Is there such a thing as January sales on Apple products?

mumof2

I'm looking to buy an Apple MacBook Pro for Christmas although the price is scary:eek:

Will there be discounts in January?

Liameter

Retailers' margins on Apple products are tiny. I know one mail-order company that made more profit on the carriage than on the product! So I don't think you'll see any reduction except that older models might be sold off at a loss to get rid.

Retailers usually have room for manoeuvre only on peripherals. So if you buy a printer, scanner etc. at the same time, you might make an overall saving. However, I suspect this isn't what you are after.

Your best bet might be to keep an eye on the Apple "Refurbished" store or buy with student discount.

mumof2

Liameter wrote: »

Retailers' margins on Apple products are tiny. I know one mail-order company that made more profit on the carriage than on the product! So I don't think you'll see any reduction except that older models might be sold off at a loss to get rid.

Retailers usually have room for manoeuvre only on peripherals. So if you buy a printer, scanner etc. at the same time, you might make an overall saving. However, I suspect this isn't what you are after.

Your best bet might be to keep an eye on the Apple "Refurbished" store or buy with student discount.

Won't they require an actual student card? (Something I regret not getting last year!!)

Gregor Samsa

The online Apple store usually does a bit of a sale on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the US, and traditionally the busiest shopping day of the year over there. It's November 23 this year. I recall getting about €100 off a MacBook Pro a few years ago.

Zapp Brannigan

Usually you see student pricing for everyone on Black Friday (nov 23rd this year) but sometimes a tiny bit more. Also a good day to buy accessories.

Sad Professor

Just get a refurb. The discount is more than the student one and its available all year round.

http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

mumof2

Sad Professor wrote: »

Just get a refurb. The discount is more than the student one and its available all year round.

http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

Funny enough I was checking out the refurb side of the store yesterday, and saw one reduced by E320. Then after I was tipped here to try the student discount, I went in again, and in the refurb section the discount showed up as LESS In other words the student discount doesn't apply to refurb products. It would give me a discount of E118 on a MacBook Pro 15" 2.3ghz tho......

I will probably do a refurb buy, and now just to make the decision of 13" or 15", big price difference, but I feel I will only regret getting the 13" so am leaning towards the 15".........

mumof2

Have another question:

This is confusing so could someone clarify the difference please?

8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB flash storage



15-inch: 2.3GHz
with Retina display
2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
In Stock
Free Delivery
€2,349.00
Includes VAT of approx. €439.00.*

Liameter

See http://www.glodark.com/computer.htm
Memory is volatile.
Flash storage is non-volatile (like a USB "stick".)

mumof2

Liameter wrote: »

See http://www.glodark.com/computer.htm
Memory is volatile.
Flash storage is non-volatile (like a USB "stick".)

Great link, thanks so much, but still a bit confused as to the flash storage part - is this built into the laptop (part of the hard drive so to speak, and used as temporary memory):o

Liameter

My guess is that the 256GB flash storage replaces the usual internal Hard Drive.