Apple slashes MacBook Air price; Save $500
By Opal Tribble
If you’ve been eyeing the MacBook Air but were hesitant about spending cash on one of the thinnest computers available now might be a great time to buy the coveted Mac.
Apple slashed the price of its solid-state drives (SSD). Originally, the 1.8GHz MacBook Air was $3098 however, Apple reduced the price to $2598 given the buyer a savings of $500. Initially adding the solid-state drive to the 1.6 GHz model cost $999. The price has been reduced to $599. This will reduce the price of upgrading to the 1.6GHz processor to the faster 1.8GHz processor from $300 to $200.
Why the price drop? The increase in SSD production has reduced to a much cheaper price. Remember how pricey blank DVDs were when they were first released? I wouldn’t even go near them. I knew as the production increased the price would come down. They did.
At $2598 the MacBook Air is still pricey; however, you can save even more if you qualify for an education discount or you are a state employee. Thanks to the education discount when I purchased my 17″ MacBook Air I was able to save several hundred dollars. I used it following year when I purchased a MacPro. Apple also offers discounts to state employees. Check out the Apple discounts to see if you qualify. Even if you don’t qualify for the additional discounts slashing knocking $500 off is a great deal. You can log on to the Apple store and purchase a MacBook Air.
If you were looking to purchase a MacBook Air with larger storage space, you’ll have to wait until the MacBook Air is updated. Samsung, the current producer of SSDs for the MacBook Air stated that they could be delivering two cheaper SSDs later this year; 128GB and a 256GB.
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July 8th, 2008
Here we go again Apple MacBook Airbook dropping prices up to $500. Remember iPhone I love when they lower the price don’t get me wrong, but I start losing trust to Apple for this inconsistent pricing of their product. it happens with every company’s products — if they survive long enough in the marketplace, rather than being replaced with a new model full of generic parts after a few months. duhh this sucks…