Apple has restocked their Special Deals section (banner link above
takes you directly there). To summarize, you'll find:
MacBook Pro's starting at $1399
The 24-inch iMac for $1699
MacBook's starting at $949
23-inch Cinema Display for $899
iPods: nearly every model is available
Ok. So, I'm going to get up from my Black MacBook and step back from the keyboard. I'm going to get another cup of coffee. Maybe go out for that pan au chocolat I've been thinking about for the last few months. But I WILL NOT ORDER A 24-inch iMAC.
Sorry about that. That was purely for me. I've got it all under control now.
Apple's Factory Refurbished Mac's come with 1-year of AppleCare and 90-days of tech support, identical to their new-in-box counterparts. They are eligible for AppleCare (see our how to save on AppleCare link in sidebar). These Macs are nearly without exception hard-if not impossible-to distinguish from new when you pull them from the box.
In other words, we highly recommend Apple Factory Refurbished Macs. I personally have bought at least a dozen refurbished Macs from the Apple Online Store and rarely had any issues with these Macs. If out on a limb, I might suggest that I've had more problems with new-in-box Macs on average than I've had with Factory Refurbished Macs. Apple does a great job with these products.
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Geeks.com is shipping orders for $2.99 for one day only:
today.
They have "retro" iMacs and iBooks starting at about $60 and $475
respectively. Geeks also has Mac peripherals, upgrades, and
Mac-ready mobile phones from Sony Ericsson.
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Search Geeks.com for "apple" to see everything they have
in stock.
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That's right: you don't have to pay $99/year for DotMac. In fact, I
just found an unregistered copy on eBay for $49
shipped.
to save 20% (plus, shipping's free).If you're willing to invest a little more time, you'll find huge savings on eBay.com
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You can also shop other online retailers such as ClubMac, CompUSA, MacMall for your retail copy of .Mac.
For more on how to find a cheap copy of DotMac, check out the Apple-Project's original How-To here. We'll move it over to this, our new site, shortly and we'll even beef it up a little. But in the meantime, check it out and you'll find a step-by-step guide on how to find a copy of DotMac and how to use the authorization key to either sign up or renew your DotMac account.
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How to Buy a Macintosh Guide. Save money on your next Apple
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Geeks.com, an Apple-Project.com sponsor, has iMacs and iBooks
starting at about $60 and $475 respectively. Remember those ads for
the Graphite iMacs? So retro:
Apple iMac G3 400MHz 128MB 13GB DVD w/15" CRT OS9 (Gray) -
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Search Geeks.com for "apple" to see everything they have
in stock.
Note that these are not Factory Refurbished units, but reseller refurbished. The difference starts with the warranty, which is a fully year of AppleCare with the Factory Refurbished Macs, and a fraction of that with the reseller refurbished Macs.
It might be worth looking into whether or not you can add AppleCare plans on these Macs.
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How to Buy a Macintosh Guide. Save money on your next Apple
Computer purchase.