I don't think they forgot, stuff like this isn't forgotten but rather not implemented for specific reasons.
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Apple's Annual Back to School Promotion Still Nowhere to Be Found
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Did you expect any different from the posters on macrumors. The place where 3/4 of the posters think they are engineering, marketing, business, legal and patent experts.
Who cares what Steve Jobs would have liked or not? Go buy your "other computer" or pay the price we all pay but stop embarrassing yourself with this "you are disappointing" crap.
Well...hopefully they'll do this within the next month. Maybe they are waiting until they have some new product(s) to launch?
Many of my electives require a Mac or something running Linux. If you're majoring in computer programming or engineering, etc. you will need something running one of the two and OSX is the easier os to have of the two. iPads are a small fraction of what people are buying, and schools get their own discounts regardless if the back to school program exists or not. I don't see how "dwindling sales" would cause this program to be canceled...it would be the exact opposite.
Long wait times and 2 hour use limits? No thank you. That was good laugh though, thanks. It'd be especially difficult for Engineering projects when all the Engineering Labs also function as classrooms, where you can kicked out at any time. It may work when you are drawing a simple map in inRoads for Surveying, but not if you're designing a highway interchange with 4 other people.
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Has nobody ever tried shopping elsewhere? I got my 13-inch MacBook Air last spring for $899, $100 off the standard price. Right now Best Buy has the same level model for $50, and you can get some decent financing.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-m...lver/1581921.p?id=1219056464137&skuId=1581921
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-m...lver/1581921.p?id=1219056464137&skuId=1581921
You either did not go to university or were funded by your parents.
What happens if you've recently purchased a Mac and they decide to implement the back to school promo late (like August)? Is there anything preventing someone from returning their mac (if within 14 day window) and purchasing it again to get the promotion?
So many. If anything they need more because we're failing the next generation hard. Either you never attended college, graduated back when tuition, fees and books were actually affordable; or you're a trust fund baby. I was in the middle of college in 2008 when all hell was breaking loose in the economy. I couldn't even find a steady job that summer. When I was reapplying for loans for the 2008-2009 school year, they suddenly weren't approving loans anymore even though my credit rating hadn't changed. Luckily I was able to find a cosigner and a lender who was able to loan me money at 11% interest. I'm a reasonably smart guy (I design and code websites for a living, design app interfaces and do photography) and even I couldn't find work without a degree (not even as a bagger at the grocery store) so I had no choice but to keep pushing forward. I was one of the lucky ones who ended up landing some internships and a job post-graduation. I'm also a half-way decent entrepreneur so I pad my income with freelance work. One of my close friends (who is smarter than I am) graduated and could only find work at Target. He couldn't even become a manager because he didn't have a business degree. It's ridiculously competitive out there and our economy will fail eventually just because these students who are graduating have absolutely no money and are in debt up to their eyeballs. They don't have any money to stimulate anything. No money for cars, houses, or much of anything besides rent and food. So to answer your question again: These students need all the damn discounts they can get.
A lot. Have you ever been to college? It costs money and you don't make money for doing it.
I agree with this. While waiting, my daughter started looking at other options and she changed her mind to get a Windows PC. One reason being that she's considering majoring in nursing, which requires Windows at her school, but the other being how many options and form factors exist that are ahead of Apple. The MacBook Air was revolutionary a few years ago, but there are some pretty cool laptop designs on the other side of the fence that make the MBA feel dated--not to mention plenty of good BTS sales that are going on.
FWIW, I was in our Apple store on July 5 to look for a Macbook for my kid and the person we spoke to said to check back in 3 weeks for the BTS "sale".
as stated in Apple Legal section ;
"Should Apple reduce its price on any Apple-branded product within 14 calendar days from the date you receive your product, feel free to visit an Apple Retail Store or contact the Apple Contact Center at 1-800-676-2775 to request a refund or credit of the difference between the price you were charged and the current selling price. To receive the refund or credit you must contact Apple within 14 calendar days of the price change. Please note that this excludes limited-time price reductions, such as those that occur during special sales events, such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday. "