Okay guys.
So you might have seen a video
on my channel the other day.
Why right now is actually
the best time to buy a new MacBook,
especially if you're a student,
but in that video,
I didn't really go into the nitty gritty detail
of some of the available student deals available right now.
So that's what I'm going to do in this video.
And also guys,
if you're a student and you also have parents looking
to upgrade to a new Mac,
or you're a parent buying your child a MacBook,
there's actually some deals for you as well.
Now if you want to know which Mac you should get,
I've made a couple of different videos on this topic.
I'll link a couple of videos down below.
So make sure you watch that.
But in general,
I think most of you guys are going to be 100% fine
with a base model MacBook Air or a Mac Mini.
If you don't need the portability of a MacBook,
but again,
I'll let those other videos explain it
all for you in greater detail.
Now getting into the deals,
as you guys probably already know it's back-to-school time,
at least in the US
so there's going to be a lot of student deals on at the moment.
Now,
the first deal I have here is actually from Apple.
This is a pretty common one,
and you've probably heard of this before,
but essentially it is a free AirPods
with the purchase of a Mac.
So if you come to the normal Apple.com page,
you can actually see this little pop up here.
And it's going to say shop now.
So you can go to that.
Or you can just go into Google
and type in back-to-school Apple and this should come up.
And as you can see here,
it says buy select Mac and iPad models
with education pricing and get AirPods
and also 20% off Apple Care+.
If you are interested in Apple Care+,
personally I don't buy it.
So if you come down here,
you can see the actual deals you get.
So this covers the MacBook Air,
the MacBook Pro,
the iMac,
a Mac Pro.
If you're going to buy that,
which I don't think many people are at this stage.
And also the Mac mini.
So if we come up the top and we open up the Mac book Air,
we'll see the education pricing.
And as you can see here.
You can get a base model M1 MacBook Air for $899.
So if we select that and we go through to the next page,
it's actually going to ask you
to customize your AirPods deal.
Once we hit continue,
and you can see here,
you can actually upgrade to an AirPods Pro for $90.
So that is a pretty impressive deal
because as you guys know,
AirPods Pro are relatively expensive on their own,
$249 but you're essentially getting them
for almost a $200 discount
with this particular back-to-school deal.
Now if you're not a fan of the Pros,
for example,
you don't need the noise cancellation
and you don't need those rubber inserts
to block out ambient noise.
You can obviously just choose the AirPods,
which isn't going to cost you anything extra.
But for me personally,
I like the AirPods Pro
because the gym I personally go to has really loud music.
And it's quite nice to be able to block all of that out
with a really small and relatively high quality bud,
like the AirPods Pro.
Now just before you go ahead with your purchase,
if you are looking to purchase,
let's just go back a step to the previous page
and something I recommend students look
into while they're still a student,
is actually the Pro Apps Bundle for Education.
As you can see here.
So essentially this is going to give you a bundle of Apps.
So if I open this up here,
you're going to get Final Cut Pro,
Motion,
Compressor,
Logic Pro and MainStage.
Now personally,
I don't use any of these.
I use different programs,
but a lot of people,
if they own a Mac use Final Cut Pro,
and that's a really powerful
and high quality editor for mac OS,
and typically that's $300 US dollars
on its own if you want to purchase that separately.
So yeah,
definitely do consider this particular bundle
because as you can see here,
it's only $199 and you get all those other apps,
not just Final Cut Pro.
Now the other thing that I wanted to talk about,
and I guarantee you that most of you
won't actually know this
is that your parents might be eligible
to get the education discount as well.
Or if you are a parent buying products for your kid,
you can probably get the discount too.
So if we come to this URL here,
slash education,
slash K-12,
how to buy.
You can actually see there's an option here,
special pricing for individuals in education
is available to college students,
students accepted to college,
parents buying for college students,
faculty staff and of course,
homeschool teachers.
So what this means is that if you're a college student,
you can actually approach your parents
and maybe give them the money
so they can buy the Mac for you.
And in the process,
they will also get the same education discount
on a Mac or Mac mini or whatever they're buying as well.
Which I think to be honest is a pretty cool thing.
Especially if your parents are looking
to upgrade at the same time you are.
Now moving on to the next deal.
Now again guys,
this isn't specific to MacBook Air.
It's also MacBook Pro and also M1 Mac mini.
We're mainly talking about Apple silicon of course,
but if we come into Best Buy,
you can see here that Best Buy will actually price match
the education pricing of Apple.
And if you actually sign up
to Best Buys student deals program,
you might actually be able to get a further discount.
Now I've had a lot of comments on my videos
from students who have purchased their M1 MacBook Air,
or Pro or mini from Best Buy.
And I've heard a lot of base model M1 MacBook Air
individuals in particular.
who've been able to get their machine for $749 US dollars,
which in my opinion is a pretty crazy deal.
Now,
quick side note here guys.
If you're not after the portability of a MacBook,
definitely do consider the M1 Mac mini.
As you guys can see here,
of course it is eligible for the back-to-school discount
and also the free AirPods.
So you not only get a super,
super powerful M1 Mac mini,
which has the exact same power as a MacBook Pro,
you're going to get it for $649 US dollars
plus a free pair of AirPods.
Honestly,
I might enroll back at university
and pick up one of these myself,
because that is insane.
And I wish it was available back when I was a student.
Okay,
let's get back to Best Buy real quick.
So again,
like I said guys,
$749
sign up to Best Buys student deals discount.
See what you can get.
No this isn't sponsored by Best Buy or anything like that.
Just check it out and see what you can get.
Now the other thing,
I wanted to mention isn't necessarily a student deal,
but it's a really,
really good deal that a lot of my subscribers
have been able to get also from Best Buy
and they've brought it
to my attention via YouTube comments.
Now,
one person in particular was able
to get a brand new M1 MacBook Air.
Brand new condition,
for $675 US dollars.
And that was because it was an open box model.
So if you guys aren't familiar with an open box,
it's essentially just a box that's been opened.
The MacBook itself is generally never even been touched
or turned on.
So it's as good as new.
And because it's been opened,
the retailer in this case,
Best Buy is actually going to mark it down
because it's technically not brand new
and unopened condition.
Now,
as you can see on the Best Buy website itself,
they do actually have an option here for open box.
And if we click on that and we come down here,
you can see the different prices here.
So it doesn't look like we have anything as low as $675.
You're probably not going to get that online.
You have to actually go in store
and check it out for yourself
because it will vary from store to store.
Generally they sell out pretty quickly.
And generally it's up to the actual store itself
to mark down the price to a certain amount.
So if you do have any local Best Buy stores,
or even just any other stores like Walmart for example,
definitely don't be afraid
to ask if they have any open box models available for sale.
Because it's really good way
to save an additional couple of hundred bucks.
So guys,
what are you waiting for?
If you're a student
and you haven't yet purchased one of these beasts,
get out there and see what deals you can find.
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