Back to School Apple Computer Bundles!

ByMike Moffit

We’ve assembled some great back-to-school Apple computer bundles. They feature an Apple desktop or laptop, and then include items such as printers, Kingston flash drives, cables, and more.

These bundles come out of our years of experience helping parents, teachers, and students outfit themselves for modern learning. We know that most people don’t need or even want a free iPod for going to school – they actually want a fair price on gear they can use for learning, in a convenient package that is pre-configured and tested to work.

A “free” iPod is nice, but not when you still have to pay a premium on Microsoft Office, RAM, or flash drives – items students of all ages use every day.

You can see the bundles by clicking here.

Let us know if you have suggestions to further improve these bundles, or if you need a custom configuration!

Also, remember that Microsoft Office Student/Teacher has a $50 mail-in rebate until September 8. See MS Office Student/Teacher by clicking here.

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