I've been looking in to getting a Macbook Air for school and i was just wandering what store or site is the best place to get a mac book air at(who has the cheapest prices).
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Where is the best place to buy a Macbook Air?
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thats helpful, but i prefer the apple store. go to a tax free state if you have on near...
That's cause they don't actually sell the iPad... its sold by resellers. I would only buy an Apple product from Amazon or their open item section. picked up an open item mba base model for 797.99 tax free.
Tax free? I've always been taxed when I buy things from Amazon... Am I missing something here?
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thanks. I'll have to look more closely. I find the amazon store increasingly complex and confusing to navigate. It's like a flea market.
is there a way to filter out all the non amazon shops?
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You can go through Appleinsider to MacMall and get an extra 3% discount. I bought an 11" Air on ebay from MacMall for $849. They have free shipping and no sales tax in my state at least. They shipped the same day.
http://www.appleinsider.com/
You can go through Appleinsider to MacMall and get an extra 3% discount. I bought an 11" Air on ebay from MacMall for $849. They have free shipping and no sales tax in my state at least. They shipped the same day.
http://www.appleinsider.com/
well it's tax free for me in California... I'm not sure what state Amazon's office located out of... but that state would be taxed since they have a "store" in that state.
Well most of the time the item on the main item page is Amazon... but you can always click on the "More Buying Options" to confirm... it brings you to a page that looks like this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list...c?ie=UTF8&qid=1306100582&sr=8-1&condition=all
From there you either buy from the Seller called Amazon or Amazon Warehouse Deals for open items.
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He's saying you should get the 4gb of ram option, and most resellers don't offer it. So if you're buying it from Apple, you can add that option. If you buy it from anyone else, he's saying don't do it unless they have the 4gb option.
On that note, it all depends on what you're doing with it. I bought mine to last me a couple of years, and to supplement my MacBook Pro. I wanted something that was the least expensive possible and the most portable, to allow me to do light web browsing, e-mailing, and writing on the go (I'm a journalist). I have photoshop installed, but do not plan to do anything spectacular with it. I have a 2010 iMac at work and my 2008 MBP at home, so I went with the base MBA with 2gb of RAM. Up until about January my MBP only had 2gb of RAM, and I could deal with that.
So while many will tell you on here will tell you to get the 4gb option or else, it really depends on what you're going to do with it. Are you planning on selling it in a year or two? If so, go with 4gb, because it will have a better resale value.
On that note, it all depends on what you're doing with it. I bought mine to last me a couple of years, and to supplement my MacBook Pro. I wanted something that was the least expensive possible and the most portable, to allow me to do light web browsing, e-mailing, and writing on the go (I'm a journalist). I have photoshop installed, but do not plan to do anything spectacular with it. I have a 2010 iMac at work and my 2008 MBP at home, so I went with the base MBA with 2gb of RAM. Up until about January my MBP only had 2gb of RAM, and I could deal with that.
So while many will tell you on here will tell you to get the 4gb option or else, it really depends on what you're going to do with it. Are you planning on selling it in a year or two? If so, go with 4gb, because it will have a better resale value.
agreed... if you want/need BTO, only go to Apple for it...
You can't upgrade the RAM on your MBA and Apple is the only first party seller you can find a 4gb MBA... I'm hoping that ALL models of the next MBA will have 4gb of RAM... I wouldn't hold my breath though... but I will cover one nostril.
You can't upgrade the RAM on your MBA and Apple is the only first party seller you can find a 4gb MBA... I'm hoping that ALL models of the next MBA will have 4gb of RAM... I wouldn't hold my breath though... but I will cover one nostril.
I, too, am a journalist and I am looking into a MBA (13" ultimate), but I need to it run InDesign rather well.
Have you tried InDesign on yours?
Personally I think Best Buy is the best place to buy any Mac product. You are covered by Apples warranty AND you can use your Best Buy reward Zone points. Assuming a new laptop costs you around $1,200, you would be receiving roughly $50 in best buy reward zone money which you can use to purchase anything from them. Not bad if you ask me and this is coming from a guy who isn't a big fan of Best Buy but they do have a good prices. Also on a side note, if you have a Best Buy credit card you can get no interest for 2 years.
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do you realize you responded to a 2 year old thread? That question was asked in 2011.
lol looks like he just signed up at couldn't wait to comment on the thread without reading the date.