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November 25th, 2008

Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out!

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 5:08 am

Categories: Apple

Tags: Apple Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

It seems that Apple is getting ready for a Black Friday blow-out.

Whether you’re an Apple fan or not, or whether you’re planning on buying anything or not, it’s a good idea to see how deep a cut Apple is going to put on for Black Friday. Last year the Black Friday blow-out discounts were more tokenistic than anything (some $100 off the price of the iMac and MacBook range). This year analysts expect Apple to be far more aggressive.

We’ll have to wait and see.

Anyone out there waiting for a good deal? If so, how good does the deal have to be to get you to flex your wallet?

Adrian Kingsley-HughesAdrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations

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RE: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out!
The discount needs to be better than my student discount.
I'm getting one this year either way - it's my last semester of
college and I'm going to use my discount while it lasts, but I
wo... (Read the rest)
Posted by: PamSmith Posted on: 11/27/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
The problem for Apple is ...  ShadeTree | 11/25/08
Let's not forget about this .  Intellihence | 11/25/08
The best to run Vista is the one I assemble myself  LBiege | 11/25/08
I agree with you.  Been_Done_Before | 11/25/08
Not right intellihence.  ShadeTree | 11/25/08
So why is Apple growing market share and it's stock  GoPower | 11/25/08
Try and keep up.  ShadeTree | 11/25/08
The stock is up 1413% since December 1997  GoPower | 11/25/08
actually  rtk | 11/25/08
What good is a computer that can run OS X  John Zern | 11/25/08
Yep ...  Adrian Kingsley-HughesZDNet Moderator | 11/25/08
Well, when you and Adrian do better...  mlindl | 11/25/08
too late.  willyu | 11/25/08
Yawn  hammeroftruth | 11/25/08
RE: Apple prepares for Black Friday blow-out!  PamSmith | 11/27/08

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