The Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops are both popular choices for students. The MacBook is especially popular due to its reasonable price of around $1,000 and portable size of 5lbs and a 13.3″ screen. The good news is that Apple has a student discount that covers every age range of student, from kindergarten to grad students, and also those employed in the academic field. If you’re a parent of a student buying it for them you are eligible for this discount as well.
In general, the deals offered by Apple via the academic discount get you about 10% off of certain Apple products purchased either online or in an Apple retail store. As an example, the current base line MacBook costs $1,099 for regular customers, but using the academic discount you can get this same laptop for $999. The higher the price the greater the discount can become, for instance a Mac Pro desktop computer retailing for $2,799 is sold for $2,599 with the education discount.