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I ordered a 12" Powerbook :D
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 12:35 pm
by saturn
12" 1,5 Ghz G4 PB with Superdrive and 768 megs of Ram.
Normal price: 1809 euros (2339 dollars, omfg)
With ADC discount: 1447 (1870 dollars)
+ 99 dollar membership fee: 1523 euros (1966 dollars)
That's 20 percent off

And the guy told me that I could purchase a Tiger update disc for 19,95 in case it would come out soon.
In the States you would pay $1567 for that system with NORMAL student discount (around 10 percent). And $1774 without any discount. $1420 with ADC discount, which is roughly 1099 euros.
It's not fair

Dunno how much tax you would have to add though. My price would be all inclusive and 'free' shipping.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 3:20 pm
by Canis
Tax would be around 8%, so with the ADC discount we would pay ~$1533.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:44 pm
by saturn
Canis wrote:Tax would be around 8%, so with the ADC discount we would pay ~$1533.
That's ~1187 euros

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:57 pm
by Canis
Ahh the benefits of living in the good old US of A!

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:09 pm
by saturn
it's one of the few benefits

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:03 pm
by NCG_Mike
Yep, the price differences you see between Europe and the US are mostly taxes. That's what you get for "free" hospitals and social security :-D
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 9:40 pm
by saturn
I guess that's the price
So, i'm joining the Mac club soon. Hopefully it won't take too long before they're gonna ship it.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:06 pm
by saturn
Oh yeah, funny thing when I called the Apple Store they didn't even asked if I were going to develop anything. He just asked if had purchased an asset yet and what kind of Powerbook I wanted. Then he calculated the discount and placed the order for me.
Easy peasy.
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:23 pm
by Canis
Yeah, that happened for my student discount. I ordered my G5 and they never asked for a student number or the university. They just said they'd set me up with the discount and *poof* it came...
I guess you could technically do that for any order, but I'm assuming that if they found out you'd be in some shit...
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 1:28 pm
by zeeko
you could just say you accidently clicked it, or say you were distraught

Re: I ordered a 12" Powerbook :D
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:45 pm
by Doombrain
saturn wrote:12" 1,5 Ghz G4 PB with Superdrive and 768 megs of Ram.
Normal price: 1809 euros (2339 dollars, omfg)
With ADC discount: 1447 (1870 dollars)
+ 99 dollar membership fee: 1523 euros (1966 dollars)
That's 20 percent off

And the guy told me that I could purchase a Tiger update disc for 19,95 in case it would come out soon.
In the States you would pay $1567 for that system with NORMAL student discount (around 10 percent). And $1774 without any discount. $1420 with ADC discount, which is roughly 1099 euros.
It's not fair

Dunno how much tax you would have to add though. My price would be all inclusive and 'free' shipping.
mines don't have superdrive

BUT I DIDN'T PAY FOR IT HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAAaaa
anyway, i was playing with a minimac over the weekend in our paris office. they all have them and there very cool. great for mp3 etc. a friend even showed me how easy it was to upgrade the RAM in it.
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:22 pm
by bag0shite
n1 Saturn
I've a 12" 1ghz (Rev B) w/768mb (damn gig sticks are still too expensive). They really are lovely machines, easy to scratch tho, so be warned. Crumpler do a nice case for them (called the Gimp, lol) only £20 on Ebay.
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:14 pm
by saturn
I might have to cancel the order to preserve the money for a new appartment. Need a new washing machine, oven, new floor, paint, etc.
Not something I'm looking forward to buy, I'd rather buy a nerdy gadget I don't really need

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:01 pm
by Canis
Ahhh the sacrifices we must make....
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:43 pm
by 4g3nt_Smith
saturn wrote:I might have to cancel the order to preserve the money for a new appartment. Need a new washing machine, oven, new floor, paint, etc.
Not something I'm looking forward to buy, I'd rather buy a nerdy gadget I don't really need

I'd go ahead and cancel it anyway, since tiger went gold on Friday and should be out for retail around the 15th. Reorder when Tiger is out, and you just saved ~$80