Apple HE student discount

Irish_Tom

Irish_Tom

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Lo all,

Quick question;

Does anyone know if the discount you get in the Apple Store for Higher Education is any different to the Apple Store for Education?

I know you have to be logged on to an HE network to access the HE Apple Store but I was just wondering what the difference was? I really just want to know if I have to wait until I go back to uni in October to order my new Macbook Pro or if I can get the same deal earlier by using the normal education discount.

Cheers

Panzer
 
Hi, I was wondering the same thing when I ordered my MacBook Pro.

The HE discount is more than the educational discount. By rule of thumb it is around normal price minus VAT.

To be eligible for HE you need to be at a university and for the educational discount you need to be at college.

You can ring up and use the HE discount, and they usually don't ask for any proof your in uni, but I think sometimes they ask you the course you are studying and what university you go to. Some people on here have pretended they go to uni and have got away with it not being asked any proof.

Hope that helps.
 
I think the price the same, but I been told that there is a NUS student discount that gives you a bigger discount. trying to find the link now..

Edit: looking at it; it may be the same now..
 
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Panzerbjorn said:
I really just want to know if I have to wait until I go back to uni in October to order my new Macbook Pro or if I can get the same deal earlier by using the normal education discount.
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If your uni's got a proxy you can log into, you can use that to access the HE store from anywhere. I'm presuming you're trying to avoid going back to your campus? :)
 
Cheers for the quick replies guys :)

Yeah basically I'd quite like the laptop before I start my final year rather than having to wait until the new term starts to order it. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to miss out on anything if I went ahead with the order during the summer break.

I did Google before posting and found a hint that you might get the 3 years after-care for free if you order with the HE discount but that might have been stopped now or it might only be available to Australian students :s

I'll check to see if I can proxy into my uni login.

Panzer
 
hmm, seems I can't log in via proxy.

I guess my best bet would be to order over the phone then to get the maximum discount and all the other goodies.

Panzer
 
I purchased mine yesterday with HE discount, i logged in to *** UWE portal thing to confirm it.

The price of the MBP was £1104, and 3 year apple care was £58.
 
That would have been the lowest spec one. They don't need to consider VAT, because you wouldn't be claiming it back surely? That's the price you pay.
 
Cool cheers for all your help guys.

It seems that the normal educational discount is the same as HE which is good. So I can order before going back to uni. Just need the money now :o

Panzer
 
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