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Apple Launches 2011 Back to School Promotion

h2oskier09 said:
I have to say that I'm quite disappointed by Apple's decision to change from the iPod Touch to the Gift Card. The base model iPod was the college student's free entry into the world of iOS, and clearly leads to purchase of other iOS product down the road (iPhone, iPad). I can safely say that when I purchased my MBP two years ago and received the free iPod Touch, it greatly influenced my decision to purchase the iPhone 4. Also, by distributing free iPod Touches you are placing two devices into the hands of the college student that require apps rather than one. The gift card only means that you're selling apps that would have been purchased anyway, had an iPod been given away. Unfortunately, I think that the loss in locking college students into iOS devices will prove to be much greater loss in the long run than the loss of an additional $120 per student Mac purchase from June to September. They also forget that this promo doesn't apply to everyone, students are a PERCENTAGE of the market, and the offer is only good for three months. And now, Microsoft (who pretty much copied the iPod promo with their XBox) now looks like even more bang for the buck to students who may have been considering their first Mac purchase. All in all, a poor business decision for Apple. I think this is a case where the iPod giveaway was a means of investing into future business with your consumers, rather than locking in $100 of business with a gift card.
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Agree with points made. A disappointing decision by Apple.
 
So no free iPod and no free printer? I've waited for nothing then, basically :mad:

(from UK)
 
The BTS deal was only marginally good with the free iPod touch.

Now that it's only $100 at the Ap Store (meaning no music or movies?) it's not worth it at all.

Just look at freddiculous's purchase if he got it at B&H Photo

2.2 Core I7 MacBook Pro $2043.88
Epson Printer $65 (same model)
Tax $0
Ship $0

Total 2108.65

He spent $451 for a $100 Ap Store gift card.
 
I've just added a mac to the basket using the "any school or university" link to get education discount. Under "promotions" on the same page as configuration, there is a list of printer...

All seem to be quite expensive, but none have discount :s/ Why would it be under "promotion" if there isn't discount.
 
Better than nothing, barely.... HUGE step down from free iPods of the past. Jobs is getting greedier.... You have to use the "MAC APP STORE"
 
Guini said:
So no free iPod and no free printer? I've waited for nothing then, basically :mad:

(from UK)
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We didn't get the free iPod touch before. It was £130 towards an iPod touch and the printer deal isn't the same with us either. However we do get 3 years warranty which is excellent, a larger discount on macs and I feel that the iTunes voucher is fine. It's always good to have spare credits for odd stuff.
 
now would you have rather a free ipod touch or this $100 voucher?
IMO i would rather have liked the ipod touch. O well i guess there is always SOMETHING to buy (ie Lion)
 
Lame!!!

I cant believe that one has to go all the way to the end to find anyone that thinks the promo sucks....

Although as an AAPL shareholder, I LOVE it! They are basically giving nothing away. With an ipod they are giving something that has to be designed and manufactured and shipped away.
 
Lame. Windows 7 really is decent and at least MS office doesn't suck on Windows (unlike the Crapple version). Oh well, I guess it's time to ditch Apple and switch back to Microsoft and grab myself a free xbox 360!

At least Microsoft came through since Apple decided to stink it up.
 
it is going to be even more lame when you buy MBA now and it is going to be refreshed in two weeks

where is the new white mac books? what is the hold up?
 
puckhead193 said:
now would you have rather a free ipod touch or this $100 voucher?
IMO i would rather have liked the ipod touch. O well i guess there is always SOMETHING to buy (ie Lion)
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Nope. As you'd be buying a new mac it would be eligible for a free upgrade to Lion when it comes out. Just buy Angry Birds. Many times.
 
ESPN said:
Macs are expensive so it is a good deal when in previous years, student discount and selling of the (complementary)ipod touch can reduce the cost.

This year with Apple changing their ipod touch giveaway to a giftcard is already a bad deal. And Windows 7 computers get an Xbox for 699$ or 799$ while macs run northwards of 1000$.

This is a bad gamble by Apple, it was the ipod touches that drove their mac sales in previous years,but i cansee that number sharply declining.


For those of you who says Apple doesn't have to provide anything as a gift.

They don't but their offer will be less attractive and their sales would drop.
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I really worry about the future of our country when people say that Apple giving them a free $100 gift card is a bad deal. It just makes everybody sound so spoiled. Like you deserve free crap. Newsflash: You don't deserve anything. You aren't special.

Let's not forget: iCloud is free. Holy crap! Lion is only $30 (compare that to Windows major OS upgrades...) All iOS updates are free. Apple gives away SO MUCH STUFF, and they are not giving you a free $100 to the App stores if you buy something. That's a damn good deal!

No one is being "driven" to Windows by Apple's FREE $100 back to school promo. lol.
 
Wow, lame deal. Time to buy from Amazon where it will no doubt be cheaper thanks to no tax.

Apple - finding ways for me not to buy from them since 2006.
 
anonmars said:
Lame. Windows 7 really is decent and at least MS office doesn't suck on Windows (unlike the Crapple version). Oh well, I guess it's time to ditch Apple and switch back to Microsoft and grab myself a free xbox 360!

At least Microsoft came through since Apple decided to stink it up.
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lol So MS decides to offer an xbox for one year after offering nothing like that before, while Apple offers a $100 card after having a strong B2S history and you switch because MS has the greatest thing since sliced bread. Good riddance, people like you are ridiculous. Like others said, if an iPod touch is a deal breaker then you probably didn't want a Mac in the first place.
 
radiogoober said:
I really worry about the future of our country when people say that Apple giving them a free $100 gift card is a bad deal. It just makes everybody sound so spoiled. Like you deserve free crap. Newsflash: You don't deserve anything. You aren't special.

Let's not forget: iCloud is free. Holy crap! Lion is only $30 (compare that to Windows major OS upgrades...) All iOS updates are free. Apple gives away SO MUCH STUFF, and they are not giving you a free $100 to the App stores if you buy something. That's a damn good deal!

No one is being "driven" to Windows by Apple's FREE $100 back to school promo. lol.
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....or buy a Windows machine for $700 and get a free Xbox. They've been doing free iPods from a decade now. Apple lost my business. I'll go to Amazon. $100 silly gift card. What a joke.
 
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