Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Education discount for 128GB SSD only $90!!

1

196josue

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 16, 2010
115
3
PHP: 
I saw that the 128GB SSD was still 200 as an upgrade.  When I went through the education store it dropped to $90 for a 128GB SSD!  I was pretty excited!  Thoughts?  

This is on the new 15" btw.
 
196josue said:
PHP: 
I saw that the 128GB SSD was still 200 as an upgrade.  When I went through the education store it dropped to $90 for a 128GB SSD!  I was pretty excited!  Thoughts?  

This is on the new 15" btw.
Click to expand...

yea saw that .. 256 is still kinda high and the 512 is like 900 dollars
 
your owc is much faster

the only size i would get would be 256 but it is still too expensive .. then i would take out the odd and replace with a 2nd drive
 
I was planning on ordering a SSD from OWC and using the optical bay to run SSD + HDD.... but at $90, I just ordered it with the SSD from Apple. I'm aware it may be a bit slower than some aftermarket stuff, but I couldn't pass it up for $90. Can always upgrade later and run SSD + SSD.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

jetjaguar said:
your owc is much faster

the only size i would get would be 256 but it is still too expensive .. then i would take out the odd and replace with a 2nd drive
Click to expand...

Well my 120GB SSD is currently in my 2010 Mac mini. I'm getting a new MBP NEXT MONTH. So $90 ain't bad for more storage than my $300 OWC SSD.
 
Tiki35 said:
I am wondering if that $90 price is an error too, so I would jump on it. With the educational discount on Apple Canada, it is still $180 more.
Click to expand...

w/education discount for me in Canada it is also +$90. Are you building from the top or low end spec 15"?
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

Tiki35 said:
Okay, that was the low-end, High 15 inch is $90 too.
Click to expand...

Still not bad at all!
 
Same in Aus - well Au$108 on the top spec'd.. But yeah.
Unfortunately I cannot order online, as Im using finance and have to call up..
Wont even be by the phone today (friday). So Im going to have to wait until Monday..

Hopes it stays this price.
 
I actually saw that when I was ordering my MBP this morning from the education store (high end 15"). I ultimately decided against the SSD even if it was just $90 because the SSDs in MBPs have been notorious for degradation the past couple years. That might have changed, but I'd rather not risk it and end up with a crappy SSD.
 
The reason why its that way on the High end 15" and not on the Low end 15" is because on the High End 15" you start off with a 750 GB 5400 RPM hard drive (which is a "$90" value) rather than the 500 GB 5400 RPM hard drive.
 
Lol..it's not a mistake.

Choose the base 15" and it's £80 to upgrade to 750gb, or £160 for the SSD.
As the i7 15" already has the 750gb, the total cost of upgrade is £80.

Hope that makes sense :)
 
kopite19 said:
Lol..it's not a mistake.

Choose the base 15" and it's £80 to upgrade to 750gb, or £160 for the SSD.
As the i7 15" already has the 750gb, the total cost of upgrade is £80.

Hope that makes sense :)
Click to expand...

Actually that makes a lot of sense. Thanks! Just wish Apple would've gone with 750 GB 7200 RPM drives standard in the high end, though I'll be switching in my own Intel X25-M soon anyway.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back