Buying Mac Pro With Developer Connection

[OnePumpChump]

Can anyone tell me if the developer store charges tax?

 

[Banacek]

Can anyone tell me if the developer store charges tax?

Yes it does.

 

[MrPDaddyHimself]

So how much are you really saving after the $500 Development Charge? Just curious.

 

[stoppard]

After the $500 developer charge the net savings puts you about $100 less savings than the educational price on a mac pro with an 8800 gt. With the student developer hardware discount you are about $300 ahead since you only payed $100 for your developer membership. If you are a small business and buy a lot of macs you get significantly ahead of available non-educational prices by buying them in groups of 10 with the $3500 developer membership particularly if you want to send some people to WWDC or if you need code level support.

 

[FastMan]

So how much are you really saving after the $500 Development Charge? Just curious.

If you buy the stock rig you come out close to even. As you start upgrading it the savings grow. If I remember correctly, about $400 by going to the 3.2? A couple hundred on the monitor. $50 on applecare. Just a few I recall. Didn't look at RAM or HDD's. Who does that anyway?