Best (cheapest) place to buy a macbook pro in Ireland?

dr.kenneth noisewater

Hi,
Anyone have any suggestions of the cheapest place to get a macbook pro?
Midlands/Connacht area preferably

Is it much cheaper up north?

Groinshot

dr.kenneth noisewater wrote: »

Hi,
Anyone have any suggestions of the cheapest place to get a macbook pro?
Midlands/Connacht area preferably

Is it much cheaper up north?

Everywhere sells for the same price as apple. Cheapest place is Dixons(or currys, can't remember which it is) in Dublin Airport, other than that, it's all the same.

bonnieprince

buy refurbished online from Apple Store, saved €300 on my i7 quad core 15" 2011 macbook pro.

DubDJ

bonnieprince wrote: »

buy refurbished online from Apple Store, saved €300 on my i7 quad core 15" 2011 macbook pro.

Or you could also use the education discount and get up to 12% off the price if you go through campus.ie

StaticNoise

Although you may not it cheaper, I have found some places to have deals.
My first ever Macbook Pro was bought this month in Currys in Swords for €1100, but was given a storage upgrade to 750GB, up 250GB from the entry-level version of the same price.

Sure, there was not much flexibility, but it was a nice bargain.

MiniNukinfuts

Buy from adverts.ie? The apple refurb store is good, or using a business/ education discount of 12% on the apple.ie store.

efb

Dixons Dublin Airport

qork

Be careful and double check the specifications, I have been in some retailers recently that had older models on display at current model retail prices. Retailers will not discount apple products, but will discount older models.
Q.

whiterebel

qork wrote: »

Be careful and double check the specifications, I have been in some retailers recently that had older models on display at current model retail prices. Retailers will not discount apple products, but will discount older models.
Q.

Some won't discount on older models. HN wanted full price for a Plasticbook a few months ago, despite the fact it had been discontinued for ages.

whippet

whiterebel wrote: »

Some won't discount on older models. HN wanted full price for a Plasticbook a few months ago, despite the fact it had been discontinued for ages.

it's not discontinued at all. The model number MC561 is now only available to Education. The price is about €910 or there a bouts.

It is the very same spec that was available retail.

whiterebel

whippet wrote: »

it's not discontinued at all. The model number MC561 is now only available to Education. The price is about €910 or there a bouts.

It is the very same spec that was available retail.

It's not available to the general public anymore, so as far as I'm concerned, it's discontinued.

Actually not on the US, or Irish education sites either.

whippet

whiterebel wrote: »

It's not available to the general public anymore, so as far as I'm concerned, it's discontinued.

Actually not on the US, or Irish education sites either.

it is for institutional purchases only not students.

whippet

niall_h wrote: »

Few desktops showing up on Amazon with that model number:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004DD7K9E/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mycomguy-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B004DD7K9E

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003YYV882/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=mycomguy-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B003YYV882

sorry I should have said MC516 not MC561

whippet

that amazon link is a bit dodge.

The image is of an MC516 White MacBook but the description is of a 13" MacBook Pro.

The macbook Pro 13" never had that SKQ.

13" MBPros have the following SKQs

MB990 & MB991 2009
MB374 & MB375 2010
MC700 & MC724 2011 early
MD313 & MC314 2011 late

stick-dan

Screenway in galway offer a 10% student discount.