Black Friday: Best Buy discounting up to $150 off, Apple retail will match prices

You can be so luck in the US - in Germany you don't get any discount on Apple products :-(

Buying apple products on black friday is a joke. It's no different from the student discount.

Looks like Apple's also offering free copies of Vista and MMS-enabling iPhone software... :)

http://www.maccomedy.com/apple-to-offer-some-amazing-retail-deals-on-black-friday/

MacConnection has some of the best deals so far, on computers, iPods, even some software.

http://www.macconnection.com/IPA/PM/Brands/Apple/holidayblowout.htm

Old MacBook for only $799 or the black model for $1099, previous model MacBook Pro 15" is $1299. There's good discounts all the new models too.

As others have eluded, $100 discount on a $2000 laptop is neither "aggressive" nor worth "staying tuned for." I can get better discounts by haggling with PC manufacturers.

$50 discount on a Mac mini? So near yet so far. Apple could easily afford to knock $100 off the price for their one-day marathon and in doing so would shift more units than anticipated by any slimey-palmed Wall Street Journal(ist).

And what about the Apple TV? It seems all but forgotton by every blog reporting this story.

The discounts are mediocre, not aggressive and will not cause me to part with my money. If the discounts were genuinely aggressive; ie. $599 down to $350, I'm sure like many others I would be more willing to open my wallet.

So I just bought a new 2.4GHz 20" iMac a week and a half ago. I know Apple offers a 3 week(maybe 2?) price match guarantee type thing for new product releases, do you think it will count for this as well? I would love to get $100 back from them!

I called Apple and asked about any discounts/promotional offers and after some talking and waiting they gave me a $150 discount on a new unibody MacBook just for being courteous on the line. And I was also able to get another $50 off for being a student so in the end my MacBook was 1099.

Get rid of the Apple Tax too.

No discounts on ipods? Nuts.

GET IT RIGHT, IT'S SUNDAY THE 23RD THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE 26TH, not Black Friday, that Best Buy is offering these deals! And why mention what the Apple Store will do to match it without also mentioning other resellers - why is there this inherent bias? Whatever happened to "fairness and accuracy in reporting"?! From my standpoint as a journaliist, sometimes the blogosphere needs to be taught a little more intellectual rigor . . .