Revealing Apple's 2009 Black Friday deals
Update: Even though it's not quite Black Friday in the US yet, it's past midnight in some other parts of the globe. Notably, Australia and the UK have both seen their respective Apple Web sites updated to reveal Apple's one-day sale. While we can't say yet that the deals in the US will be exactly the same, there's no reason think they won't be.
On apple.com/uk, we saw a 13-inch MacBook Pro, originally £1,149, marked down to £1,078. On apple.com/au, the same unit was A$1,868, marked down from A$1,999.
Similarly, a 32GB iPod Touch is £208, marked down from £229 on the UK site, while while in Australia, it's A$358, down from A$399.
We've also examined some Black Friday deals from other retailers, click here for that. Our original post continues below:
According to purportedly leaked documents on the tech rumor site Boy Genius Report, Apple is gearing up to offer a series of post-Thanksgiving bargains on products from iPods to MacBooks.
The deal, allegedly good only on November 27, lists "up to" discounts of 30 percent on iPods (excluding the Shuffle and iPhone), 25 percent on Mac laptops and desktops, and 15-percent on accessories, software, and other hardware.
The Boy Genius Report Web site says: "One of our connects just hit us up with some intriguing Apple information. According to them, what you see detailed above is a shot of Apple's yearly Black Friday deals. It's reported to be something Apple will email out shortly."
Of course, with the vague use of "up to" and no specific products listed, we can't be sure if these will be good deals or not. But if you're interested in being the first in line to check them out, the leaked doc also says that select Apple stores will be opening at 6 a.m. on November 27.
(Credit:
Boy Genius Report)
New York native Dan Ackerman, a former radio DJ turned journalist, has written about technology and music for publications including Spin, Blender, The Hollywood Reporter, and USA Today. He hosts the weekly Digital City podcast and the New York edition of Editors' Office Hours. Dan's new album, Tales Out of Night School, is available now. E-mail Dan. 

If it's true however and there are actual good deals on machines I *will* be buying myself a new machine come Black Friday.
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Big Print: 30% of all iPods
Small Print: except these ones.......
Maybe someone needs to look "all" up in the dictionary.
It isn't just Apple either; I see stuff like this all over the place around the holidays.
Its freaking name is 'IPOD Shuffle"
Apple is being sneaking once again.
This isn't Apple's ad, at least not yet.
To the other reply.... how is the shuffle not a true iPod? It's called the "iPod shuffle" on Apple's website. However, I don't consider the iPhone to be part of the iPod line.
I'm sure the iPod Touches won't be in the 30% off category. Heck, this is probably a fake anyway so all of this is moot.
Apple... sit up and take notice here... it IS a tough thing convincing people to spend all that money on something they think isn't any better than what they have now. Stop with the MS bashing commercials for a while, and SHOW these people WHY we stick by you so vehemently. And cut those prices back a little... ON EVERYTHING. But not too much... 35% of the market share should do it. We don't want to steal away EVERYTHING from MS... (especially the hackers).
Time machine is a beautiful thing.
Dropping the price of a $999 entry level notebook to $750 would be about right to compete with other models on the market. The rest of the notebook and desktop line would have to drop probably a good 40% to really make price concious shoppers make that sort of leap though.
I'm curious how your accomplishment to replace your company's systems with all Macs will affect their performance. Since Apple doesn't let you service them yourself, and there are no field techs who Apple will certify for repairing the equipment, any and all hardware repairs such as HDD replacements require sending the entire unit in to the nearest service center, which means you personally have to take downtime to do it, or ship it in. In any case, you're looking at a week typically fo downtime for that unit.
With HP, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, etc- all those running Windows or Linux, you can get a replacement part by the next morning.
Compare those downtimes. 1 week versus 24 hours. THAT is a very strong reason why Apple isn't in the enterprise market. Will your company be happy with the increased downtime and production loss as a result? Only time will tell. That's just a hard drive replacement, which all computers face issues with. You can't get around that by just slapping an Apple label on it and hope it lives longer.
You're right that Apple would benefit from advertising what their product CAN do as opposed to attacking the competitor. Even Verizon / Droid picked up on that and just promotes what their phone OS can do that the iPhone cannot.
You have stated in the past you weren't biased in any way and didn't promote Apple in particular. Your comments here would suggest otherwise.
Time Machine is pretty neat. Time Capsule, on the hand, is a Time Bomb. :/
Not sure about your assertions.
I can name 3 Apple Authorized Service Centers within 8 miles of my home that can get Apple Parts overnight for repairs to my machines. One of these centers has a tech who immediately benches my MacBook when I walk in and gets the parts needed ordered within 1 hour of my arrival. I'm never down 24 hours.
I've not had an issue with my last 3 PowerBooks and MacBooks, but they still offer GREAT SERVICE around the corner.
I agree 25% puts them in striking distance of the Windows computers that have the same quality as Apple. The Mac tax exists but it's not like 1987 anymore.
There is a difference between bias and "preference". I use what works best for me, and like many others I have found a way to make Macs just as productive in the workplace. If that bothers you, I am sorry, but I will continue to educate others in this matter. With this mortgage company as a model, I expect it will get easier as time goes on.
AND NO DAN... the mortgage company belongs to a client, I still own my design co-op, as it says in my profile, which I updated JUST FOR YOU since you can't seem to remember facts. LOL
30 mins to MicroCenter
30 mins get back home
30 mins to replace video card.
happy life!
very impressive! i can't imagine whole enterprise is switching from Win to MacOS without any issues at all. Moreover, IT departments don't need any kind of trainings. Very impressive!
I'm thinking to recode all of my networking tools to Mac compatible and hire above IT guys to run my hospitality (hotels chain) networks. Psttt!
If you lost files, It's YOUR FAULT and YOUR FAULT only. Don't blame on other things: OS, hardware, software stuffs. It's not going to work.
Every comment you make further reserves your place in the Hall of Flame.
1. Go to Best Buy
2. Buy new card
3. Install and continue working.
You got me beat on time, it's a 40 minute round trip to Best Buy.
Any other monumental claims you want to make?
Don`t mind lazycat he`s just trolling for attention thats all
It's phony. Whether wishful thinking or malicious joke, this is BS. The mainstream and fringe media already picked this up and debunked it:
1) Poor photochop --- most of the ad is polished and the banner at the left looks like, well, I did it.
2) Last year's BF ads were abysmal with apple
3) This year's BF ads are really sparse from most vendors
4) iPods are *NEVER* 30% off
I'm with *EVERYONE* for wishing it's true (so much so I'm not going to pull the trigger on a laptop until black friday) . . . but when T6600 laptops aren't dipping much under $600, I don't see a P7550 going for $750 in a non-Apple brand, let alone Apple.
Apple is selling the store in prep for The Tablet!
Makes sense, right? There will no longer be any laptops or desktops because The Tablet will do it all.
It will also be your phone, your TV, your game console, your secret lover. ?Oh, that?s it. Lift your browser. Show me your apps. It?s okay, I wont hurt you. Me big American man.?
Who is the numbskull putting this out? Here, try faking this (it?ll be an easier sell): French government confirms: ?We have decided to be pro-active and are bravely surrendering preemptively to Iran and anyone else with a sharpened stick.?
Find a computer with equal specs and comes with a 27 inch 2560x1440 monitor or 21.5 inch 1080p monitor with a wireless keyboard and mouse.
To add to the insult:
And the asterisk at the bottom right has a space after it, and the AM in 6 AM should not be superscripted, and ?In-store gift-wrapping available!? doesn?t sound very Apple-like, and there is no tagline.
Apple's Black Friday deals are never impressive anyway.
With or without the discount, Apple has demonstrated such a strong brand recognition, that they have nothing to worry about regarding their holiday sales.
If nothing else, the possibility will bring even more people to the hugely successful Apple stores.
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- by dakim211 November 22, 2009 4:20 PM PST
- This ad is not correct because it says "select stores open at 6am" I have recently called my local Apple store to inquire about Black Friday. They told me that they actually open at 7 AM. So I just wanted to point that out!
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