much this damn itunes card would sell on craigslist or ebay LoL.

Items in Your Order
$100.00
1
$100.00

Back to School Card

Ships: Within 1 day of Mac Shipping
Part number: MD181LL/A
.

$2,134.00
1
$2,134.00

15-inch MacBook Pro
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Jun 23 - Jun 27 by Standard Shipping
Part number: Z0M1

Configuration
2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display
Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
Accessory Kit
.

Recycle fee
$8.00
.

$99.95
1
$99.95

Epson Stylus NX420 All-in-One Printer

Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: Jun 18 - Jun 21 by Standard Shipping
Part number: H1411LL/A

.

Cart subtotal$2,341.95.
Free Shipping$0.00.
.
.
Estimated Tax $217.81.
Order Total$2,559.76

Looks like my MBP won't be coming until June 23! But ill be getting my printer as early as this friday. It should be the other way around!

caspersoong · Jun 16, 2011, 03:38 AM

Sucks. Especially because there is no equivalent here.

WickedPuddin · Jun 16, 2011, 03:39 AM

I don't understand... when I check out my order, it says that it added another $100 for the promotional card -.-

[EDIT]
Looks like it subtracts the price on the bottom right of the shopping cart

farme · Jun 16, 2011, 03:41 AM

Good Deal for Apple, since they're getting back 30% of that "discount" anyway....

iMikeT · Jun 16, 2011, 03:45 AM

Finally. Time to buy my iMac.

silusesMac · Jun 16, 2011, 03:51 AM

the only time that i would buy a mac is when they have this promotion going on

keewawa · Jun 16, 2011, 03:52 AM

Too bad this year~ I was waiting for such long time to have a free iPod Touch, but now it's gone~

ovrlrd · Jun 16, 2011, 03:57 AM

Hmm. I know this might be crazy but I wonder if Apple is going to consider dropping the iPod Touch at some point in the future. Maybe they will update it one last time this September. With the unlocked iPhones being sold now and the next iPhone being delayed until September as well, who knows what will happen.

iMikeT · Jun 16, 2011, 04:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freddiculous

Yup... Two options. At first i thought they were going to charge me 100 for the card, but it deducts towards the end. I also ordered the free Epson Stylus NX420 All-in-One Printer.. Anyone have this printer is it any good or should i sell it? Hmmm.. now its time to see how much this damn itunes card would sell on craigslist or ebay LoL.

Items in Your Order
$100.00
1
$100.00

Back to School Card

Ships: Within 1 day of Mac Shipping
Part number: MD181LL/A
.

$2,134.00
1
$2,134.00

15-inch MacBook Pro
Ships: 1 - 3 business days
Delivers: Jun 23 - Jun 27 by Standard Shipping
Part number: Z0M1

Configuration
2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display
Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide
Accessory Kit
.

Recycle fee
$8.00
.

$99.95
1
$99.95

Epson Stylus NX420 All-in-One Printer

Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: Jun 18 - Jun 21 by Standard Shipping
Part number: H1411LL/A

.

Cart subtotal$2,341.95.
Free Shipping$0.00.
.
.
Estimated Tax $217.81.
Order Total$2,559.76

Looks like my MBP won't be coming until June 23! But ill be getting my printer as early as this friday. It should be the other way around!

You're paying almost as much as I am for my 27" BTO iMac, with Apple Care and the printer!

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MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Apple Launches 2011 Back to School Promotion Apple has finally launched the Back to School promotion for 2011. As reported, this year's back to school promotion offers a $100 iTunes/App Store Gift Card with the purchase of a qualifying Mac. The promotion starts today and ends on September 20, 2011. You must be a college student, student accepted to college, parent of college student or faculty/staff at any grade level. Qualifying computers include the MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and iMac. Readers should also note that any Mac purchased now will also get OS X Lion for free. Article Link: Apple Launches 2011 Back to School Promotion Last edited by arn; Jun 16, 2011 at 03:13 AM.
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talkingfuture macrumors 65816 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The back of beyond.	Also on the UK Apple store - £65 voucher. __________________ Pendle Products iPad Stand and Laptop Stands.
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elhungarian macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2009	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_6 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8E200 Safari/6533.18.5) Sucks for those hoping for iPods. Oh well better than nothing I guess. __________________ 15" MBP; iPad 16gb wifi; iPhone 4 http://www.f1domains.com
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314631 Banned Join Date: May 2009 Location: iDeaded myself	This is great news for customers.
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freddiculous macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Silver Lake Los Angeles	Haha I just ordered my MacBook pro finally. I am officially an owner of a 2.2 i7 high res antiglare 2011 MbP!!! Woohoo. I think apple did this on purpose but it actually gives you an option to reject the $100 dollar iTunes gift card hahaha. "yes, I want a free $100 dollar back to school card" or "no, thanks" lol
	1

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Dekimasu macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Japan	So if the Airs are updated in the next month or two, will the new models be included in this deal? __________________ My iBook G3 (b.2002) is on life support. Using an Aspire 1410 for now. iPod Nano, iPhone 4S.
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iphoneblack macrumors member Join Date: May 2008	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5) Looks like include 11" MBA Hurry up and refresh the mba!! I'm ready __________________ You have received a warning at Mac Forums. Reason:-------Frivolous Post Please don't post for the sake of being, or trying to be "first". Thanks.-------
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afd macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Near Glasgow, Capital City of Scotland and officially UK's Sunniest City	Very disapointed not go get an iPod (at least my wife will be...), but glad my G5 iMac can finally be replaced. Am very sure we can find a good use for the £65, still haven't seen series 8 of 24.
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Fliesen macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Austria	i dig the 3 featured apps. productivity, productivity, pro...crastination
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:31 AM	#14
Bonilla macrumors member Join Date: May 2011 Location: México.	finally appear, damn! yesterday June 15 was my 14 day of gettin this promo with my new MBP, I dont know if i Will be avaible for the promo at this time. I will call in the morning an ask for it. I will let you know, what happen. Mac osx lion for free at least? __________________ 13" Macbook Air 1.8Ghz Intel Core i7 \| New iPad 32GB Wifi \| iPod nano \| iPod touch 16GB \| iPhone 4S 32GB \| Follow me on Twitter
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spoccka macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2010	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-gb) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5) Well this is ****.
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:34 AM	#16
Jimmery macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada	mac mini and 11" air? The terms & conditions section doesn't load for me... I wonder if the Mac mini and the 11" Air are included this time. I sure hope so. __________________ Macbook Air Computers need artificial intelligence.
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:39 AM	#19
WickedPuddin macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2011	I don't understand... when I check out my order, it says that it added another $100 for the promotional card -.- [EDIT] Looks like it subtracts the price on the bottom right of the shopping cart
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:41 AM	#20
farme macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2011	Good Deal for Apple, since they're getting back 30% of that "discount" anyway....
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:45 AM	#21
iMikeT macrumors 68020 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: California	Finally. Time to buy my iMac.
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keewawa macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2011	Too bad this year~ I was waiting for such long time to have a free iPod Touch, but now it's gone~
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Jun 16, 2011, 03:57 AM	#24
ovrlrd macrumors 65816 Join Date: Aug 2009	Hmm. I know this might be crazy but I wonder if Apple is going to consider dropping the iPod Touch at some point in the future. Maybe they will update it one last time this September. With the unlocked iPhones being sold now and the next iPhone being delayed until September as well, who knows what will happen. __________________ 15" rMBP 2.7GHz+16GB+768GB :: iPhone 5 32GB :: iPad Mini 64GB Wi-Fi
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