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Dbeatles34
Jan 7, 2004
Dr. Sammy G

japtor posted:

B&H is a trusted retailer in case you were paranoid about them.

$95 for Applecare on a new MBA is too good to pass up and I'd be all about it if it would let me place an order with a Florida billing address :(

Anybody know why certain states are restricted from this deal? Are any other retailers offering heavily discounted Applecare? Also, if I were to purchase a MBA today from Amazon, could I just go to an Apple store anytime up to a year from now and get the student discounted Applecare ($183) on it?

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Dbeatles34
Jan 7, 2004
Dr. Sammy G

FCKGW posted:

Apple has to pay a fee and disclose certain business aspects to be able to sell and they don't want to do it. I believe you can buy it in a boxed version in Florida though.

Thanks for the info, I had no idea about the Florida restriction. As to my 3rd question, it looks like I can buy AppleCare at any time up to a year later from a Florida Apple store with a student discount and register it at home, comes to $194 with tax. Looks like buying the MBA from Amazon with AppleCare from the education store is my cheapest option for protection. Thanks again!

Dbeatles34
Jan 7, 2004
Dr. Sammy G
I just wanted to say I bit the bullet + bought a new 13-inch MBA and couldn't be happier. I may regret not waiting once there are processor improvements and perhaps retina display (I hope not) in the updated models come June/July, but right now I'm in (material) love. The build quality is phenomenal and OSX is such a joy to use. Turns out that 128 ssd + 4gb of ram is plenty for my uses. Anybody on the fence that needs a laptop now shouldn't hesitate, you won't be disappointed.

Just hope I don't have to pay $30+ for Mountain Lion!

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