Apple education discount

It depends on what you buy. The savings can be quite huge. If you upgrade the CPU, RAM, HDD, AppleCare, etc. you save on all that. If you are a student, it's definitely worth it to use the student discount.

Bryan

There was no verification that I know of when I bought it. (I'm an entering freshmen at the University of Texas).

I went in to my nearest Apple store to actually buy it and the guy checking us out gave me a $200 discount because that's how much the discount used to be (now its around $100, depending on the model you purchase). I told him that it was cool that it was a better discount than online, and he realized he made a mistake and said it was my lucky day because it was his fault, so I ended up getting twice the discount!

Yes it's basically $100 off a new Mac, plus the Touch promo, which I suppose is a good one if you need a Touch or just want to sell it plus get the rebate, my local has an instant free HP printer offer, and even though it's a horrible printer/scanner combo and they were out when I bought, I ordered one; they also have a free sleeve offer if you buy Apple Care; offers like these seem to vary from campus store to campus store.

Apple Customer Care is also good about sending free items or money off coupons if you have a problem and complain to them. They sent me a free Time Capsule over a problem with my iMac, and some discount coupons too, but the coupons expire in 30 days.

Can this discount be received in an Apple store with a student ID or just online?

Never had an issue with this program. Went in the store, picked the macbook pro I wanted, showed my college ID (expired NYU school ID from three years - no question asked), discounted was taken off right then and there.

Note: if you're worried about your I.D. being not proper, no worries. I dont think apple associates really care what the number on the card is or what school you attend. Just as long it states "college or university"

$200 discount on mac more than $2,000 - $100 on mac less than $1,000-1,500.

If you received $200 on the lower model macs. totally jealous.

i had to verify with a receipt from tuition payment that i am a student.

I've never had to verify any of my orders. I believe I had 3 in total.

Bryan

A lot of people do. It's not much of a discount though. You can do a lot better on the internet. Apple Insider always has the best Internet price list that they keep updated.

BTW when i went to the University of Illinois in the early 90's the Apple education discount was about 40% off.

Nope, you can do way better on the Internet shopping around. Also Apple Care is about half price on eBay.