I really hope that those people who have been whining and complaining and saying things along the lines of "Now I'm not going to buy a Mac and I'm going to purchase a Windows box for the free Xbox because there isn't a free iPod" are not part of the voting public here in the United States. It's unreasonable thinking like this that leads people to do and say foolish things like "Now I ain't votin' for candidate A (even though candidate A is the most qualified person for the position) and I be votin' for candidate B (who is extremely incompetent and not qualified for the position) cuz candidate A went to my rival school!"
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Back to School to Start Tomorrow - $100 App Store Gift Card Confirmed
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What is essentially the 8GB model of the previous iPod Touch cost Apple less than $100 to make, so this move makes little difference in terms of Apple's bottom line. What the company is hoping to accomplish is to get people into the App Store.
This is SO lame from Apple. Gift cards: 100 dollars but only 75 euros. So what, if they have to GIVE something they suddenly know how much 100 dollars really is in euros? But when they're putting something on sale, 100 dollars is magically 100 euros. Right.
This is so true. It's a nice campaign, but Europe getting 75 is stupid, even though Euro prices are cheaper in the App Store.
They have to payout possibly up to $70 to developers, that's all apple is possibly out on this(unless you buy an Apple App).
Did you mean the real thing?
I suppose the bit about the rival school isn't entirely based in reality and I could have said something that mirrors reality better. However, a statement like that doesn't exactly belong in this thread and would be better suited in a politics thread.
So you wanted to make $100 by selling something worth $100 to someone, and now that you're getting another item worth exactly $100 you don't want to buy a Mac based on some completely fabricated rumors that circled 5 months ago?
Not Impressed!!!
I'm not impressed with the direction apple is going lately.
Inferior graphics on the 13 in. Pro
Loss of battery life.
No backlit keyboard on the Air.
Lack of quality upgrade on the new iPad.
No blue-ray or HDMI on the Pro models.
No blue-ray on the iMacs.
This is just the another way of apple shoving the app store down our throats,
Out of the billions of apps sold I'm sure 70% are free down loads!!!
Get it together apple.
I'm not impressed with the direction apple is going lately.
Inferior graphics on the 13 in. Pro
Loss of battery life.
No backlit keyboard on the Air.
Lack of quality upgrade on the new iPad.
No blue-ray or HDMI on the Pro models.
No blue-ray on the iMacs.
This is just the another way of apple shoving the app store down our throats,
Out of the billions of apps sold I'm sure 70% are free down loads!!!
Get it together apple.
I never doubted that they actually know the difference between dollars and euros.
I paid 50 % more for my MBA in Norway than what it costs in the States, but ACP is redundant here because of legislation, which in turn is a risk for Apple. Besides, there are high taxes here too (sales tax is 25 %).
Might be good for you but not for many. I have Adobe CS5 and don't need Aperture or any other app from the Mac AppStore. I have all iOS apps I need, so $100 iTunes/Mac AppStore gift card is an absolute waste.
Microsoft is offering free Xbox 360 with every PC of value greater than $700, its not a good time for Apple to end the iPod promo.
Good point. Now we just need a time machine and a few month old plane ticket to Japan.
Agreed that against Microsoft Xbox offer, Apple's is very weak sounding. But you can always sell the $100 card for $80 or so.
I bought a macbook during the promotional period one year and skipped on it. Why? I didn't want to wait for the rebate. And honestly, how many of you out there don't already have all the ipod, ipod nanos, iphones, etc locked down? Furthermore, I'm also not really keen on selling **** off on ebay or whatever. Personally, I think this is a much better and much cleaner promotion. That's my 2 cents.
You get the gift card for buying a Mac, after which you use the gift card to buy apps from the Mac App Store. It isn't just for the App Store on iDevices.
That from what I understand was the price of moving to the newer chips that everyone said they needed to do (and at that point they *had* to do since INtel was no longer making the previous chip).
Let's not forget that was after they changed the battery test to be more "realistic". And from what I saw people reporting on the MBP forum the tests were more accurate and they were posting times as good (if not better) than my 13" MBP. So there really was no loss.
Apple is going in a parallel direction here as the Air never had a backlit keyboard. Honestly, while I absolutely love my backlit keyboard (just cause it looks prettier to be truthful), it's not a make or break deal to me. It's just aesthetics.
That's more a matter of opinion. Plenty of people were happy with it. Take my mom for one who loves her ipad 2.
Once again, not really going down in quality if they never had it in the first place.
Newsflash: That is what marketing does, try to get you to move in the direction they want you to do. Any successful business does this (it's called selling your product). You can be sure that if apple or any company is giving off some sort of "freebie", there is something in it for them too whether it be more sales or just influencing consumers in the direction they'd like to see them.
I agree that nobody should be "mad" about this but I think it is perfectly understandable and acceptable for people to be "disappointed" that a free iPod is no longer part of the promo.
My mother (a teacher) is definitely one of them. She has been looking to replace her aging Pentium 4 PC for a few months now and I've finally convinced her to make the switch to Mac. At first she waited for the new iMacs to be released and then with the prospect of a free iPod she waited even longer. She has gotten kind of excited at the prospect of having one.
She was disappointed when I told her tonight but she will still be buying her iMac tomorrow.
My mother (a teacher) is definitely one of them. She has been looking to replace her aging Pentium 4 PC for a few months now and I've finally convinced her to make the switch to Mac. At first she waited for the new iMacs to be released and then with the prospect of a free iPod she waited even longer. She has gotten kind of excited at the prospect of having one.
She was disappointed when I told her tonight but she will still be buying her iMac tomorrow.
Some of the posts in this thread are pathetic...
This is the best news I've read all day.
Take that free loading students, you have to pay for your iPods just like everyone else.
This is the best news I've read all day.
Take that free loading students, you have to pay for your iPods just like everyone else.
This is incorrect. Rev D (i.e. the 2010 model) is the first Air without backlit keyboard. It's the white MacBook which never had it.