New college student promotion?

I bought a MacBook Pro for college with the student pricing exactly a week ago. Today, they started the college student promotion. For this promotion, you need to buy a qualifying product with the student pricing to receive a free App Store/iTunes gift card. Is there any way for me to take part this even though I have already purchased the product?

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    So, I have just graduated high school and am entering college next week, and decided to purchase a Mac. While I have long been an iPhone user, I am new to Mac's, and am relitively clueless about computer hardware. When I purchase my computer, I plan on using it atleast 4 years, and maybe longer depending on my financial status entering graduate school. I don't plan on doing anything super extensive with my Mac, basic student needs, music, some pictures and hard core web browsing. I used to be big into PC games, but don't see myself going back, and do enjoy graphic designs with Photoshop and Illustrator.
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    2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
    8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM — 2x4GB
    Does this seem fitting for what I had described? Then, my main question is the 128GB SSD worth the 500GB decrease in memory? I will always be on the move with my computer, I bring my current PC everywhere, and plan on using it in most classes. How big of an advantage is it to have no moving parts? I cannot afford more anything more than the 128GB SSD, but if I get the 2.5 GHz MBP, I can afford a 256GB SSD.
    Thanks again for any and all help.

    I wouldn't buy the Apple SSD - they simply want too much for it. Just buy the least expensive hard drive that is sold and upgrade the SSD to a 256 or 512GB yourself. It's a very simple procedure and you only need two screwdrivers to accomplish the installation. Apple wants, I think, $1000 for a 512GB SSD and you can get one for about $400 and install it yourself. 128GB just won't be enough - 256GB might be just right for you.
    You should also purchase an external drive for backups. I use Time Machine and have been quite happy with it -- it's saved my arse on two occassions.
    Good luck - call back with any questions.
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  • Is 128gb enough for a new college student?

    New Macbook Pro with Retina looks great.  Love the flash memory on my Air but was wondering if it makes sense to purchase the pro with 500gb drive over the new model with 128gb flash?
    Son will be a freshman in college and needs a notebook computer. is 128 enough?
    Thanks

    In the case of a Macbook Air or Macbook Pro Retina with ‘limited’ storage on the SSD, this distinction becomes more important in that in an ever rapidly increasing file-size world, you keep vital large media files, pics, video, PDF collections, music off your SSD and archived on external storage, for sake of the necessary room for your system to have free space to operate, store future applications and general workspace.  You should never be put in the position of considering “deleting things” on your macbook SSD in order to ‘make space’.
    Professionals who create and import very large amounts of data have almost no change in the available space on their computers internal HD because they are constantly archiving data to arrays of external or networked HD.
    Or in the case of the consumer this means you keep folders for large imported or created data and you ritually offload and archive this data for safekeeping, not only to safeguard the data in case your macbook has a HD crash, or gets stolen, but importantly in keeping the ‘breathing room’ open for your computer to operate, expand, create files, add applications, for your APPS to create temp files, and for general operation.
    Your HD or SSD is not a "storage place" for lots of big data.......vids, pics, audio. etc. 

  • Macbook recommended for new college student?

    hi i am a high school senior set to graduate in a week. just wondering what yall think about me getting a macbook for college. i think ill major in economics or business and i want to get the black macbook (the specs are just right).. thanks in advance..

    Red
    As you've learned thru your research,the MacBook is a "perfect fit" for your needs.and it also looks good meeting those needs.
    And thanks to my Grandbabies Grandpa(that would be Me).She'll be carrying a black MacBook with her to Stanford.
    Go get yourself one.better still,hit Grandpa up for one.We love doing stuff like that.
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  • College Student Deal Never Received

    Hi,
    I registered my .edu e-mail for the college student deal about 6 hours ago, and after the website "accepted" my address, I never received further correspondence with the coupon codes that were promised in the initial e-mail. I also just spoke to someone in customer service who said my e-mail was accepted and encouraged me to check with the IT department of my school and my spam/promotions folders. My folders do not have anything, and I checked with the IT department and they have no block on such incoming e-mails.
    Could someone point me in the right direction to rectify this? My computer broke and I need to purchased a replacement in the next few days and I really want to take advantage of the $150 MacBooks for college students.
    Thank you!

    Hello jking7,
    Purchasing a new computer is a very exciting time, especially for those like me who crave new technology. However, I’m sorry to hear your future purchase may be due to your previous computer breaking! I am happy to know that we’ll be able to save you some money on your new computer with our College Student Deals. It sounds like while your .edu email address was accepted, you’re yet to receive any coupons. I greatly apologize and I’m happy to look into this further.
    Since you received the original confirmation email, I can only assume that your school should be allowing the emails that are coming from Best Buy. The fact that you checked with your IT department further ensures this. While the coupon emails usually show up within a few hours, there are times where it can take up to 24 hours while everything is verified with your email address and school.
    As you were previously advised, please double check your spam/junk email folders to see if you’ve now received the coupons. If not, and 24 hours has elapsed, please send me a private message with your full name, and the email address you used to register for the College Student Deals promotion. To send me a private message, simply click the link in my signature.
    Thanks for posting, and please don’t hesitate to contact me if you need further assistance with this. If you’ve received your coupons, then I hope you enjoy your new MacBook!
    Best regards,
    Brian|Senior Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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  • College Students Download Songs For Free?

    I just downloaded two songs yesterday on my credit card. For some reason i still have the same amount still on my card. Then i thought back to a news article i read, it said that a college student with a valid college e-mail can download songs for free? Is this still true?
    I used my college e-mail to setup my account,thats also how i got my new macbook. And is that also why i still not getting charged for the songs i downloaded?

    it said that a college student with a valid college e-mail can download songs for free? Is this still true?
    It is not and never has been true for the iTunes Store. There have been some promotions where certain tracks were offered for free (long since expired). There also were other sites, such as Ruckus, where the college paid for their students to have access to music provided by the service, but all such sites I know of have gone out of business.
    It's likely, as Gnome said, that the charge just hasn't hit your credit card yet.

  • College Student Deal email never recieved.

    I never recieved any email this week (while my friends who also signed up for BB's edu email deals did) and it's because our school had a glitch in the system so, I think the email never went through to me and is lost. Now my edu email is (removed per forum guidelines). I know I'm signed up for the college alert deals. I really need a new keyboard and I see this one is one sale SKU: 3940521 and the email I was sopposed to get has a code that brings it down to ~$29. Could I please have the email re-sent to me? Or have a temporary code to drop the price to ~$29? I am planning on ordering today if everything works.
    Thanks, Zii

    Hello Zii,
    I am sorry you are having issues with taking advantage of the College Student Deals and unfortunately, those emails are not something that we can resend you.
    As hockeycanuckjc said above, these types of emails can show up under the Promotions tab in Gmail if this is something your school uses. Emails can also sometimes get flagged by filters and fall into your Junk Mail folder as well and would be worth a look.
    Let me know if you are successful in either of these methods. I will be sending you a private message with more details on this issue. To check your private messages, click on the envelope in the upper right-hand corner while you are logged into the forums.
    Thanks for reaching out,
    JD|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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  • College Student Deal Problem

    I registered my .edu address to recieve College student deals. I immediately recieved an email to confirm my email address (which I did) I then recieved an email that my address was confirmed and I would be recieving a coupon shortly.
    It's been 4 days and I have not recieved the coupon codes necessary to make a purchase of the Macbook Air that I was looking forward to purchasing.
    I've checked my spam folder and even checked with my schools tech department to see if they block promo emails (they said no blocks)
    I am anxious to resolve this before the current Macbook promotion ends.
    Looking for help.
    Thanks
    Chris

    Hello again, Chris,
    I've been informed by my trusted source that we have initiated a new email message to you. Please follow the instructions included within. You may need to allow 24 hours for it to arrive. I would be extremely grateful for any follow up and feedback that you can offer after you've received the message. Of course, if you don't receive it within this time frame, please let me know about that as well.
    I'm grateful for your patience while we've worked on your behalf. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
    Sincerely,
    John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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  • Should I return this laptop? Ebay purchase. Please help - need more than one opinion! College student here

    First, it was an amazing deal of $525 for a 2011, 6gb RAM, 640 GB hard drive.
    BUT, i took it to the apple store and they said I should return it because...
    1) the screws on the bottom meant the seller refurbished it because they arent apple screws
    2) the hard drive failed their test which was sad for me to see
    3) the RAM sticks are two different sticks, one apple stick and one something else
    4) the keyboard only lights up in the middle which the apple people think is water damage but they cant really tell without opening it. they wont open it because of the screws.
    The reasons I dont think I should return it are....
    1) I can get a squaretrade warranty so if it does break I can return it
    2) $525 for a 2011 mac laptop is sooo good and unheard of, but I may be able to find another similar deal on craigslist so this might not be a valid reason
    3) i've been heavily using it for a week without any issues
    4) i dont want to spend more new hours searching for a laptop
    5) i might not be able to find one on time for when school starts
    BACKROUND INFO #1: it has ZERO dents, scratches, or dings - nothing else except whats listed above is wrong with it
    BACKGROUND INFO #2: I am a college student who has had 7 PC's crash in the past 5 years. I gave up on PC and invested in this mac. I'm tired of losing my files and forgetting to back it up into my emails every week.
    so looking at all that, what do you think I should do? AKA if you were in my shoes you would do what?

    Now you know why it was $525.  Also realize you are getting a computer that isn't a warranty computer.  How much did you save?
    Read the fine print on the Squaretrade warranty.  Make sure they won't turn it away for the same reason Apple does.
    Can you live without the light?  Even if it got wet in the past it boots now.  If I buy a used car and the radio doesn't work but I get it for a really good price then I figure that's part of it if I can live with it and it doesn't interfer with day to day use.
    It would be nice to know why the hard drive failed their test. Obviously if the computer boots it isn't total toast.  Clearly somebody has been inside the computer to add RAM and maybe change the drive?  That doesn't freak me in a used computer.
    Maybe somebody can comment on non idential RAM but with some computers with RAM from a reputable upgrade source it doesn't matter.  Post the exact specs of the second chip.
    My only question is, how up-front was the person from whom you bought the computer?  Did they tell you about the light?  It isn't a critical part but it is something you can assume to be working unless they tell you it isn't.  If they didn't, what else didn't they tell you?
    Screws will freak Apple Service because they only look at stuff where they know 100% what's been done to it and nobody not-certified has messed with it.  I have done all kinds of things to my computer that would have voided the original warranty 20x over but it long ago went out of warranty.  It purrs.

  • Which Macbook Pro is good for a college student?

    Hi!
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    I am planning on using this mac for a long-term use... but also know that I can buy an external storage when I run out of space.
    Which Macbook is suited for my needs?
    Thank you!

    You say you are a college student but then leave out the most critical piece of information regarding choice of computer, what are you studying and what are the computer requirements for your course of study?
    Select the computer that is most comparable with your professors and other students in your field of study. Music, etc. is not relevant, unless your field of study is music.
    Get the most ram and disk space you can afford.

  • What MacBook Pro with Retina Display is recommended for college students?

    I'm trying to decide which MacBook Pro with Retina Display to buy before I go off to college. I want to get the 2.6 GHz, 16 GB of RAM, and just the 512 GB of Flash. But I don't know which one is better for a business major. The 2.6 GHz Pro with Retina, or the 2.3 GHz Retina. My concers are the space, and this computer is suppossed to last me 4 years.

    I'm a college student as well and I'm going to be a sophomore engineering major. I'm currently sitting on a 2007 white MacBook. Yes, it is from the stone age. However, over 5 years, I have only used 280 GB of space. I'm going to order a 2.7GHz, 16GB, 512 SSD R-MBP this weekend, in the hopes that this, too will last me about 5 years. Honestly, if you have the money to drop, I would buy the fastest possible configuration, 16GB ram, and a 512 SSD so that you can comfortably use your computer for another 4-5 years. My white MacBook served quite well for 5 years. The thing about newer technology is that it may last longer. A Core2Duo processor from 07 is nothing compared to Ivy Bridge now. So I would max out the configuration if I were you. By 2017, Intel is going to be making processors that will make this R-MBP look like crap, so consider "future-proofing" your computer for the long run.

  • College student asking: macbook air or pro?

    Im a second year college student currently with a 2 year old macbook pro 15", which I have discovered is way too heavy for me to be lugging around to the library and back and around campus. But I LOVE how big the screen is on it because on of the primary uses for me is watching tv and movies on it. My mom is really rallying to take my laptop so I can get a new one and I am consdering it. But I just don't know if I should get a Macbook pro retina display, also 15", or a 13" macbook air. which would be lighter and I would be able to take to the library and around. But i would sacrifice the screen size which it what i love about my current macbook pro. I NEED HELP

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    Some people err in seeing the thin AIR and thinking is something like a netbook, which is just in actuality an over-inflated tablet. The Air is nothing like a netbook, ....have you or your dad check out the specs on the Air
    http://www.apple.com/macbook-air/features.html
    Between the Ipad and the Air ....is like comparing a childs pedal car to a genuine car.     
    Given the fact that you deem it for general school use etc, and a base Macbook pro is the roughly the same price as a Macbook Air,...YES, the Air is the superior choice.
    Why? Weight,... only one moving part, ...no HD to crash from packing around campus.....ultra fast boot time, which is just incredibly important for turning off and on all the time, which IS what youll do on campus.
    Also the new Air runs very cool, and is perfect for doing "bed /dorm room productivity", something College folk (as I did as well) do a lot,....bed full of books, and a laptop, on your lap.

  • How could having a mac book pro benefit me as a college student?

    how could having a mac book pro benefit me as a college student?

    To be honest, which computer platform you use isn't likely to make much of a difference.  You need a reliable system first and foremost.  Granted, low end Windows machines can be less reliable.  But I have found comparably spec'd Windows machines to perform as reliably.  It does take a little more work on the PC side with respect to maintainance and avoiding viruses.
    The most important thing is that you get a system that will allow you to do what you need to do.  If you're not familiar with using a Mac (and subsequently, OS X), the best time to learn isn't when you're in school.  You don't want to be spending time trying to figure out how to do something when you're up against a tight deadline.
    Unfortunately, many schools still use some Windows only applications.  The good news is that with a Mac, you can still natively run Windows, so there is no downside in going with a Mac.  You can have the compatibility with Windows that you may need and you'll also have your comfy Windows there if you run into something in OS X that you don't have the time to figure out.
    These forums are great for support, but sometimes you might need an answer "now" in the middle of the night while you're working on something, and it may take some time to get a helpful response.  In those cases, you'll be able to fall back on Windows.
    Over time, you'll find you can use Windows less and less and you'll start to get more comfortable with OS X.  The benefits to a Mac aren't so much in the hardware, but rather the OS.  It tends to be stable, clean, and efficient. 
    Frankly, being proficient in multiple operating systems is always a benefit as well.  There may be Mac only applications out there that are better than their Windows counterpart.  With a Mac, you'll be able to use those programs... which people running Windows machines may not even know exist.  It's sort of like being able to speak a different language.  You can broaden your options.  Also, in today's job marketplace, any advantage you can have is a good one.

  • Re: College Student Deals: No confirmati​on email!

    I too am having the same issue. My son submitted his .edu email 3 days ago and he still has not received the email. I've verified his college inbox doesn't block marketing emails. Please help! Thanks.

    Hello coolmom30,
    I'm disappointed to read that your son has not received his coupons from our College Student Deals promotion. I regret that he has encountered this issue; certainly this isn't our goal.
    Due to our Privacy Policy, I must request that your son contact us himself in order for us to begin our research. Please extend my invitation to him to create an account on Best Buy Unboxed and then post a request for assistance with this concern. As soon as we hear from him, we'll be happy to look into his situation and do our best to offer a resolution.
    I look forward to hearing from him, and I'm grateful that you brought this to our attention.
    Regards,
    John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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  • College Student Deals

    My student email was accepted but I have not received my coupons days after it was entered. What can I do to get the coupons? 

    Hi Roxcar49,
    I would have loved to have access to these coupons back when I was a college student, especially when I was in the market for a new laptop in my sophomore year on quite a limited budget. I’m not sure why you haven’t received your coupons quite yet; however, I’d hate for you not to receive them.
    From my understanding, we did make some recent changes to our College Student Deal program. While this shouldn’t have affected anyone prior to these changes, I’d suggest trying this again and enter in your school email address on our site (found here). If you do not receive the coupons within the next couple of days, please let me know. I’ll be happy to look into this further on your behalf to see what options we may have available to us from there.
    Feel free to let us know how it goes!
    Alex|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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