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Black Friday Discounts on Macs
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/26/black-friday-discounts-on-macs/
MacMall has announced their Black Friday sale which will runs from now until midnight P.T. on Friday, November 28th. Last year's MacMall sale delivered some of the largest online discounts available. This year, however, MacMall faces stiff competition from BestBuy who is offering a number of $100-$150 instant discounts. This compares favorably to MacMall which tends to combine both instant discounts and rebates.
Click to see Chart
As usual, it can be difficult to sort through the full list of discounts which confusingly intermix both old and current inventory.
This summary chart, however, lists the discounts on current Macs from both retailers with the "best" deal is highlighted in bold.
When comparing prices, instant discounts were considered better than rebate discounts even if the rebate offered up to $10 greater savings. In general, we tended to favor BestBuy's instant discounts over MacMall's combined (instant + rebate) but in the case of the MacBook Pro, MacMall offered equivalent instant discounts to BestBuy as well as sizable rebates.
For those willing to buy previous-generation Macs, discounts can be significant compared to their original retail prices (example, $1149 for original MacBook Air), but requires a bit more research to balance the cost saving vs. buying older technology.
Apple may offer some slight discounts on products for their own Black Friday sale, though historically these have only been up to $100 on a few select models.
* Combines instant + mail-in rebates.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/26/black-friday-discounts-on-macs/
MacMall has announced their Black Friday sale which will runs from now until midnight P.T. on Friday, November 28th. Last year's MacMall sale delivered some of the largest online discounts available. This year, however, MacMall faces stiff competition from BestBuy who is offering a number of $100-$150 instant discounts. This compares favorably to MacMall which tends to combine both instant discounts and rebates.
Click to see Chart
As usual, it can be difficult to sort through the full list of discounts which confusingly intermix both old and current inventory.
This summary chart, however, lists the discounts on current Macs from both retailers with the "best" deal is highlighted in bold.
When comparing prices, instant discounts were considered better than rebate discounts even if the rebate offered up to $10 greater savings. In general, we tended to favor BestBuy's instant discounts over MacMall's combined (instant + rebate) but in the case of the MacBook Pro, MacMall offered equivalent instant discounts to BestBuy as well as sizable rebates.
For those willing to buy previous-generation Macs, discounts can be significant compared to their original retail prices (example, $1149 for original MacBook Air), but requires a bit more research to balance the cost saving vs. buying older technology.
Apple may offer some slight discounts on products for their own Black Friday sale, though historically these have only been up to $100 on a few select models.
* Combines instant + mail-in rebates.
