[srizvi1]

Hey Guys,

In Jan '05, Poopycat helped me out by posting in these forums about a sweet deal on the Powerbook G4's at UCLA's bookstore (http://forums.applenova.com/showthre...85#post156585). I found someone at UCLA and took advantage of the deal landing a laptop for $1800 which was worth $2500 at the time (a few days later, apple released new powerbooks so I'm not sure how I made out at the end, but on that day, I was the man).

Anyways, I thought I'd pay it forward. My wife goes to UIC (University of Illinois - Chicago) and at their bookstore, they have this deal:

MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro models feature: a full-size backlit keyboard, Scrolling Trackpad, AirPort Extreme wireless networking (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, ExpressCard/34 slot, dual-link DVI video out, Gigabit Ethernet, and optical digital and analog audio in/out.
15.4-inch
2.0GHz Intel Core Duo

Built-in iSight camera
Front Row and Apple Remote
MagSafe Power Adapter
Mac OS X Tiger and iLife ‘06

$1,799.00
• 15.4-inch widescreen display
• 1400x900 resolution
• 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
• 80GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
• 4x SuperDrive
• ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory
• One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports
• 1GB 667 DDR2 - 2x512 SO-DIMMs (upgrade)
• AppleCare Protection Plan - 3 year warranty (upgrade)

Discounted from $2448 retail price

http://www.uicbookstore.org/outerweb/apple.asp

Also, there mayyyyy be a chance for an ipod with this deal too. She was telling me something about that. I'm not sure about that last part though.

This deal seems pretty sweet. I Think this config retails for $1999 new, and $1799 at standard education price. To get it with the warranty and extra ram at the same price makes this pretty slick I think.

I myself wont' be taking advantage of this deal. I'm waiting til next year when the 15" will hopefully have a) firewire 800, b) dual layer DVD support, c) *Crosses fingers* blu-ray reading and - *Crosses fingers tighter* burning ability. Then I'll sell my current 1.5 Powerbook G4 and step into the intel world.

[Sargasm]

Holy BALLS that's a great deal. Oh my god...

I wish UCSC had a deal that good for us...

[Robo]

I bet the Core 2 MacBook Pros are coming quite soon.

Photokina seems about right.

[srizvi1]

I think this deal's done guys, I just checked the page again and it sad sold out. i guess maybe the core duos 2 are coming out soon... but I would think they'd do nothing major until next jan or feb