If you REALY want a deal...contact apple directly and tell them you are a student!  

There is no way to get a lower price from anywhere!!!

*edit* i truely hate the mac...if theyre so easy to use, why do the people who INSIST on having a mac constantly call me up with questions and problems???

And why can't apple be like PC and use the fastest cpu in their computers?  All of the intel chips have been many models slower than the currently fastest PC compatable chips!!

I just built a hackintosh for around $1400 at work to run Final Cut Server...quad core 2.4ghz, 8gb ddr2 6400 ram, asus motherboard running a 1066mhz FSB, 2x80gb drives in raid0, geforce 8800gtx.  xbench scored a 196...the fastest video editing mac wee have in house scored a 130 and cost more than thrice what I built mine for!!

If i were you, Id not waste the money on the mac and instead build a 100% compatable hackintosh...unless you need to have that big apple logo on the side of your case cause that is definitely part of the price increase!

(This post was last modified: 28/04/2008 07:06 AM by SchmilK.)