TPN Weekly #35 with Ben Straw and Ward Miller Talking about, Buying your first Mac

December 13th, 2009 — tpnweekly

Intro
About Hosts
Benjamin Straw – MacTipPodcast.com
Ward Miller – Macs In Life – iBoughtAMac.com

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Retail Buying

Online

Retail Stores

Discounts

Apple.com
Apple Store for Education – $50 to $300 discount depending on what your looking for.
Apple Store for Government – $50 to $300 discount depending on what your looking for.
Apple Stores
Student Discounts.
Trick: Go to a local Collage and sign up for a free class, And make sure you get a student ID.
Retail Stores:
MicroCenter.
Online Stores:
Amazon Apple Store

Buying Used

Apple.com – Refurbished section, hard to find but is at the bottom of the store. You get up to 25% off Apple products, but you have to watch for the deals because they come and go very fast.
PowerMax.com
UsedMac.com
MacOfAllTrades.com
DVWarehouse.com
Ebay.com*
Craigslist.com*
* Great but buyers beware! PowerMax.com/stolen
* Buy a used Mac (without getting burned)

Apple Care & Mobile Me
About Apple Care.

Every Mac comes with 90 days of telephone support and one year of service coverage at an Apple-authorized repair center.
About Mobile Me.
Buy Apple Care a month before warranty runs out.
You dont want to buy Apple Care 1 month in because you might spill something in your mac and waste money.
Amazon.com – Cheaper than Apple.com or in stores .
Make sure you buy the right Apple Care for your Mac.

Upgrading

Recycle