New Apple iMac - I want one, but how can I get a discount?

fox2319

Paul_R wrote: »

My Macbook was just over £400 a few weeks ago, but it's last year's white model with a tiny scuff underneath. Funnily enough, it seems to work very well, even better when I put 4gb DDR2 in it for £36.

Was that from a shop or fleabay? I looked at ebay but found that most were going for around £450+, even the oldest intel GMA950 ones, and thought it worth the extra to go for a new one. Espescially given that they generally came with no guarantee and signs of use on the case and battery.

Finding an aluminium one on the refurb store was a bonus (but made me stretch my budget yet further)

sweetstudent

Im lucky i think my HE discount saved me 17% and now, my works discount can save me 17% still and with my partners HE discount i can also get cheap apple care.....MacBook Pro's look very tempting...... lol

Marty_J

It's being rumoured that OS X 10.6, the next version of Apple's operating system, could be released at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in May or June.

Anyone thinking of buying a Mac might consider waiting for a few months and seeing what happens. The prices of Apple products often come down a bit after their initial launch too. The price of my iMac came down a little while after I bought it, and Apple sent me the difference, which was nice of them.

frivolous_fay

3% cashback from topcashback.

yaustar

Keep an eye on the refurbished page. Usually when new models are released, the old ones are sold on the refurbished page.

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac?mco=MTE2ODI

Millionaire

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160314

Marty_J

Millionaire wrote: »

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160314

That's the old model.

The new one comes with a minimum of a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 320 GB HDD and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card.

It's also £200 more expensive though.

Millionaire

Marty_J wrote: »

That's the old model.

The new one comes with a minimum of a 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 320 GB HDD and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card.

It's also £200 more expensive though.

I know, but early performance indications show not much difference between the 2. Atheistically its identical.

Being MSE, the OP should save themselves over £200 imo.

Marty_J

It's certainly worth considering, no arguments there.

Marty_J

A Mac Mini with the 2.26 GHz processor option, a 120 GB HDD and the Benq monitor you mention comes to £931.

The cheapest iMac however, which has a 2.66 GHz processor and 320 GB HDD is £949, £18 more expensive.