Deal of the century, or am I just that good...

[Pierre.Suave]

So, I will share with you all how I got a good deal on a Mac Pro. One caveat, I am a student and used a Student discount, but, I don't think apple checks when you buy it online.

OK, here are the specs of the Mac Pro.

2 Dual Core 2.66ghz Xeons
4gb of Ram
1 250GB HDD and a 500GB HDD
Bluetooth
802.11N WiFi
2 Superdrives
ATI X1900Xt

and a 30 inch Cinema Display.

Buying this at full retail from apple would cost $6002.00 before tax.

I have it down to $5057.60 including tax and all shipping.

Here is how I did it.

First, of course, I picked a plain 2.66 ghz Mac Pro and added only Wifi, Bluetooth, 2 superdrives, the ATI graphics card, and Apple Care, from the student store.

Then, a refurbed 30 inch Cinema Display.

Then to OWC for RAM and HDD.

Any questions, let me know.

edit, if you have your own display, or choose a smaller one, it would be even less expensive.

[Poiuyt]

1. That's a pretty awesome system.

What are you going to be using it for?

[Pierre.Suave]

2. School

It will be running programs that will assist in research projects during med school.

it will also be holding all my music on the 500gb drive, in Apple Loss-less Format, as well as other various duties.

[Omphaloskepsis]

3. Student Developer Hardware Purchase Program

http://developer.apple.com/students/sthardware.html

You pay $99 and you get a major discount on hardware. One time only, but the discount is huge.

[Pierre.Suave]

4. really?

Enough to make the deal even better?

What kind of discount are we talking about here?

[Pierre.Suave]

5. I checked a bit ago

to see how much less a 23 inch display would cost, and that alone brought the price down to just over $4300.00 bucks including all tax and shipping costs.