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EXPIRED: UoA students/faculty: Apple MacBook Air 13.6" (Early 2024): M3 Chip, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD $1287.08 + Shipping

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Sold on University of Arizona BookStores site (legit) but shopper must be affiliated with U of A. Shipping 4/22 through 4/26. Deal expires 4/26.

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Apple MacBook Air 13.6" (Early 2024): M3 Chip, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD

https://shop.arizona.edu/apple-ma...quantity=1

Does not appear to be limited to students. No state tax collected for NC (but will pay when filing taxes; check your state laws).
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WiseCorn8982
04-24-2024 at 08:00 PM.
04-24-2024 at 08:00 PM.
I just ordered one. Will post update here, whichever way it goes. ๐Ÿคž

UPDATE: Must be affiliated with U of Arizona. ๐Ÿ˜ญ
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NoSleep007
04-24-2024 at 08:58 PM.
04-24-2024 at 08:58 PM.
That's a good deal for an M3, not sure about ordering through the Arizona University Book Store but never the less.
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Elon69
04-25-2024 at 06:43 AM.
04-25-2024 at 06:43 AM.
Quote from NoSleep007 :
That's a good deal for an M3, not sure about ordering
through the Arizona University Book Store but never the less.
It is a good price at this time.

but.... MicroCenter -> BB price match game for $1070 was best ever for the same spec. I am not saying I have a time machine, just giving relative comparison.
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KaatuPaadi
04-25-2024 at 06:55 AM.
04-25-2024 at 06:55 AM.
I got 15 inch for this price... Microcenter stuff.LOL.. Damn these are very expensive.. I also have 8Gb pending pickup for 791..

Im surprised by the sale.. Something is missing here.. Macbooks are not selling or something else fishy.. Rememer tesla sales...
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MacBJ
04-25-2024 at 08:23 AM.
04-25-2024 at 08:23 AM.
Great deals! No tax. It's about 20% off compared to regular price with tax.
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04-25-2024 at 08:33 AM.
04-25-2024 at 08:33 AM.
Quote from Elon69 :
It is a good price at this time.

but.... MicroCenter -> BB price match game for $1070 was best ever for the same spec. I am not saying I have a time machine, just giving relative comparison.

When did this sale for $1070?
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ranrise
04-25-2024 at 09:17 AM.
04-25-2024 at 09:17 AM.
Quote from holtzmann :
When did this sale for $1070?
Ended Sunday 4.21.

It wasn't just the M3 air but all macs, M2, 13 inch 15 inch, M3 Max Pros, etc etc. All configs. They had 24G RAM 2 TB Macbook Air config for like less than 1500.

It was a deal specific to the Indianapolis Microcenter, but people were able to take advantage of BBY's price match policy by trial and error until they find a rep that is willing to do it, and set pickup location near that zipcode, and then later change the pickup location to where they live.

That or go pickup at that MC and get 10% off using MC CC.

Convoluted, yes, but likely the best mac deal this year. They ran the deal for new store opening to get people to go. It was 20% off all computers on top of any existing deals.
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ranrise
04-25-2024 at 09:32 AM.
04-25-2024 at 09:32 AM.
Good deal, but have BBY price match current MC price of $1350 and BBY CC 15% rewards bonus is about $100 cheaper.
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04-25-2024 at 09:48 AM.
04-25-2024 at 09:48 AM.
My apologies, folks, despite no warning or conditions during checkout, I was informed that I need to prove I'm affiliated with UofA in order for the order to be finalized. Not shocked but disappointed nevertheless.
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Elon69
04-25-2024 at 09:50 AM.
04-25-2024 at 09:50 AM.
Quote from ranrise :
Ended Sunday 4.21.

It wasn't just the M3 air but all macs, M2, 13 inch 15 inch, M3 Max Pros, etc etc. All configs. They had 24G RAM 2 TB Macbook Air config for like less than 1500.

It was a deal specific to the Indianapolis Microcenter, but people were able to take advantage of BBY's price match policy by trial and error until they find a rep that is willing to do it, and set pickup location near that zipcode, and then later change the pickup location to where they live.

That or go pickup at that MC and get 10% off using MC CC.

Convoluted, yes, but likely the best mac deal this year. They ran the deal for new store opening to get people to go. It was 20% off all computers on top of any existing deals.

Yes, it was the BEST DEAL EVER for CURRENT generation machine for sure. The price beat even M2 deals lol!

I couldn't resist and got the 13" M3 Air that I didn't need for $1070 for my 11 year old daughter. I can always resell / trade it in when M4 comes since this is $1499 regular MSRP.

The 15" Air 16/512 was $1225 or something. I paid $1600. /cry /cry /cry. At least the 13" average down my cost when I sell them both.
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04-25-2024 at 01:37 PM.
04-25-2024 at 01:37 PM.
Quote from Elon69 :
Yes, it was the BEST DEAL EVER for CURRENT generation machine for sure. The price beat even M2 deals lol!

I couldn't resist and got the 13" M3 Air that I didn't need for $1070 for my 11 year old daughter. I can always resell / trade it in when M4 comes since this is $1499 regular MSRP.

The 15" Air 16/512 was $1225 or something. I paid $1600. /cry /cry /cry. At least the 13" average down my cost when I sell them both.

Same here. Snagged a $1079 by keep refreshing website at 2 AM. Best deal ever, even the $719 M2 is cheaper than $899 Apple Edu + $150 summer back to school gift card that Apple will do in 2 months.

Only thing is I ordered two different laptops but at store they told me it's 1 maximum regardless of different config or model. So could only get 1.
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DMG73192
04-25-2024 at 02:36 PM.
04-25-2024 at 02:36 PM.
Quote from WiseCorn8982 :
I just ordered one. Will post update here, whichever way it goes. ๐Ÿคž

UPDATE: Must be affiliated with U of Arizona. ๐Ÿ˜ญ

Im not a student and was able to get one. Just had to spoof
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Elon69
04-25-2024 at 05:21 PM.
04-25-2024 at 05:21 PM.
Quote from ranrise :
Same here. Snagged a $1079 by keep refreshing website at 2 AM. Best deal ever, even the $719 M2 is cheaper than $899 Apple Edu + $150 summer back to school gift card that Apple will do in 2 months.

Only thing is I ordered two different laptops but at store they told me it's 1 maximum regardless of different config or model. So could only get 1.
Yes, I tried to get a different M3 Pro and no dice. I could have used a different account from a friend but I didn't want to push it too much lol. Leave some for others to get!

Now I don' need to wait for Back to School and I get a 16GB/512GB machine that can do more taxiing stuff.

... before 8GB fanatics go crazy about 8GB blah blah, 8GB is plenty enough for normal use, I just wanted another machine to run more local LLM and 16GB will avoid slowdown as the smallest model I'd use is about 4.1GB and 8GB machine is will prevent me from mult-tasking everything else on crhome normally.

This thing is so good I can do everything I normally do with multiple crhome browsers and run stable diffusion and run LLM at the same time since they are taxing the GPU and I don't need GPU for 95% of my day to day use.
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04-25-2024 at 06:03 PM.
04-25-2024 at 06:03 PM.
Microcenter deal was nuts
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