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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2004 - 8:09 pm
I am looking to buy a brand new mac. I haven't been on a decent system since November 2002. Are there any mac savy people out there? Do you think buying a system from the Apple store is going to be a lot more $$ than someplace like Mac World or Mac Mall?
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Moondance
Member
07-30-2000
| Friday, July 09, 2004 - 9:29 pm
Apple has a policy that they have a basic price so what you get from Apple is the best price (new models) but of course sometimes there are specials on Macmall... free printer etc but usually they are deals you can get from Apple too.So the price won't differ too much from Apple. I have a G5 and couldn't be more happier with a computer!
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Friday, July 09, 2004 - 9:32 pm
I don't know much about shopping for MACs, however, a little 'exploring' found one place that seems to offer discounts while most other sites I looked at were nearly identical pricing. The one exception was http://www.macsupportstore.com/ Hope this helps.
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Noodle
Member
05-08-2004
| Friday, July 09, 2004 - 9:59 pm
definitely check out dealmac.com for the latest deals... i agree that the mac worlds and malls will give you lots of add ons for their mail in rebates...joining a user group will give you discounts form apple, also if you are in education or a gov't employee there are hardware and some software discounts to be had. i run a all mac network at my publishing co and we buy from everyone, including many ebay finds!!!

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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 9:32 am
PCWarehouse (MacWarehouse) and MacConnection often offer "refurbished" Macs at excellent prices. Also they have great deals right now on eMacs. I've been on Macs since the first little 68k box; and I love 'em. And about 75% of the ones I've purchased for my business are refurbished and I've never had a problem with any of them. You do have to call and ask specifically what they have that day, they don't advertise them on their websites.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 5:01 pm
We've also had several refurbished macs and had no problems with them at all. We now have 3 new macs (2 ibooks and 1 iMac) which we love. I've never used anything but a Mac and that's going back 20 years. We do have the advantage of getting an education discount bu the places Karuuna mentioned are ones that DH uses all the time since our entire school including the staff uses Macs and he's in charge of maintaining them all. We did purchase our 2 iBooks at the local Apple store and we happy with the price as well since we wanted to buy new.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, July 12, 2004 - 1:31 pm
Like Karuuna, I've been a Mac user since the early days. I get my products from my better half, who is an authorized Apple reseller and authorized service provider in SoCA. I will put in a word for local dealers who offer Apple sales and (more importantly) service. His is a small business, which gives the opportunity for building a relationship with a customer. If you open the yellow pages ("computers", look for an Apple logo) and find you have someone like that in your area, give them a chance to match a price offered by Apple or the catalog/online companies. If you have someone local and friendly, that can provide future authorized service & repair, and will even take your panic phone calls when you need a bit of help, you will be glad to make a new friend. I promise! And many of these resellers do take trade machines, refurbish them, and offer great deals. I love this thread... Macs rule!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:24 pm
Okay, I went to the Apple store near me after looking at other computers in Circuit City, Office Depot, Best Buy, etc. Wow you get a great deal for a G5 - less than a Sony for instance - and it's got everything built into the flat monitor! No big modem either. You just slip the cd into the side of the monitor and a few minutes later it's burned. They also had some real deals on the notebooks. The dealer would be there with all technical advise and free maintenance for one year on any computer bought through their store. Now what I'm concerned about is that I keep hearing a Mac isn't compatible in all uses. Can someone explain that to me?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:41 pm
I have a mac and to me all that means is that some software is not compatible. Like games and such. Not a big deal to me at all. A mac is so much more user friendly and cool.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, November 11, 2004 - 10:57 pm
For me the games don't matter either. What kind of software? Remember I'm still a webtv user! LOL
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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 8:47 am
Grace, if you don't need it for work, a Mac will do you just fine in almost every case. There are some web games that don't work either, but the limits are minimal. I've owned a Mac since they first came out, and I love them. Much easier to use. One big plus - Macs are virtually immune to all the internet problems you read about - almost no worms, viruses, and none of those spy programs that have caused people so many problems.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 9:07 am
And depending on the work you do, a mac is fine, sometimes superior (like with photographs, brochures, graphic design stuff). You can get microsoft office for the mac and those applications work just fine.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, November 12, 2004 - 11:12 pm
Well at least I found out some of my favorite people have Macs!
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