Best Way to Buy a Mac
You see, I have just become a Mac owner. I bought a refurbished MacBook Pro from the Apple refurbished store. I got the higher end late 2009 model. It is amazing the price that I got it for and the quality of the product. Let's just say that I got the higher end MacBook Pro (late 2009) for less than the base line MacBook Pro (mid 2010). I have saved a great amount of money and the quality of the product is no different than a brand new Mac as well. The only difference that I found is the package that it comes in. The new products come in nice luxury boxes, but the refurbished Macs come in a white box.
Another way to great way to save money on getting a Mac is the discounts that you can get on the Apple site. If you are buying Macs for your business or if you are a student or a teacher and if you are serving in the military, you can get a discount on your Mac. The higher priced the Mac, the better the discount. The best discount that you can get off the Apple website is the educational one. You get your regular discount that you get with the other categories, but when you are a student you get a free 8 GB iPod touch with it, which is a really good deal.
If you want a brand new Mac and you cannot get a discount, the best thing to do is shop around. The Apple retail stores and online stores doesn’t always have the best prices. You can find them $50-$100 cheaper on other websites. When I buy an Apple product I always make sure the place I am getting the products from is an authorized Apple vender. To help you guys I out, I put some of the better websites that I use below:
http://www.macmall.com
http://www.macconnection.com/
http://macsales.com
The last way that you can buy a Mac is used. I do not advise buying used Macs online, however. When you buy it from a friend or someone you know that's different, that way you have the ability to check it out and see if you really want it.
Caleb Farley
Reader Comments (1)
I will say this. I have never purchased from MacMall but I have ready many many bad things on the internet about them. I know I have called them before with questions and they acted shady. Look up some of the comments online about this company. There just seems to be way too many negative experiences with them for me to chance purchasing anything from them.