[ale] OT: Where to purchase a Mac

[aaron]

Yeah... what Barry said.

I jumped into a new eMac during the last sales tax holiday weekend. Simply 
went to the Apple Store at Lenox. As I understand it, Apple exercises their 
control over distribution and doesn't allow much discount leaway to their 
resellers, but you still might want to check prices as Frye's or other 
consumer retailers. There also aren't a lot of variables in the "packaged" 
model offerings. My eMac choices were 1.25mhz G4 / 40 gig HD / CD RW drive,  
or 1.25mhz G4 / 80gig HD / DVD-RW Superdrive.  


peace
aaron

On Monday 04 October 2004 16:42, Barry Hawkins wrote:
> Mike Millson said:
> > I need a box running Mac OS X for testing purposes. Where is the best
> > place to purchase Mac equipment? Directly from Apple? Is there a Dell
> > type company that sells Mac hardware? Is there such a thing as small,
> > local independents that build and sell Mac systems? Where can I go
> > locally to demo Mac systems?
> >
> > Any help/advice is appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Mike
> 
> Mike,
>     For test driving a Mac, the Apple Store locations cannot be beat.  The
> entire current product line is right there and hooked up to the
> Internet.  There's one at Lenox Square[0] and one at North Point[1].
>     There are Mac resellers, but by and large going through Apple is what
> I do.  Only Apple builds Macs; I know that sounds wierd if you come
> from an x86 world.  There is a link from the Apple store for refurb
> equipment.  On the main page of the Apple Store site[2], look on the
> right-hand side for a red sale tag and follow the link.  The equipment
> has the same warranty as a non-refurb.  I knocked about US$600 off my
> last PowerBook that way.
>     What type of machine are you looking for?  If you want a deal on
> portable, let me know off-list.  I have a 15" Aluminum PowerBook I am
> getting ready to put on eBay.
> 
> [0] - http://www.apple.com/retail/lenoxsquare/
> [1] - http://www.apple.com/retail/northpoint/
> [2] - http://www.apple.com/store
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Barry Hawkins
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