[Boomerangmacuser]

Does anyone recall how much Apple discounts their machines on Black Friday? We're getting close and I can't seem to find how much the iMacs were discounted last year. My old link to the Apple site is dead now.

My co-worker got about $50 off a Nano. Is a couple of hundred bucks a reasonable expectation for an iMac?

[Windowsrookie]

No, expect to pay the same you pay every other day of the year.

[screensaver400]

Originally Posted by Windowsrookie No, expect to pay the same you pay every other day of the year.

There actually are discounts from Apple Stores on Black Friday. However, I cannot remember what they are.

[PKIDelirium]

I think it's usually like $100 off iMacs or something like that, I don't remember exactly what they did last year.

[ghoti]

No! Don't buy anything! What is so euphemistically called "Black Friday" by those in power and by their media puppets is otherwise known as Buy Nothing Day! Show the capitalist swines that you are not a consumer whore! Resist! Protest! Stock up enough food to last you through the day!

[turbulentfurball]

You know Christmas is coming when the Black Friday thread gets started...

[Banana]

Originally Posted by ghoti No! Don't buy anything! What is so euphemistically called "Black Friday" by those in power and by their media puppets is otherwise known as Buy Nothing Day! Show the capitalist swines that you are not a consumer whore! Resist! Protest! Stock up enough food to last you through the day!

Are you a spokeperson for a chain grocery store?

[Michael P.]

I was going to post a similar question. I'd been wondering if it is worth waiting until Black Friday if I want a Macbook Pro, or if I may as well buy it sooner. It's a halfway-emergency, as my laptop is slowly, er, soiling itself, and I need something reliable to get through the semester with--and something that will handle all of my needs for a good long time after. Since I'm a student, I can get the education discount--does anyone know if that would apply to a Black Friday sale price as well, or are they mutually exclusive? It's clear from what you guys are saying that a BF sale price probably wouldn't equal the education discount, assuming the model I'm after even goes on sale.

So what advice have you got for me? I'm so thoroughly disgusted with Windows that I'm definitely switching (official 'updates' to WinXP have caused loads of problems on both of my pc's, as well as my wife's pc), I'm just concerned about my wallet--being a grad student doesn't pay too well.

[MCQ]

Link to last year's discounts:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...006/11/24/6070

[Windowsrookie]

There yah go, only two Macs were price reduced.

[SKMDC]

When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door. And catch all the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor. When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed. And before my friends find out I'll be on the road.


When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole, Gonna lay down in it till I satisfy my soul, Gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop gonna sanctify me, And if he don't come across I' m gonna let it roll.

[Robo]

Originally Posted by Windowsrookie There yah go, only two Macs were price reduced.

Of course, they were Apple's two mass-market Macs, and their most popular. (I don't think many businesses are going to be out buying Mac Pros and Xserves on Black Friday. )

And as for the Mac mini, well, Apple obviously isn't going to hack $100 off of that (although they really should). Unless it's some sort of EOL thing, which might happen this year.

[agent302]

Originally Posted by Michael P. I was going to post a similar question. I'd been wondering if it is worth waiting until Black Friday if I want a Macbook Pro, or if I may as well buy it sooner. It's a halfway-emergency, as my laptop is slowly, er, soiling itself, and I need something reliable to get through the semester with--and something that will handle all of my needs for a good long time after. Since I'm a student, I can get the education discount--does anyone know if that would apply to a Black Friday sale price as well, or are they mutually exclusive? It's clear from what you guys are saying that a BF sale price probably wouldn't equal the education discount, assuming the model I'm after even goes on sale. So what advice have you got for me? I'm so thoroughly disgusted with Windows that I'm definitely switching (official 'updates' to WinXP have caused loads of problems on both of my pc's, as well as my wife's pc), I'm just concerned about my wallet--being a grad student doesn't pay too well.

The education discount and the Black Friday discount are mutually exclusive, historically. So for you, there's really no point to waiting.

In fact, if you specifically want a MacBook Pro, waiting for Black Friday won't do you any good since they only discount the iMacs and MacBooks, usually. And the education discount on a MacBook Pro is $200. Hope that helped.

[Partial]

Apple is cheap. I'll stick with Best Buy (though this year i'll probably be working but make about 400-500$ that day).

That 22" Westinghouse LCD deal last year was amazing. I am hoping for a 24" 1920*1200 monitor this year for 200ish

[AWR]

Originally Posted by SKMDC When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door. And catch all the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor. When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed. And before my friends find out I'll be on the road. When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole, Gonna lay down in it till I satisfy my soul, Gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop gonna sanctify me, And if he don't come across I' m gonna let it roll.

Nice one!

Cue guitar.

[Mac+]

Originally Posted by SKMDC When Black Friday comes I'll stand down by the door. And catch all the grey men as they dive from the fourteenth floor. When Black Friday comes I'll collect everything I'm owed. And before my friends find out I'll be on the road. When Black Friday comes I'm gonna dig myself a hole, Gonna lay down in it till I satisfy my soul, Gonna let the world pass by me, the Archbishop gonna sanctify me, And if he don't come across I' m gonna let it roll.

That's on my playlist when I run - it has a great Jeff Porcaro shuffle groove.

[Michael P.]

Originally Posted by agent302 The education discount and the Black Friday discount are mutually exclusive, historically. So for you, there's really no point to waiting. In fact, if you specifically want a MacBook Pro, waiting for Black Friday won't do you any good since they only discount the iMacs and MacBooks, usually. And the education discount on a MacBook Pro is $200. Hope that helped.

Yeah, that does help. It's about what I expected, actually. Now I suppose I need to get to work convincing the wife that it's a good idea. She wants me to wait for some magical mythical sale, or for a price-cut when they update the MBP--which I assume would be a) maybe 50 dollars and b) not any time soon.

[Boomerangmacuser]

Originally Posted by MCQ Link to last year's discounts: http://arstechnica.com/journals/appl...006/11/24/6070

Thanks for the link. Couldn't find one.

So $100 off my iMac. That'll do. If the deals are mutually exclusive then the edu is better. Based on a co-worker who bought a Nano last year, I know it'll be on top of my corporate discount so I'm looking at $1,650 fo a 24". I can live with that.

[Michael P.]

Thanks guys. This thread helped me convince my wife that we should go ahead and do it now, which we did. I'm typing this on a VERY nice MBP

[Freewell]

I personally do everything within my power to avoid going anywhere or buying anything on "Black Friday", simply because of the sheer mayhem of mankind that a few 'really good' sales and a bunch of mediocre ones seem to evoke. I have noticed in years gone by that the day itself seems to bring out the most primitive and undesirable behavior in hordes of individuals, many of whom would otherwise be quite tolerable. No sale is worth putting up with insufferable rudeness time and again throughout the course of a single day. No thanks.

[Robo]

We just got our holiday hours for our mall. They're insane.

We have to open at six on Black Friday. The entire mall.

I was hoping I'd be able to do a tiny little bit of shopping before work (y'know, racing through Best Buy at 5 a.m., that sort of thing) but nope.

[Partial]

Originally Posted by Roboman We just got our holiday hours for our mall. They're insane. We have to open at six on Black Friday. The entire mall. I was hoping I'd be able to do a tiny little bit of shopping before work (y'know, racing through Best Buy at 5 a.m., that sort of thing) but nope.

I hear you. I have to be at Sears at 4. Our mall opens at 5. Pisses me right off. BTW, Sears ad got leaked online. They have some good deals on electronics and tools.