<p>Princess’Dad, I was looking for Apple’s number–and I found the “education store”, with our child’s school name at the top of the page. It’s a $50 discount on a new macbook, text states: “students save $50.” As the only students at this boarding school are high school students, I’d say it applies, if you can find your child’s boarding school on the Apple site. I don’t know if the school has to register with Apple.</p>
<p>We didn’t participate in the “buy a computer, get an Ipod” offer, which is in the college store, and we didn’t do a rebate, which I see on the college pages now. It was only a small discount. As we bought the Mac for our child before the mac/ipod offer came in, I don’t know if it’s available for boarding school students.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t think it’s a do-or-die limit in any case. A relative bought a laptop for a high school student taking a course at a local community college, and even the terms and conditions for the mac/ipod offer lists student ages of 13-18 (in that they need parental permission.) I suspect the point of the offer is to build brand loyalty in students at the moment they leave home for school.</p>