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Save Money With Education Pricing

Posted in Articles by Murphy
May 6, 2007

Education Pricing

Back to school season isn’t the only time to buy a new computer. Some students are enjoying their last days in school. Time to take advantage of those academic discounts before your Faber College ID expires.

You want to buy Photoshop Lightroom? The introductory price was tempting, $199 instead of $299. Add that to the Photoshop upgrade price and it’s still a chunk of change. But there’s another approach. Maybe you - or a third grader in your home - qualifies for educational pricing.

Here are some sites where you might qualify for education pricing:

Adobe offers some dramatic discounts. Your k-12 youngster can get Lightroom for $99! Visit the Adobe Education store (link is for North America) for details on who qualifies and pricing information. Click here for the European store.

Apple offers educational discounts too. For example, if you’re looking at the black Macbook you could knock a hundred bucks off the Apple Store price. (If you don’t qualify for the education discount you can score a $100 rebate at Amazon)

You can find other good deals in the Apple Education store too. Like Final Cut Express for $149 instead of $299. Pricing may vary by school.

For other products you can check outlets like Campus Tech and Academic Superstore which lists Microsoft Office Professional for well under $200. That’s even less than the upgrade price and a big savings over the full retail price which is over $400. Mac Office users? There’s no Intel version of Office yet, but you can still grab the Office Student and Teacher Edition for Mac.

Thinkpad user? Click here for the Lenovo / IBM education portal.

If you’re a dude who’s getting a Dell, check out the k-12 or Higher Education Store. But be forewarned - an institutional buyer tells Murphy: “Be vigilant on the Dell website. Often the educational discounts and affinity programs deliver their discounts by bundling underpowered processors, insufficient RAM, and puny service agreements. Try multiple configurations and options. Even the day of the week or time of the month can affect the discounts offered.”

So before you barge out to Best Buy or New Egg or wherever you do your shopping - ask your husband if he’s a teacher. Or check with the wife - see if you have any kids in school. It could save you some hard-earned scratch.

Other sites:

(prices may vary from those at time of post)