Hello, thanks for the welcome,you think that discount to applecare would still apply even though I dont buy it together with the laptop? I am a girl btw not a guy, or does buddy refer to both genders? Thanks for the welcome, I am really looking forward to receiving my laptop and checking it all out. Greetings, Anouk, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottcheswo...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Re: I just did it, bought my first macbook pro
> > Hey Anouk, welcome abord buddy! > > Just a quick message to second what Esther was saying about student > discounts. Here in the UK Apple care is amazingly cheap if you're a > student, it's probably a similar reduction where you are. No rush, > but sometime within your first year's warranty, if you get a reduced > price I'd definitely take out Apple care if you're in for the long > haul with this machine. > > Esther, if that old Power Book of yours is antique enough to be able > to boot OS9 and you ever want to sell it, give me a shout off list. > > Cheers > Scott > > On 8/18/09, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: >> Congratulations on the new MacBook Pro, Anouk. That sounds like a >> very nice model. I still have the PowerBook that was my first Mac, >> and which is now over 5 years old. Buying for long term future use >> really does work -- this machine is still running, but I finally got a >> new MacBook last fall to move onto the Intel platform and the larger >> drives and faster processors for Leopard. I do recommend that you >> pick up the AppleCare extended warranty later on, though. You might >> check whether you're eligible for student discounts with any your >> later software purchases, too. >> >> Also, since you will be receiving your Mac before Snow Leopard is >> released, you should know that you may be eligible for a reduced price >> update to Snow Leopard. See the terms of the hardware uptodate program: >> >> http://www.apple.com/macosx/uptodate/ >> >> In the U.S., buyers of qualifying new Macs (or refurbished Macs from >> Apple's Online Store) purchased after June 8, 2009 can get the update >> to Snow Leopard for $9.95 plus tax instead of $29.95. I'm not sure of >> the details of this program applied abroad, but you may be able to >> read/find the information appropriate to your country from the above >> link. >> >> Hope to see you on list with your questions when you laptop arrives. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Aug 18, 2009, a radix wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I just bought my first macbook pro and I got a discount because I am >>> a student. I choose the 15 inch with a matte display (i didnt want >>> to do that at first but I thought it might be easier for people who >>> would have to read something on it), i got the 7200 rpm hard drive >>> and the 3.0ghz processor because I want to use this laptop for at >>> least 3 years. I did not opt to upgrade the internal memory or the >>> warranty at this time. I must say placing the order over the phone >>> was very easy. It will take a while to arrive because according to >>> the person on the phone the matte displays are a bit rare so it >>> might take 1.5 week. I will be able to upgrade to the new operating >>> system for 9 euro. >>> I am VERY excited I can tell you all and very much looking forward >>> to receiving my laptop. I did not opt to get any of the extra >>> software packages with it because I want to decide on htat after >>> receiving it. >>> Greetings, Anouk, >>> >>> > >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
