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Apple Drops MacBook Educational Pricing to $899

Wednesday December 30, 2009 6:38 am PST by Eric Slivka

TUAW noted yesterday that Apple has dropped its regular U.S. educational pricing for the MacBook by $50 to $899. Special pricing apparently available through the University of Maryland's custom Apple Store reportedly even temporarily dropped pricing as low as $728 yesterday, although the offer was quickly removed.

The new $899 price covers Apple's standard MacBook offering updated in October, offering a 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, and a 250 GB hard drive.
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lifeinhd
28 months ago
Too bad the MacBook lacks pretty much any feature I've come to look forward to on a Mac-- where's my FireWire and IR sensor???
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Kilamite
28 months ago
The MacBook does have an IR sensor. Shame about FireWire though..

But it is obvious who Apple is aiming the MacBook at, though I still think $899 for students is too steep. Should be $699..
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MattG
28 months ago
...probably sound like a broken record at this point, but it sure sucks that the Edu discount pretty much doesn't do jack since Apple Store charges you tax. Comes out to roughly the same price as ordering it from Amazon, regular price. :rolleyes:
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j_maddison
28 months ago

The MacBook does have an IR sensor. Shame about FireWire though..

But it is obvious who Apple is aiming the MacBook at, though I still think $899 for students is too steep. Should be $699..


Are you sure it has an IR sensor, I thought that was something they got rid of in the Macbook and was only available on the Macbook pros? Not trying to call you out, interested because a friend is about to purchase one and I could give her my old remote
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phatcat
28 months ago
I have yet to use firewire or infrared and I imagine >90% of folks don't use it.

Has anyone seen these newer macbooks at Apple store? They look great out of the box. But the high gloss reflective finish scratches very easily and the display models look filthy.

I'd rather get a refurb aluminum macbook.
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flopticalcube
28 months ago

Are you sure it has an IR sensor, I thought that was something they got rid of in the Macbook and was only available on the Macbook pros? Not trying to call you out, interested because a friend is about to purchase one and I could give her my old remote

Its gone.

iFixit teardown

Also gone is an IR port for a remote

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j_maddison
28 months ago

Its gone.

iFixit teardown


Thanks for that

Shame really, as I'd have thought the macbook crowd would be more likely to use the remote over the macbook pro crowd. Shame they're not bundled in free too, as they used to be
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lowbatteries
28 months ago

...probably sound like a broken record at this point, but it sure sucks that the Edu discount pretty much doesn't do jack since Apple Store charges you tax. Comes out to roughly the same price as ordering it from Amazon, regular price. :rolleyes:


Stores don't "charge" tax, they collect it. You are required to pay the tax on goods you buy online "tax-free" when you file your taxes. Obviously, thought, many people elect not to.
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guzhogi
28 months ago

I have yet to use firewire or infrared and I imagine >90% of folks don't use it.


I don't know about anyone else, but the people in my school district (which has all Macs except a handful of PCs) use Firewire quite a bit. Whether it's for hard drives or video cameras. Plus, target disk mode is great when trying to recover data from a crashed computer.

As for the IR port, I like to watch TV shows & movies I downloaded in bed. It's great to pause, turn up/down the volume.
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Michaelgtrusa
28 months ago
Good news.
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