anyone know a cheap place to purchase a mac?

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#83104 10-May-2011 19:14

hey guys,
just at uni, and i have been on windows all my life.
since im constantly fixing computers for the students in the hostel, i need to learn mac.
my whole life i have hated mac, but now i need one since my skills dont go beyond windows.

i was looking at refurbished ones on the apple store, just wondering if it would be cheaper to buy from america or something? thanks

looking at a macbook/macbook pro/ macbook air.

just something under $2,000 and as cheap as possible (haha)

thanks

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#467734 10-May-2011 20:37

How about 2nd hand ones? If you're at uni Apple does student discounts too. I don't know about other varsities but Canterbury had (still has?) a Mac shop.

I bought both my Macbook Pro from toshnewzealand.com - great prices but I'm not sure how it compares to student prices.

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#467735 10-May-2011 20:38

Look into the Education Store online. Also check out the Refurb Store online. Good deals in both.

EDIT: I see you've checked the refurb store already. $2000 will get you an entry 13" MacBook Pro. Chuck in a faster hard drive and you're away laughing.

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#467738 10-May-2011 20:49

You can pick up a Macbook on TradeMe for about $600 if you are a bit patient. Anything Core 2 Duo and above should be sufficient for speed and also support going into Lion OS.

Or try a Hackintosh but the're a lot of work to maintain.

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#467747 10-May-2011 21:08

The $1999 13" Macbook Pro is ~$1840 with education discount, so you can upgrade to a 500gig hard drive and have change from $2k. Keep an eye on refurbished, I have heard that they update the stock around midnight on friday each week.

Canterbury has an IT store that sells mac, it just happens to be in a building that wont be accessible for a while :(

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#467760 10-May-2011 22:09

If it's not your main workhorse, grab a refurb'd 13" Macbook, throw in a SSD and enjoy a snappy, small Mac.

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#467778 10-May-2011 23:48

Good luck finding a cheap mac! You might be able to score a one off trademe, though.

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#467853 11-May-2011 10:49

You can find cheap ones at Foxconn's employee stores in Shenzhen. ;)

I like to buy stuff from http://toshbuy.com

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#467859 11-May-2011 10:57

Saw a 15" MBP for sale on GZ today...$1850

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#467984 11-May-2011 16:47

thanks guys i had a look around, there was a cheap one on trademe but the bidding went way too high... higher than a new model which was surprising :o !
the mac for $1850 on gz i think is a bit high..

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#469318 15-May-2011 15:46

try dse during this weekend 10% off all mac

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