Where's a good site to get a MacBook for a good price? (new or refurbished)

[greekbrooklynite]

School's starting in a few weeks and I'd like to have a MacBook before I go back. Yes, I'm still a PC user (I own a slow one, no less =/) and I'm trying to find good deals for a MacBook, new or refurbished. If you know a site with good deals, let me know. Thanks =]

PS. I just realized I posted in a photography thread. Sorry >_<

[DesignVHL]

apple products are all pretty relative in price. I'm a big fan of going straight to the source on the apple.com website personally! :)

[greekbrooklynite]

Yea I noticed, they're all the same price. Last I heard from my cousin, she said I can look around and find some with good deals. But when I looked, they're all pretty much the same, cept for some have rebates.

If only I had a better job lol

[DesignVHL]

u could always finance w/ apple..i did that right out of college - it worked out perfectly for my needs! :)

[tZ]

student discount was like $400 off I believe when I bought mine from apple. Have you tried a student discount?

[DesignVHL]

Sure wish i thought of that when i was a student! Great suggestion tZ!

[greekbrooklynite]

Wow I was just looking at that on the apple site! It's like $999 plus free iPod nano. I'm actually considering getting that deal.

[hewligan]

http://lowendmac.com/deals/macbook.html

[teniworks]

or if you know someone who is a student...I'm just sayin'

[MD]

A friend of mine just bought an macbook on educational discount today ($200 off). She also got a free ipod nano, printer, and a great deal on the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium educational version ($349.95)

[greekbrooklynite]

Sweet, did she get it from a site? If so, what is it?

[MD]

She got it from the apple site - I don't know if it is the same for all schools though. When you go to the educational section of apple.com - Look for a promo "Buy a mac and save big on CS3"

Also clicking on the "free nano" ad brings the specials up at the bottom of the page.

[carter the artist]

apple.com also has refurbished, i didn't see anyone state that.

[D-Frag]

while we are on the subject, I have an old iBook laptop, and a iMac (G3) both are ancient, I cant even sell these at pawn shops. so with that said, does anyone know where I can get rid of these things? Combined ive spent well over $2,000 on this stuff and I can't even get $20 for it now. if anyone has a website that buys old mac stuff hit me up please, im not looking to purchase another one, I just want to offload what I have now and be done with it.

[urstwile]

You could try getting a hold of this guy (http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/08/08/mac-collector.ap/index.html), D-Frag. :D

[WannaBrie]

I thought of that guy too, Urst! I guess you've tried e-bay, D-Frag? I've seen some old g3s on there.

[hewligan]

If it's not worth anything, there's always Apple's recycling programme (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=EBF62E19&node=recycling).

[urstwile]

Or donating them.