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New "College Bound" Mac promo offer

updated 03:10 pm EDT, Fri April 20, 2001

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Apple is offering a new "College Bound" promotion that allows Mac purchasers to add 128 MB RAM, an Epson Stylus Color 777i printer (with USB cable), and a Rio 600 MP3 for $200. The bundle represents a savings of roughly 50 percent over purchasing the items individually from the Apple Store. The offer is eligible for educational customers and cannot be combined with Apple's free-printer promotion for iMac purchasers.

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04/20, 03:36pm | report spam | close Reply | delete
now THAT's a discount

not like the PowerBook studio, $200 off a $7000+ purchase...this is just what Apple needs to KEPP DOING to boost their educational sales.

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Cool

I like that. And glad to see they're rolling this out in APRIL not late summer. Good for parents. I like the daft touch of including a Rio for those mp3 lovin' dorm rooms. hehe.

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I know we always want more, but I have no real use for a MP3 player (yes, I do love MP3s), and that printer is up to par with what I would want. I could definitly use more options. Hopefully they ar ecoming soon!

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Then get this

and sell the rio, which retails for $280 for 200 on ebay, you'll get a free printer and 128 megs of ram.

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exactly..

dont need the rio? sell it on ebay. it by itself is worth more than 200 dollars, and you just picked up 128 megs of ram and a color printer for free. :) Of course, I would keep the rio myself.... but I just graduated from college so I'm not eligible for this promotion anyways

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re: exactly..

Glad to see you paid so much attention to grammar while in college.

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I don't like ebay

Yeah, you could sell the rio on ebay, but what if you are like me, and don't trust the online auction places? I know for millions of people they work well, but I just do not like time. Also, I live in an area where selling electronic equipment isn't an easy thing. It's totatlly not a technilogical place.

I say, give us the option to not include the rio.

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Re: I don't like ebay

I say, give us the option to not include the rio.

I say get a life. This is a great deal, and if it doesn't suit you, don't take advantage of it.

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great

They need more deals like this more often to kick Dell's posterior and tell them to rocky mountain high-tail their f**** off the education sales areas. =)

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Re: I don't like ebay

Why not ebay? If you're selling, there's no risk. When you get the money, mail the Rio. Plain and simple.

I'm wary of buying on ebay, but what problem could there be with selling?

Frankly I'm surprised about the people who want more options. You have an option - buy the bundle or don't - it's that simple.

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wot about the poor Brits?

Another great offer which will no doubt fail to make the Atlantic Crossing!
Sorry for the whinge, but I've just bought two of the "Missing Manuals" series only to find my new iMac DV+ 450 bundle is grossly inferior to what's available Stateside: eg only 64Mb, no Quicken, no lightlid included with the Microtek Scanmaker etc�

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Only in America!

Too bad they're not extending this offer to us Canadians.

Anyone else notice that it's the Rio 600 player that's being bundled? There's probably a glut of inventory to clear, now that the Rio 800 players are out. Still a cool deal, though. If I were a student, I'd go for it.

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doh!

I just bought a new iMac on Sunday. Too bad I missed that promo by a week! :P

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04/20, 10:26pm | report spam | close Reply | delete
great deal

I likeit. athough I already have an ibook and imac, I would buy another one for this deal.

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04/20, 10:32pm | report spam | close Reply | delete
ibook?

I hope they offer the same deal for the ibook.

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Any Mac not just iMac!

wake up.

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Re: Damn People

You know, it doesn't help your cause when you use swear words. It just makes you appear inferior with your language capabilities, and gives a hint of not really knowing what you ar etalking about. By using those words, you make yourself feel smarter, when you are really just making yourself look stupid.

Anyhow, enough of the cybernanny. What I think the initial fellow was reffering to, was they would like built to order options. Such as being able to replace the rio, with a scanner, digital camera, some extra software, a larger hard drive, whatever. I think it would serve even more college student's needs if they gave those kinds of options.

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BTO Options

Such as being able to replace the rio, with a scanner, digital camera, some extra software, a larger hard drive, whatever. I think it would serve even more college student's needs if they gave those kinds of options.

If this bundle prooves successful, hopefully Apple will continue to make such offers in the future. As someone else said, someone probably had an overstock of Rio 600's and sold the inventory to Apple at a discounted price, so for now that's one of the extras. But maybe a future promotion will include a scanner or something instead, depending on what's available.

From a marketing standpoint, the current promo is a great deal to market to college students: most will be writing papers, so they'll need a printer; many (that own computers or want one) are into gaming, so an extra 128 MB of RAM can't hurt; and with mp3's flooding campus networks, the Rio (and built-in CD-RW) is also an attraction. Good work, Apple!

Now if only they had a "computer art student" promo: scanner, printer, digital camera, and WACOM tablet... ;-) Probably not likely, but I can dream.

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i have to pee

can anyone help me?

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If this

If this promo works and helps sell lots of computers then I am sure Apple will expand the bundles to other target markets.
Like your computer art student.
Or a business person bundle with a Palm or Handspring unit.

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Other bundle options

Why a Rio 600? That's just silly. There are much better options out there. A nice big block of cheese is always useful to a starving college student. Alternately, a plush blue a** monkey would be cute. But seriously, who needs a Rio 600? Or a printer?

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New "College Bound" Mac promo offer

updated 03:10 pm EDT, Fri April 20, 2001

now THAT's a discount

Cool

More Options

Then get this

exactly..

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I don't like ebay

Re: I don't like ebay

great

Re: I don't like ebay

wot about the poor Brits?

Only in America!

doh!

great deal

ibook?

Any Mac not just iMac!

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now THAT's a discount

Cool

More Options

Then get this

exactly..

re: exactly..

I don't like ebay

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great

Re: I don't like ebay

wot about the poor Brits?

Only in America!

doh!

great deal

ibook?

Any Mac not just iMac!

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BTO Options

i have to pee

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