Apple's 'Back to School' Offer

Apple is preparing for the school shopping season, and has launched a new 'Back To School' promotion with an offer that is hard to refuse.

The pitch is pretty good, get a new Mac and you get a free iPod nano… Students and teachers that buy a Mac by September 16, 2006 will get a free iPod nano after mail-in rebate. Alternatively, any other iPod may be chosen for big savings after mail-in rebate.

Apple's "Back to School" promotion page reads: "Buy a qualifying Mac and an iPod from Apple or a participating Apple Authorized Campus Reseller from June 5, 2006, through September 16, 2006, and receive a mail-in rebate up to $179."

Qualifying Macs:
￭ iMac 17-inch 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 20-inch 2GHz Intel Core Duo
￭ iBook 14-inch 1.42GHz PowerPC G4
￭ MacBook 13.3-inch 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 13.3-inch 2GHz Intel Core Duo
￭ MacBook Pro 15.4-inch 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo, 15.4-inch 2GHz Intel Core Duo, 15.4-inch 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo, 17-inch 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
￭ PowerBook 12-inch 1.5GHz PowerPC G4
￭ Power Mac Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
￭ Dual 2.3GHz PowerPC G5
￭ Quad 2.5GHz PowerPC G5

Qualifying iPods and rebate amounts:
￭ 2GB iPod nano: $179
￭ 4GB iPod nano: $179
￭ 30GB iPod: $179
￭ 60GB iPod: $179
￭ 1GB iPod nano: $129
￭ 1GB iPod shuffle: $89
￭ 512MB iPod shuffle: $69

According to Apple, "You must purchase qualifying products with Apple's Education Individual discount from June 5, 2006, through September 16, 2006. You must be a qualified Apple Education Individual end-user purchaser [and] products must be purchased from the online Apple Store for Education Individuals, a retail Apple Store, Apple Telesales, or an Apple Authorized Campus Reseller located in the United States or District of Columbia."