Thinking of buying 24inch Imac. Got a few purchasing questions.

Hi, I am thinking of getting the 24inch Imac. 3.06Ghz processor. 4 gigs of ram. 1tb HD. And the price is $3,017.
I was wondering if I go to my nearest Apple store on Tax Free weekend (or the apple online store). Will I get Tax off the Imac?
Also my mom is a homeschool teacher. Will she be able to get the Education discount at the Apple Store (not online one)?

You'll need a lot more than tax off your imac. The question you should be asking is..."should I buy one?". You should (try and) talk to someone at Apple before you spend that much money, and ask them why the Video/Display on the 24" Intel Core Duo is so unreliable and flaky. They don't seem to want to address the SERIOUS issues. You have no idea what I'm going through (conveniently for Apple , after warranty expiration) with my lemon. I have owned dozens of Macs, and this is by far, the most unreliable, flaky, crash-prone, frustrating piece of equipment I have ever purchased. I have to place a large fan about 12 inches from the computer to prevent it from overheating. If the ambient room temperature gets over 22-23 degrees Celcius, the crashes are far more frequent... sometimes about 30 minutes apart - if I'm lucky enough to be able to work that long. I can't count how many preference and database files have been corrupted by these sudden shutdowns. Often, it takes many attempts (or a long wait) before I can reboot. I can barely see what I'm writing now, because there's a grey line through most of the text. I've emailed Apple, but received no response - no surprise there. I send many crash reports a day too. They need to concentrate on developing a reliable, stable platform before they waste so much of their time and my money on pretty, shiny boxes. I'm disgusted. I posted (just a few) examples of what I see all day, every day, at: http://gallery.me.com/jjmcharg/100009
Good luck with your search for a computer.

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Hi...sorry i know that this is the wrong place to post this kinda question. but I dont know where to post it so I decided to post it here.
I already have a laptop which is a macbook pro as said below. But I'm thinking of buying another computer and I was thinking of buying an iMac (24 inch) or the Mac Pro. I only do basic stuff but I also so do some video editing and like making videos (short movies, etc.) I will probably use my student load to buy this computer because I used all my money to buy my current macbook pro.
so my question is, should I buy and iMac or a Mac Pro? because I dont have any idea what to buy right now. and would the Mac Pro be much faster in burning DVDs than the iMac? do I need a Mac Pro if I'm only doing basic stuff except for video editing and mild photoshop.
Pls reply.thanks.

Joyce,
I assume that you have a Macbook Pro with 1 GB of RAM right now. Correct?
Given your reported usage, upgrading this to 2 GBs, by installing a single 1 GB DIMM (module), will provide the best boost in performance.
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If you already have 2 GBs of RAM, you already have the optimum amount.
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Start with a visit to: OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney.
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