Higher Education Discount (UK)

[xUKHCx]

You're a star. Thnx.

A tiny last favour...could you see or anyone else check the price of the high end 15" MBP with the 200GB hard drive upgrade?

For the upgrade you want, total price is £1410.00, ready to ship 3 days. If you add the 23" inch total price £1,938.75 ready to ship 3 days. Attached screenshot of the order summary.

I've put the price of the various upgrade below so you can play around with the numbers.


MBP - £1359.48
4 GB + £407.73
200GB + £51.70
160 (7200 rpm) + £ 85.78
USB Modem + £29.38
EMEA CC - HE contract uplift MacBook Pro/Powerbook + £58.75

 

[Ivanovich]

Hi, I don't post on here much, I'd just like to know, if I've got the required grades to start uni this October (October being as it's Durham, NatSci, required me to obtain an A in Chemistry A-level this January).

Am I able to get the HE discount although I cannot access a uni network to go onto the HE on-line store? I have the letters from the uni saying the grade requirement and the certificates showing I have met the requirement.

I was hoping to get a new MacBook Pro for uni sometime this summer, and the added discount means I'd be able to spend a few weekend actually using it rather than working to afford it,

 

[emotion]

I think (but could be wrong) that if you buy from the HE store you get a 3 year warranty compared to the usual 1 year warranty.

That's correct. The only difference is that you don't get 'uplift' (courier to the repair centre, I prefer to drop off in person) included. You can opt for that for something like 58 quid.

btw. The higher uk edu price is the normal discount and there is the lower HE contract price (with 3 year included) that you get through your institution (need to be on the uni network).

 

[Ivanovich]

btw. The higher uk edu price is the normal discount and there is the lower HE contract price (with 3 year included) that you get through your institution (need to be on the uni network).

So I couldn't get it by ordering via phone? Or what's the max discount I could get as I've pretty much been accepted to uni? Saving so that I have money that I will need to live off at uni, cuts into the laptop fund. The ~£1100 price at HE discount for the MBP is just about right.

 

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So I couldn't get it by ordering via phone? Or what's the max discount I could get as I've pretty much been accepted to uni? Saving so that I have money that I will need to live off at uni, cuts into the laptop fund. The ~£1100 price at HE discount for the MBP is just about right.

I'd either wait or, Apple stores match that lower HE price. The catch: no 3 year cover for free.

 

[Ivanovich]

Thing is I won't have a computer to take with to use at uni. My current one is being left at home, and it's a bit out of date.

As the MBPs were updated recently I was kinda hoping to get one this month. Going to Apple store in London, Regent Street today.

The three year cover would I need that if my parent's insurance will cover the laptop while I'm at uni?

 

[mkgm1]

I'm in a similar situation to you, in that I'm starting uni in October (I don't have the grades yet though - just conditional offers). Therefore I highly doubt Apple would give me the full HE discount at this stage, but tbh I don't care - I want to wait for Leopard (which comes out in October), and for any potential further hardware updates that they might bring out with it.

 

[Ivanovich]

Spoke to someone at the store today (can't remember name but was the guy in charge I gathered) he said if I bring in the letter with my offer (which I did) and the certificate saying I'd met it (which I didn't) I'd get the HE prices.

So I'll book to go in one Sunday either this month or July and get myself a MB Pro for £1104-ish and a printer with the discount. So I'm currently thinking of also getting the Brenthaven Pro Backpack, Parallels, Windows XP, and an external hard drive (thinking of MyBook Pro), any tips on places to buy them?

Is Applecare worthwhile? I was told I could the same discount as if I was buying it off the HE webpage.

 

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The three year cover would I need that if my parent's insurance will cover the laptop while I'm at uni?

If that offers warrnty cover in there then it's equivalent. Take a look at what Applecare offers on the site.

 

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Spoke to someone at the store today (can't remember name but was the guy in charge I gathered) he said if I bring in the letter with my offer (which I did) and the certificate saying I'd met it (which I didn't) I'd get the HE prices.

So I'll book to go in one Sunday either this month or July and get myself a MB Pro for £1104-ish and a printer with the discount. So I'm currently thinking of also getting the Brenthaven Pro Backpack, Parallels, Windows XP, and an external hard drive (thinking of MyBook Pro), any tips on places to buy them?

Save money and try VMWare (it's free right now). Also you'll be able to get XP cheap through your uni when you get there.

Is Applecare worthwhile? I was told I could the same discount as if I was buying it off the HE webpage.

I'd still try and order off the HE site through your uni. You'll regret not having applecare when a drive fails or if the screen goes after the initial 1 year warranty is up.

 

[Ivanovich]

Currently can't get to uni, I'm starting in October, but I have met all the requirements. So I can't actually use the webpage to order the MBP, have to go in store. I can get Applecare at around £58 (same cost as on the HE webpage right?) and the MBP for £1104 (£1299 with 15% off) when I go there as long as I have the letter stating my offer and my certificate showing I've met it.

I'll have a look at VMWare. As well as exactly what the insurance will offer compared to Applecare.

Any advice on cases/backpacks, or other accessories I might need?

Thanks though

 

[emotion]

Currently can't get to uni, I'm starting in October, but I have met all the requirements. So I can't actually use the webpage to order the MBP, have to go in store. I can get Applecare at around £58 (same cost as on the HE webpage right?) and the MBP for £1104 (£1299 with 15% off) when I go there as long as I have the letter stating my offer and my certificate showing I've met it.

Any advice on cases/backpacks, or other accessories I might need?

3 year applecare is free with HE site purchases (you pay 58 for the uplift that isn't needed for most purposes). It might be the store will match the HE conditions and price. I've never tried that. I assume it's just for 1 year from them.

As for cases/backpacks. I've always had sleeves (current macbook has a lovely STM sleeve), and then put the laptop with sleeve in a rucksack. More flexible that way and a lot more discreet. I hate having a bag with me that screams laptop.

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As for accessories, you might need a DVI to vga adaprter so that you can output to projectors for presentations. Other than that I don't think anything else is essential.

You have an external drive for backups right? If not one of those WD passort bus powered drives is ideal and cheap.

 

[Ivanovich]

As for cases/backpacks. I've always had sleeves (current macbook has a lovely STM sleeve), and then put the laptop with sleeve in a rucksack. More flexible that way and a lot more discreet. I hate having a bag with me that screams laptop.

Yeah I don't want to advertise that I have laptop with me, was looking at the Brenthaven Pro Backpack, overpriced or not? I'd like something the will protect it as well as carry it and let me have my uni textbook and notes. All regular backpacks I've owned over the last few year have broken due to A-level textbooks, but they were all far under £50.

WWDC tomorrow night, and I'm at work

 

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Yeah I don't want to advertise that I have laptop with me, was looking at the Brenthaven Pro Backpack, overpriced or not? I'd like something the will protect it as well as carry it and let me have my uni textbook and notes. All regular backpacks I've owned over the last few year have broken due to A-level textbooks, but they were all far under £50.

WWDC tomorrow night, and I'm at work

Unlucky. It's not live coverage really anyway.

I'd defo look into an incase/stm/booq sleeve and then get something like a NorthFace rucksack that has a compartment for a laptop (mine is a Borealis). That's just an example. I would never buy a true laptop bag due to expense. The absolute protection is a little better tho but there's less flexibilty with use.

 

[Ivanovich]

As for accessories, you might need a DVI to vga adaprter so that you can output to projectors for presentations. Other than that I don't think anything else is essential.

You have an external drive for backups right? If not one of those WD passort bus powered drives is ideal and cheap.

I've got a DVI to VGA (came with a graphics card).

Am looking at getting WD MyBook Pro to back up onto.

I'd defo look into an incase/stm/booq sleeve and then get something like a NorthFace rucksack that has a compartment for a laptop (mine is a Borealis). That's just an example. I would never buy a true laptop bag due to expense. The absolute protection is a little better tho but there's less flexibilty with use.

I'll look into different backpack and sleeves.

 

[drlunanerd]

In the Terms & Conditions on the UK HE online store it no longer mentions the 3 year "AppleCare Base Warranty", only the standard 1 year. Also, there used to be a graphic panel advertising the 3 year warranty on the front page of the store, now it's gone.

Can anyone *confirm* that they've bought from the HE store recently and got the 3 year warranty?

Yes, I am looking at the HE and not the normal Edu store

 

[emotion]

In the Terms & Conditions on the UK HE online store it no longer mentions the 3 year "AppleCare Base Warranty", only the standard 1 year. Also, there used to be a graphic panel advertising the 3 year warranty on the front page of the store, now it's gone.

Can anyone *confirm* that they've bought from the HE store recently and got the 3 year warranty?

Yes, I am looking at the HE and not the normal Edu store

There has always been some confusion over this. Even when I bought this Macbook in November 2006. I got an email from Apple confirming the 36 month warranty recently.

From:
https://store.apple.com/Catalog/uk_inst/Images/salespolicies_individual.html


"10.1.1 All Apple-branded desktop and portable computer products shall be subject to a 36 calendar month warranty period commencing from the date of purchase (the date of your invoice)."

Dunno if that clears things up.

 

[drlunanerd]

There has always been some confusion over this. Even when I bought this Macbook in November 2006. I got an email from Apple confirming the 36 month warranty recently.

From:
https://store.apple.com/Catalog/uk_inst/Images/salespolicies_individual.html


"10.1.1 All Apple-branded desktop and portable computer products shall be subject to a 36 calendar month warranty period commencing from the date of purchase (the date of your invoice)."

Dunno if that clears things up.

Thanks for that mate! My mistake, it is still buried in the T&Cs although the heading still says it's a 1 year warranty and that graphic has disappeared. Also, if you click on "warranty info" when looking at Apple computers it states only the 1 year warranty Silly Apple UK

Anyway, good news

 

[emotion]

Thanks for that mate! My mistake, it is still buried in the T&Cs although the heading still says it's a 1 year warranty and that graphic has disappeared. Also, if you click on "warranty info" when looking at Apple computers it states only the 1 year warranty Silly Apple UK

Anyway, good news

If you ask me the drop of roughly the VAT and then the 3 years for free on top make Apple laptops something of a bargain for HE people. Apple should publicise this more. Particularly when talking about the Macbook. 600 quid for the base model with 3 yr warranty. Very cheap for what you get imo.

 

[drlunanerd]

If you ask me the drop of roughly the VAT and then the 3 years for free on top make Apple laptops something of a bargain for HE people. Apple should publicise this more. Particularly when talking about the Macbook. 600 quid for the base model with 3 yr warranty. Very cheap for what you get imo.

Absolutely. It's not even worth buying one from the US or refurb. The 3 year warranty makes all the difference.

If the base Macbook had a DVD burner it'd be the dog's danglies for the price. Apple are very foolish artificially inflating the price to get a Superdrive on the next model up. In my recent experience a price point of over £700 puts too many students off buying into an Apple laptop, and they end up getting a Dell, HP or whatever for £500-£600 instead

 

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If the base Macbook had a DVD burner it'd be the dog's danglies for the price. Apple are very foolish artificially inflating the price to get a Superdrive on the next model up. In my recent experience a price point of over £700 puts too many students off buying into an Apple laptop, and they end up getting a Dell, HP or whatever for £500-£600 instead

Yeah.

I haven't burnt one DVD yet. Don't personally feel the need (I use my externals a lot for backup). I could understand it putting people off though.

 

[Ivanovich]

So what's the difference between 36 months of warranty and 3 year Applecare ?

 

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So what's the difference between 36 months of warranty and 3 year Applecare ?

Uplift AFAIK. 58 quid if you need it.

 

[Ivanovich]

Is that worthwhile considering I'll be living at home until October? Then I'll be at Durham.

 

[emotion]

Is that worthwhile considering I'll be living at home until October? Then I'll be at Durham.

If there's an apple centre/apple store near you then I don't think uplift is worth it. I didn't get it for this current machine and my previous Applecare claim (a broken HD on full 200 quid applecare) went to the centre not in the post.