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Back to School to Start Tomorrow - $100 App Store Gift Card Confirmed

are there any other stores that sell apple that offer education discounts?
considering best buy so my dad can get some reward pts
 
My favorite part of this is the people that are saying they are considering leaving Apple because of this... really people? You're going to leave a company because they didn't decide to give you more free stuff?
 
paramore said:
are there any other stores that sell apple that offer education discounts?
considering best buy so my dad can get some reward pts
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I'm pretty sure Best Buy will match the educational price, but you won't get the $100 iTunes card. Depends how much you really want to put your comp towards your rewards zone card.
 
Hi all, first time poster.

I'm a little disappointed in Apple like a lot of other people, but I can see why they would do this. It makes sense with the App Store and such.

I find it amusing a lot of people are reconsidering on whether or not they should purchase the MacBook Pro now that there is no free iPod Touch. Do people seriously buy an expensive item such as this to receive just a little bonus? Apple doesn't have to give out free items, people will buy their products regardless.
 
App1€ said:
I disagree, and I would say being a part of the college class of 2015 (incoming freshman college class) I know a thing or two about how this will play out. Now keep in mind I'm from a middle class area (possibly slightly upper middle class). With that said, of the 20-30 kids that I've spoken to about laptops for next year in college a handful have already purchased MBPs, a few more are expecting to open them as a graduation present, and a few others have just been putting it off until this announcement was made. We were not waiting to see what it was simply to see when it started. I've mentioned to a few of them that it could possibly be a $100 iTunes card and it didn't phase any of them in the slightest.

Also it was mentioned earlier that a typical HS has 200 iOS products per 1000 kids. I believe that is an extreme understatement. Coming from a school of approximately 2400 students I would wager nearly 80% owned an iOS device of some form, or had in the past (switched to android if iPhone etc.)
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You could be right. But the goal right now is to maximize revenue. Although the 8GB iTouch was more costly for Apple, definitely attracted more customers than this itunes card will. Im not saying that college students (like myself) will boycot all macs and will run to PCs. Im not sure if you are keeping up with the stock market, but there a lot of concerns regarding Greece's bankruptcy, rising commodity prices (oil, silver, gold, etc), among the general fact that consumer spending is going down.

Stocks are waiting to sell off (http://finviz.com/map.ashx, if your interest, shows the companies in the S&P 500 index, look at all them reds). I feel that AAPL will most likely miss this quarter, and this B2S promotion is certainly not helping
 
Well I guess this'll be $100 towards Final Cut Pro X.
Really wanted an iPod though.

This is actually a great move by Apple to stimulate the Mac App ecosystem, but it'd been nice to at least get equal value to what Apple has given in the past.
$200 gift card is what they should have done. I mean $60 of it would have gone strait back to them.
 
Oracle1729 said:
Wow...so you believe people pay more for a Mac because it's more than just a computer? It's not just a computer? You just can't have a rational conversation with a religious zealot like you.



Of course not the same thing; different tools, same job, slightly differences. The mac is not some separate transcendental artifact. It's a computer. JUST A COMPUTER.
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How did you come up with religious zealot? religion was never mentioned in his post
 
ddavid said:
Yeah, but pointing it out and correcting his grammar does not make your idea more enlightened. I think it is the equivalent of telling someone their socks don't match in response to an argument about high fuel prices. Bad form...
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But mismatched socks are the cause of high fuel prices. Didn't you know that?
 
I've been waiting on getting a mac for a bit. I'm waiting more for a Mac Mini refresh so I can compare and buy more than I was waiting for the BtS promo, but I am indifferent on the $100 itunes GC.

I am developing for iOS so an iPod would definitely help when it comes to testing builds on devices. Then again, a $100 itunes GC will help to buy software I need and whatnot.

Either way, I see the GC as something Apple has no reason to give to consumers other than the reason that it is something they have traditionally done in the past with giving something extra.

Anything extra in my opinion is good.

While I can't blame people for being disappointed, no one should think they deserve or have the right to get something more than what mac they are buying.
 
Ugh, this totally messes up my new Mac plans. I was originally planning the Air with upgrades for around $1400 since I'd get a new iPod Touch and could sell my old one to my mom for about $100. Then with the $200 off iPad rumor I thought maybe instead maybe I'd go for the 13" MBP for $1100 plus the 32GB iPad for $400 after rebate - $1500 total, but a great value considering what I'd be getting.

Now I refuse to get either with the $100 gift card, because I don't need it at all. I'm considering buying the MBP that my school is offering. I know everyone on here knows a lot about Macs - can you tell me if this seems like a good deal?

13" MBP, 4GB memory, 320GB hard drive, 2.3GHz processor, and it preloaded with Windows and Microsoft Office for $1066 (and hopefully no tax). I prefer my other two scenarios much better, but I am not going to get those with no incentive. In your opinion is this the best deal I can get? Thanks in advance!
 
Given the cost of games for the XBox, Microsoft really should give these away free without a computer purchase! They are like printers that use expensive ink cartridges.

If you include sales tax in your BTS promotion calculations through the Apple Store, you may find that you can save money purchasing online elsewhere, and have enough left over to buy your iPod or apply to the iPad. Just run the numbers and see for yourself.
 
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I dont understand how anyone can argue that this is better. If you had wanted the software and not the ipod, you could always sell it for about $175, and use the cash to buy well over $100 worth of itunes or mac apps. If you had wanted an ipod you could have one. If you didn't want either you got a $175 discount.
 
Chromebooks Here I Go!

The whole point of a promotion is to buy something with some kind of added value or at a discounted price. Sorry developers, there is not one single paid-app I need on that store, which turns the gift card Useless! I rather get a Chromebook by less than half the price and keep my old Macbook at home, hidden since is kind of old for the stuff I can't do online. Chromebooks are going to be the exception for a while = COOL! Which makes totally sense for me, after all, I have a Nexus (Google) Phone, and not an iPhone.
 
isaelbox said:
The whole point of a promotion is to buy something with some kind of added value or at a discounted price. Sorry developers, there is not one single paid-app I need on that store, which turns the gift card Useless! I rather get a Chromebook by less than half the price and keep my old Macbook at home, hidden since is kind of old for the stuff I can't do online. Chromebooks are going to be the exception for a while = COOL! Which makes totally sense for me, after all, I have a Nexus (Google) Phone, and not an iPhone.
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Then buy from the other parts of the iTunes ecosystem them.
 
rcjh22 said:
I've been accepted into college and everything but I don't have a physical student id. I have my student id number. Will I still be able to get everything with just the student id number?
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Just bring your acceptance letter and you'll be fine. If you order online, it's on the honor system, so you don't need anything.
 
bjerge said:
$100 is a great idea to get people more "invested" in the iTunes and Mac ecosystem - with a $100 extra music it will be that much harder to give up in favor of Google Music, Chrome Apps or Amazon services etc.
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iTunes music is DRM free, so no, buying $100 of music won't get anyone invested in the ecosystem. They can easily transfer it to amazon google etc
 
Well free gift is still FREE gift no matter what it is. If I finally decide to spring for a new iMac this summer I would put that gift card to use to get Aperture 3 (currently running Aperture 2 on a 2006 Black MacBook 2.0 Core2Duo).

I've done the BTS promo twice; once for an iPod mini and the other for a first gen iPod Touch. Both still work fine (battery is terrible on the iPod mini).
 
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... I was Waiting One month for this Promo ... Only for 75 Euro ... -.-

I should had bought it befor -.-
 
Apple just stepped up their marketing 'game'. Bravo to them for leading the masses to where the puck will be.

cheers
JohnG
 
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