Thanks. I ordered one tonight. Just the base Mini, Wireless Keyboard, and Magic Trackpad was $735 on Amazon. So I'm paying $21 less and getting Applecare and Parallels 8 for free.
Next up, monitor, SSD, 16GB RAM.
John
Wow, this is an insane deal. I was going to get my in-laws a Mac Mini for Christmas. I also just ordered Parallels 8 for myself from Newegg.
Time to cancel that order, wow!
That is the good thing about buying a mac in the EU. Applecare is not needed here, definitely not on the Mini. A little compensation for the bad euro/dollar rates.
And don't overrate the price of Parallels. You are STUPID if you pay their asking price. They are real høokers and dive into every cheap deal they can, so if you pay more than 25 for it, your lifted. Check some recent MacUpdate/MacHeist packages. Virtual Box does the same btw and is free. The new version even runs Parallels images.
Deal is dead. Will let you guys know if I come across this or similar again for the Mini. B&H does seem to still be running a deal on the 13.3" MacBook Air which includes a Laptop Sleeve & AppleCare Kit. Not sure how it compares to normal prices.
What's their shipping times like? I ordered ground and it said Thurs. Dec. 13. That would be insane if it gets here.
That is the good thing about buying a mac in the EU. Applecare is not needed here, definitely not on the Mini. A little compensation for the bad euro/dollar rates.
In Europe you get all that included with every Mac?
My order placed last night was shipped today and (something at least) is confirmed to be in UPS's hands and on its way to Ohio for a Friday delivery.
When it gets here, I have to verify its functionality and then pack it back up so my wife can wrap it for Christmas.
(My poor wife usually tells me to pick out my Christmas present, because two of my three hobbies, computers and firearms, are so technical that a non-hobbyist is hard-pressed to shop for a hobbyist. And my third hobby, running, doesn't lend itself to exciting presents.)
Mine is going to end up as the HTPC/media hub, relieving that duty from the family PC. I'm going to want to play with it for a while too, though, because I haven't had a Mac since I bought a Mac Centris 660AV PC Compatible in 1993.Mine is on its way to Philadelphia i picked 2 day ground shipping, really impressed by B&H. Buying this for my mom for christmas.
Mine is going to end up as the HTPC/media hub, relieving that duty from the family PC. I'm going to want to play with it for a while too, though, because I haven't had a Mac since I bought a Mac Centris 660AV PC Compatible in 1993.
That was a quirky, amazing little machine with basic speech recognition powered by a separate DSP chip, with TV/video input/digitizer, and with an Intel486-PC-on-a-card (running Windows) factory installed. It's hard to believe that was almost 20 years ago.
I did upgrade the family PC to Win 8. I'm not a big fan of the "Metro" side of Win 8 on a non-touchscreen machine, but the "Desktop" side of Win 8 has a lot of nice feature improvements from Win 7. And with the $5 Start8 utility installed to restore the Start menu, my wife and kids didn't really even notice the change from Win 7.The mini's are perfect for that, you are going to love it....did you upgrade to W8?
Glad to hear you're happy with their service. Would hate to lead anyone the wrong direction. I've got a SSD HD in my B&H cart as we "speak." Just haven't pulled the trigger on it YET.The mac mini showed up today at 11am EST, B&H gets an A++ in my book.
Glad to hear you're happy with their service. Would hate to lead anyone the wrong direction. I've got a SSD HD in my B&H cart as we "speak." Just haven't pulled the trigger on it YET.
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Product Highlights
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SDXC Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt, HDMI, FireWire 800, USB 3.0
Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion (64-bit)
Magic Trackpad
Apple Wireless Keyboard
2-Year AppleCare Protection Plan
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Parallels Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac
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