14 DAY TRIAL // I’ve been keeping a close eye on Apple’s Special Deals section over the past few days, and I've been eager to report that MacBook Air prices dropped to a record low of $799. But that’s not all I noticed.
It appears that Apple is poised to get rid of a lot of Mac minis (perhaps signaling a refresh or discontinuation in the near future), including models that are only a few months old - from July 2011.
For the not-exactly-round sum of $519, you get to save $80 on the purchase of a Refurbished Mac mini 2.3GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 originally released July 2011 with: 2GB memory; 500GB hard drive; Thunderbolt port with support for up to 2560-by-1600 resolution; HDMI port with support for up to 1920-by-1200 resolution; and Intel HD Graphics 3000.
For $699 (with $100 savings) a more powerful version can be acquired. Its specs are:2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 CPU; 4GB memory; 500GB hard drive; Thunderbolt connectivity; HDMI port; AMD Radeon HD 6630M graphics.
A 2010 models with an even higher clocked CPU, dual 500GB hard drives and NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics goes for $749, which Apple calculates as a $250 saving (or 25% off the original retail price).
Finally, I’d like to point your attention to the oldest Mac in the list of still-available purchases, the White MacBook - $849 (save $150 / 15% off). Cupertino advertises the following specs for the discontinued laptop whose last revision was in May 2010:
Refurbished MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- Originally released May 2010 - 13.3-inch LED-backlit glossy widescreen display - 2GB (2 x 1GB) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 250GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm - 8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) - NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
Visit Apple here to pick up on these offers now. Shipping is limited to the United States.