Just be sure it's the new model.

Ranulph

On 2 May 2010, at 16:39, Mark Schofield wrote:

> Thank you Ranulph,
> 
> I bought my 13" Macbook from Dixons Tax Free and I am really pleased
> you reminded me that it IS the best discount available - usually.
> 
> All thoughts of hi-res screen and anti-glare options have gone out of
> the window since finding THIS though:
> 
> Comet are offering £100 off the lowest spec'd 15" machine and using a
> Voucher Code: (81000AW) there is a further 8% off orders over £1000.
> They throw in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac - Home & Student - free,
> worth £99.99 too.
> 
> The total price is £1,287.08
> 
> Dixons Tax Free: £1,362.73
> 
> Apple Store: £1,499.00
> 
> Arrives Tuesday!
> 
> Hopefully the above is useful to anyone else thinking of buying a 15"
> Macbook Pro.
> 
> Yours
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2 May, 20:10, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm not sure about the non-glossy screens, which I think, as non optional, 
>> can't be bought over the counter in an apple store. I don't recollect seeing 
>> these screens (which are very nice: I've got one).
>> 
>> There are different educational discounts, and the sotres can only give the 
>> smallest of them, which is for people involved in education. If your 
>> institution is a signed on apple institution, then, if you order as an 
>> institutional member the discount is much greater: I was astonished, and 
>> kicked myself for not having discovered this before.
>> 
>> If you're buying as an individual, cancom also do an educational discount: 
>> have a look there, too.
>> 
>> Finally, the biggest discount of all, bar buying as an institutional member, 
>> is at Heathrow. You won't find these prices on the internet, but they are 
>> typically about 15% lower than shop prices. Terminals 3 and 5 have them: 
>> others may too. You need a dixons or a PC World (where they actually have 
>> mini PCW apple stores and even people who seem to know a bit). To buy, you 
>> just have to be a traveller (ie, no outside the EU requirement) and you can 
>> have the item delivered to you at home.
>> 
>> Ranulph
>> 
>> On 2 May 2010, at 14:43, Mark Schofield wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Hi,
>> 
>>> I am looking to get a new 15" Macbook Pro. Does anyone know if Apple
>>> Stores and other outlets stock the higher resolution 15" in glossy and
>>> anti-glare options? I'd like to compare in-store before purchasing.
>> 
>>> Also, are there any differences in Education discount percentages
>>> online and in-store?
>> 
>>> With thanks
>>> Mark
>> 
>>> Mark Schofield, Hove
>> 
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