$179 for iPod mini on Apple.com! LOOK!

Apple!Freak · Feb 23, 2005, 09:49 PM

Check this out!

Those are the student discount prices. Very atractive indeed.

williamsonrg · Feb 23, 2005, 10:27 PM

Yep.

jamdr · Feb 23, 2005, 10:39 PM

It's not surprising. The previous mini was $249 - $20 =$229 with the educational discount. This mini is $199 - $20 = $179. It is a pretty good price though. It makes it seem like a lot less with the 1 leading the price instead of a 2, even though it's only a $20 discount.

In my opinion, Apple should have added a little something "extra" to the 6GB model to entice people to spend the extra $50 on it, similiar to how in the original iPod lineup, the $300 model was no-frills while the $400 model came with a case, remote, etc. (of course Apple stopped doing that). Now there's nothing really to make a lot of people get the 6GB model. The people who are buying the mini aren't expecting to put their entire collection on it anyway, so why spend the extra $50? Now, if it had a color screen...

zimtheinvader · Feb 24, 2005, 12:21 AM

man I wish the minis had gone color, w or w/o the photo capabilities that totally would have enticed me...maybe if they have "cram+jam" again this fall...

JzzTrump22 · Feb 24, 2005, 06:47 AM

It's an awsome deal with a student discount. I might have to swing by the apple store and get one.

baummer · Feb 24, 2005, 02:30 PM

If I had only waited 3 months I would have been able to save near $100...oh well, you win some, you lose some, I'm happy with my mini iPod anyway

BigDogg · Feb 24, 2005, 04:34 PM

These are some enticing prices, apple sure does know how to lure in a customer I'd say.

Feb 23, 2005, 09:49 PM	#1
Apple!Freak Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Coast	$179 for iPod mini on Apple.com! LOOK! Check this out! Those are the student discount prices. Very atractive indeed.
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Feb 24, 2005, 02:30 PM	#6
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Feb 23, 2005, 10:27 PM	#2
williamsonrg macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denver, CO	Yep.
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Feb 23, 2005, 10:39 PM	#3
jamdr macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Bay Area	It's not surprising. The previous mini was $249 - $20 =$229 with the educational discount. This mini is $199 - $20 = $179. It is a pretty good price though. It makes it seem like a lot less with the 1 leading the price instead of a 2, even though it's only a $20 discount. In my opinion, Apple should have added a little something "extra" to the 6GB model to entice people to spend the extra $50 on it, similiar to how in the original iPod lineup, the $300 model was no-frills while the $400 model came with a case, remote, etc. (of course Apple stopped doing that). Now there's nothing really to make a lot of people get the 6GB model. The people who are buying the mini aren't expecting to put their entire collection on it anyway, so why spend the extra $50? Now, if it had a color screen...
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Feb 24, 2005, 12:21 AM	#4
zimtheinvader macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: the capitol	man I wish the minis had gone color, w or w/o the photo capabilities that totally would have enticed me...maybe if they have "cram+jam" again this fall...
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Feb 24, 2005, 06:47 AM	#5
JzzTrump22 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: New York	It's an awsome deal with a student discount. I might have to swing by the apple store and get one.
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