Best time to buy a iMac please?

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Cant really afford one but I 'need' one all the same. Is there a 'best time' to buy a Mac because i was thinking of getting one in the holidays.

Is there a new iMac out soon that i'm not aware of , I just want a 21.5 inch 4gb/1TB spec' machine, something fairly basic.

Do Apple do January sales offers? Should I wait until then or should I just buy an Apple refurb'. Was considering 50% dep' and rest on Apple finance but they dont offer finance on refurb machines.

Advice welcome :thumb
 
Not a discounted brand usually, better offers can be found from resellers rather than manufacturer themselves. Seldom does such a thing as a 'sale' occur with the fruited ones the odd 24 hour campaign sometimes but little else.

Know anyone in FT/PT Higher Education? If so get them to purchase one for you using their academic discounts - that's where bargains can be found.
 
student discount

judge said:
Not a discounted brand usually, better offers can be found from resellers rather than manufacturer themselves. Seldom does such a thing as a 'sale' occur with the fruited ones the odd 24 hour campaign sometimes but little else.

Know anyone in FT/PT Higher Education? If so get them to purchase one for you using their academic discounts - that's where bargains can be found.
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+1 for the student discount it can be as much as 15% if you can wangle it :aidan
 
Agree, Education discount (if you can get it) is about as good as you'll get!

A very close family member has worked for Apple for a while - if I could get cheap deals, I would!

Just one thing for those who think Macs are stupidly expensive....took my 27" iMac to the local Apple store recently as it had started putting slight scratches on CDs/DVDs..only slight, but annoying! iMac was 50 weeks old - i.e. almost out of warranty. Next day, Apple called me and said my brand new replacement machine was ready to pick up - plus they had done a full data transfer for me. This was a £1,400 brand new machine as a replacement, after 50 weeks FFS!

Maybe not unique, but not many suppliers would give a brand new replacement, but it kinda puts the whole cost vs value thing into some kind of perspective!

Good luck with the iMac!
 
The best time to buy one is years before you eventually take the plunge.

You WILL NOT regret it:thumb
 
Why new? I got a very nice secondhand iMac from a chap on here for a most reasonable price.
 
Tunneruk said:
The best time to buy one is years before you eventually take the plunge.

You WILL NOT regret it:thumb
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I know I bought my first proper PC, a shop built one, around 1994 before the internet and didnt really see the point of it, couldnt be arsed with the hassle, so I sold it within a couple of months.

Years later the job gave me a laptop for work so didnt need a PC.

When it came time to get on the old world wide web at home in 2001 I wanted numpty level, hassle free computing so I bought an iMac. Took it out the box and surfing the web within minutes. Never crashed, never needed support, never had to speak to my ISP about why I couldn't get on the net blaah blaah blaah . Brilliant :thumb
 
muppix said:
Search on macrumors.com for "release cycle".
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indeed. that's the first place i'd check:

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http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iMac
 
Rushy said:
Cant really afford one but I 'need' one all the same. Is there a 'best time' to buy a Mac because i was thinking of getting one in the holidays.

Is there a new iMac out soon that i'm not aware of , I just want a 21.5 inch 4gb/1TB spec' machine, something fairly basic.

Do Apple do January sales offers? Should I wait until then or should I just buy an Apple refurb'. Was considering 50% dep' and rest on Apple finance but they dont offer finance on refurb machines.

Advice welcome :thumb
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If you can get yourself to Costco they sometimes have them in there sometimes and its worth a look..
 
Just bought a 27" iMac myself.

Like a breath of fresh air after years of cheap and nasty PC build quality and Windows bloat-ware.

Thinking of getting a Macbook Pro as well and ditching windows completely.

You may see some bargains where re-sellers have some stock but as others have said, Apple is not a brand you often see heavily discounted.

The topcashback site will get you 3% off if buying through the Apple store. Not all items but I think includes iMacs.

Paul
 
Keyframe said:
good luck, let us know what you get!
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Decisions, decisions, decisions :confused:............................Decided !!!

Dear Ian ,
We are pleased to inform you that your order W1******7 has shipped.

Please see the details of the shipment below.
Your Delivery Reference Number is 8*******9.
We expect your order to be delivered to your shipping address on or before 05/01/2011.
The Apple Store

:bounce1:bounce1:bounce1:bounce1

21.5" iMAC ,3.2ghz 4GB/1TB/RAdDEON 5650 512mb:thumb
 
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