Macs: Beautiful and on sale

Nothing says minimalism like the clean white lines of a Mac. Here at Unclutterer we’re biased because we’re all Mac aficionados. But the reason we love Macs is because they make sense. Take the MacBook’s power adapter, which lets you choose to cary the whole 10-foot power cord or leave half of it behind, and which comes with beautifully designed snap-out prongs to wrap the cord around so you don’t end up with a mess in your bag. And let’s not forget the great organizational software available only for the Mac that we’ve mentioned here before, such as Yojimbo, DevonThink, Delicious Library, and the new OmniFocus.

So, I thought I’d bring to your attention this great deal I just found. Amazon is running a rebate promotion through the end of the week: buy a MacBook and get a $100 rebate. A 2 GHz MacBook that runs for $1,100 at the Apple Store is going for $999. The MacBook Pros get $150 off. A 15″ 2.1 GHz Pro with a 120 GB hard drive runs $2,000 from Apple, and is going for $1,849 at Amazon. The savings are further compounded by the fact that Amazon won’t charge you sales tax (unless you’re lucky enough to live in Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, or Washington). The AppleCare extended warranty is also much cheaper when purchased through Amazon.

In fact, unless you have all kinds of crazy build-to-order requirements, we can’t figure out why you would ever want to buy a Mac direct from Apple when you can save hundreds of dollars buying from Amazon.

I love John Hodgman as much as anybody, and I don’t mean to be that Mac guy, but seriously, they’re things of beauty and you know you want one.

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Posted by Jerry on May 22, 2007 | Comments |

8 comments posted

  1. Posted by Andreas - 05/22/2007

    I couldn’t be happier about my Macbook. Well alright, it could have a real graphics card, but for the money it is a great laptop!

    Started reading Unclutterer a few days ago and have really enjoyed all the posts, keep it up =)

  2. Posted by lewis callen - 05/22/2007

    Like the watchmaker says, timing is everything!
    I was teetering all week between dumping more dollars into Hardware repair for our Gateway system for the family, (crashed 4 times in 14 months) or buying a Mac. I was within reach of an Apple Store but had yet to make a visit, after reading your post I did the math to account for a $75.00 rebate. All said and done my savings were $160.00 for a 20″ iMac arriving next week via Amazon.

  3. Posted by TallDave - 05/23/2007

    MacMall also has the usual great deals, including free printers and $10 for Parallels. I don’t work for them. http://www.macmall.com/

  4. Posted by Kirk - 05/23/2007

    If you don’t need (or *desperately want*) your new Mac NOW, then it’s smart to check the buying guide: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
    The Apple Developer’s conference is coming up in June, so they might be announcing some new ‘product’ for the junkies. Believe me, it’s frustrating to buy a new computer only to have an improved version released *very* shortly thereafter. Sales are often a sign of unloading stock for the bringing in of the new. Caveat emptor. (Can you tell this happened to me once?)

  5. Posted by Kirk - 05/23/2007

    And I forgot to mention: if you’re looking for a deal and don’t care about having the absolute latest and greatest (or build to order) then check out Apple’s refurbished models. http://tinyurl.com/3dehjx

  6. Posted by lewis callen - 05/23/2007

    To add to Kirk’s post, Applesider would agree with Kirk…http://tinyurl.com/2lp6cq

  7. Posted by PJ Doland - 05/23/2007

    The problem with the refurbished models is that you still end up paying sales tax, which eats up any saving. If you run the numbers you’ll see you do better with the current rebate on Amazon without sales tax. In general though, you’re right, buying refurbished models direct from Apple is a great way to save money when there isn’t a rebate on Amazon.

  8. Posted by Colin - 05/26/2007

    If you work for a large corporation (or you know someone who does) you might want to check to see if there are discounts offered there as well - my last megacorp job provided 10% discounts on direct orders from Apple, even for custom configurations.

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