Is it a good news or not? Though discounts are still very small and still keep MacBooks almost twice as expensive as similarly CONFIGURED Windows machine.. but then you need to compare Apple to Apple only.. This is definitely good news for consumers..
In general, MacBook's experience is all together different. Best part is that they don't slow down with age as in the case of Windows. Then on top of it, graphics rendering is amazing.. In general, I have observed that developer tools also perform much better on Mac as compared to Windows machine. Boot up time or standby energy consumption is superb.. Windows 7 is also catching up but still no where near to Mac OS-X.
I do see lot more MacBooks in Starbucks and office places.. So it is proliferating which is one of the greatest news for Apple Inc. as Laptops and Desktops are highest margin products for them. Hope that with increased sales, Apple will work on pricing and make their products more affordable.
Cheers!!!
APPLE
Latest MacBooks available at discount
Best Buy, Amazon drop prices less than a month after devices debuted
By Salvador Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
Best Buy and Amazon are discounting the latest MacBooks despite the Apple computers being on the market for less than a month.
The two retailers are offering discounts on their websites across the board on all 10 computers Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last month.
Although the two companies have similar discounts for all of the models, Best Buy beats Amazon, notably on the Retina models, in some instances.
Amazon takes off only $5 from the two Retina models, yet Best Buy knocks off $140 from the $2,799 Retina and $110 from the $2,199 model. But Retina models at Best Buy are back-ordered and could take a month to ship.
Best Buy also has a better deal on the $1,499 MacBook Air, taking off $75 while Amazon discounts only $5. However, each retailer has the same discount on the three other MacBook Airs, with $60 off the lower-end 13-inch Air, $55 off the higher-end 11-inch Air and $50 off the $999 11-inch Air.
On the new, non-Retina Mac-Book Pro, the two companies have the same discounts. Both take off $60 from the cheaper 13-inch and $75 from the other 13-inch. They also mark off $90 from the lowerend 15-inch and $110 from the more expensive 15-inch.
Consumers who have been thinking of getting any of these Macs may want to jump on these deals before they go away; there hasn’t been a date given for when that could be.
But students can consider the Apple Store, where they can save as much as $200 on the Retinas with the Apple education discount. That deal ends in mid-September.
In general, MacBook's experience is all together different. Best part is that they don't slow down with age as in the case of Windows. Then on top of it, graphics rendering is amazing.. In general, I have observed that developer tools also perform much better on Mac as compared to Windows machine. Boot up time or standby energy consumption is superb.. Windows 7 is also catching up but still no where near to Mac OS-X.
I do see lot more MacBooks in Starbucks and office places.. So it is proliferating which is one of the greatest news for Apple Inc. as Laptops and Desktops are highest margin products for them. Hope that with increased sales, Apple will work on pricing and make their products more affordable.
Cheers!!!
APPLE
Latest MacBooks available at discount
Best Buy, Amazon drop prices less than a month after devices debuted
By Salvador Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
Best Buy and Amazon are discounting the latest MacBooks despite the Apple computers being on the market for less than a month.
The two retailers are offering discounts on their websites across the board on all 10 computers Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference last month.
Although the two companies have similar discounts for all of the models, Best Buy beats Amazon, notably on the Retina models, in some instances.
Amazon takes off only $5 from the two Retina models, yet Best Buy knocks off $140 from the $2,799 Retina and $110 from the $2,199 model. But Retina models at Best Buy are back-ordered and could take a month to ship.
Best Buy also has a better deal on the $1,499 MacBook Air, taking off $75 while Amazon discounts only $5. However, each retailer has the same discount on the three other MacBook Airs, with $60 off the lower-end 13-inch Air, $55 off the higher-end 11-inch Air and $50 off the $999 11-inch Air.
On the new, non-Retina Mac-Book Pro, the two companies have the same discounts. Both take off $60 from the cheaper 13-inch and $75 from the other 13-inch. They also mark off $90 from the lowerend 15-inch and $110 from the more expensive 15-inch.
Consumers who have been thinking of getting any of these Macs may want to jump on these deals before they go away; there hasn’t been a date given for when that could be.
But students can consider the Apple Store, where they can save as much as $200 on the Retinas with the Apple education discount. That deal ends in mid-September.
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