25% off Apple's at CompUSA

[67952]

Forgive me if this is not the right forum...

I was at my local CompUSA (Highland Park, IL) and they have all discontinued Macs on say for 25% off! I asked if it was particular to this store and a sales person told me that it was at every CompUSA this week.

At the store by me they had the Quad G5 for $2250 after the discount and a 15" PowerBook (last model) for $1100, amoung other G4 and G5 Macs. Fyi.

 

[Sutekidane]

sounds too good to be true.

maybe it's only on the powerPC models.

 

[admanimal]

sounds too good to be true.

maybe it's only on the powerPC models.

Well he did say only on *discontinued* macs, so yes that just means PowerPC. I was at CompUSA in Mass. on Friday and they were in fact having the same sale on the old PowerPC models.

 

[emw]

maybe it's only on the powerPC models.

He did say "discontinued Macs", so probably yes - it's the PowerPC models. Even so, that's a pretty good deal if you're looking for something like that.

If it's true.

Edit: Shouldn't have looked at the website Good to see we've had some confirmation.

 

[Lancetx]

It's definitely true. A friend of mine picked up a discontinued G4 Mac mini for only $299 a CompUSA here just last week. It's a great deal if your local CompUSA store has any discontinued Macs still remaining in stock.

 

[xfiftyfour]

It's definitely true. A friend of mine picked up a discontinued G4 Mac mini for only $299 a CompUSA here just last week. It's a great deal if your local CompUSA store has any discontinued Macs still remaining in stock.

wow, that almost makes getting a old mini worth it, haha

 

[Lancetx]

wow, that almost makes getting a old mini worth it, haha

Hey, all my friend needed was a basic system. You certainly can't find anything else better out there for that low of a price. Hell, it costs $200 just to buy Tiger & iLife '06 alone, so to get a system with those included for $299 sounds good to me.

 

[Kitrik]

Definitely checking this out tonight... Could definitely use an older Mac Mini...

 

[macdaddy121]

CompUSA has had some really good deals on Macs over the past couple of weeks. A powerbook G4 15" for $1100. That's a really good deal.

 

[xfiftyfour]

Hey, all my friend needed was a basic system. You certainly can't find anything else better out there for that low of a price. Hell, it costs $200 just to buy Tiger & iLife '06 alone, so to get a system with those included for $299 sounds good to me.

haha - i wasn't being sarcastic. it's definitely a good deal - it really does almost make it worth it.. especially for someone that doesn't need anything too powerful.

 

[mattcube64]

Darnit! My Compusa is going out of business. So, all Macs are 10% off. Too bad they're not taking part in the national 25% off. I'd buy a Mac Mini for $299 in a heartbeat. Honest to God.

 

[extraextra]

Maybe they have a 12" PB! I better go check my store (if there's one around here, I don't even remember).

 

[ITASOR]

Darnit! My Compusa is going out of business. So, all Macs are 10% off. Too bad they're not taking part in the national 25% off. I'd buy a Mac Mini for $299 in a heartbeat. Honest to God.

So is mine.

 

[srf4real]

wish i had gotten my mini for $299... but I still love it. won't need another mac for a long time, just a bigger display!

 

[Cameront9]

So is mine.

The Compusa in my town went out of business a few years ago (before I had a Mac, actually). So I've been without a local place that has Mac software and Hardware for a LONG time.

 

[QCassidy352]

$299 for a mini? They weren't ever $400, were they??

 

[spinne1]

Even online the Compusa.com store has the 1.42 Ghz G4 mini at $349.

 

[QCassidy352]

Even online the Compusa.com store has the 1.42 Ghz G4 mini at $349.

and I wonder if that's really the 1.5 G4 with the 64 VRAM. If so, that's a really tempting offer. Isn't there supposed to be a way to tell if a mini is one of the silent updates? By the serial number or something?

 

[zap2]

Hmm..my gradmom has been think about getting my cousins a laptop..perhaps she could get 2 PB

 

[FFTT]

I would rather buy a Refurb direct from Apple than anything new at CompUSA.

Comp's open box demos take a beating.

Be careful that anything you buy is absolutely sealed new in box.

Also watch those serial numbers for bad batches.

 

[RichP]

The Quad is that cheap? It isnt discontinued.

 

[WildCowboy]

The Quad is that cheap? It isnt discontinued.

Yes it is (more or less)....they're just dumping remaining units as far as I know.

 

[poppe]

They did this mid august for at my compUSA (Frisco, TX)... like the 13ish of august.

 

[Jschultz]

damnit.

no more at any of my local compusa's.

even at $349, it's not too bad a deal, is it?

 

[Miguey]

and along with this, in So Cal, theres a compusa in the chino spectrum whose going out of buisness i assume, they have this huge clearance sale, and their computers are at least 10% off, even the Macs are marked off...but they are still expensive..