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Special? Definitely. Best deal? Not on everything.<\/p><\/div>\n

Lots of Mac fans were happy to hear that Apple, notorious for not discounting their products, would be getting into the spirit of Black Friday but if you’re really looking for the best deal on a Mac, your best bet may be with an Apple reseller.<\/p>\n

First, some clarification: if you’re looking for a deal on an iPod or iPad, then the Apple store is where you want to shop. On every iPod and iPad model, the Apple Black Friday specials offer the best price. If you’re in the market for a computer though, we did the shopping around and for quite a few models, you’ll save slightly more by going with a reseller. Here’s a model by model breakdown.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Apple’s Black Friday prices may have been one day only, but most of the resellers still have sale pricing available.<\/p>\n

MacBook Pro<\/h5>\n
$\"\"$ 15-inch MacBook Pro – 2.4GHz<\/strong><\/p>\n
$1698 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Apple<\/a> (all MacBook Pros can be seen at the same link)<\/p>\n
$1660.99 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
MacBook Pro 15-inch – 2.53GHz<\/strong><\/p>\n
$1898 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Apple<\/p>\n
$1834 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
MacBook Pro 15-inch – 2.66GHz<\/strong><\/p>\n
$2098 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Apple<\/p>\n
$2029 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
$2043.99 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0 at MacMall<\/a><\/p>\n
MacBook Pro 17-inch – 2.53GHz<\/strong><\/p>\n
$2198 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Apple<\/p>\n
$2054 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
$2094.77 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0at Mac Mall<\/a><\/p>\n
MacBook Air<\/h5>\n
$\"\"$ MacBook Air 11-inch with 64GB memory<\/strong><\/p>\n
$999 (no promotion)\u00c2\u00a0at Apple<\/a> (all MacBook Airs can be seen at the same link)<\/p>\n
$948 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
$948 with free shipping\u00c2\u00a0 at MacMall<\/a><\/p>\n
MacBook Air 11-inch with 128GB memory<\/strong><\/p>\n
$1199 (no promotion) at Apple<\/p>\n
$1139 at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
$1139 at MacMall<\/a><\/p>\n
iMac<\/h5>\n
$\"\"$ On the 21.5″ iMac models, there’s promotional price parity, but on the 27″ iMac versions things get a bit more competitive. Apple’s Black Friday price<\/a> on the Quad-Core 2.8GHz model is $1898 with free shipping. The same version can be found on Amazon<\/a> for $1859 + $25.49 shipping ($1884.49 total) and at Mac Mall<\/a> for $1894 with free shipping.<\/p>\n
Prices on the 2.93GHz model are the same – $2098 or $2298 depending on how much memory you go for – at Apple and resellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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