<p>I got my daughter her Mac book pro at Christmas as a combo holiday/birthday/grad gift. We used the student discount and got the free printer from our local apple store. I dont think the offer will be any better from the book store but it doesn’t hurt to look. We also recently got her the university version of the software. it is sold in Staples and other similar stores as I’m sure it’s also sold at the Apple store. It has one extra program on it and was much cheaper. You have to install the software and then verify your student id/email when registering the software but it was easy to do. I have heard rumors that a new Mac book may be coming out this summer??? So you may want to see if that’s the case if she want’s the latest model. My daughter wanted hers early too so she could be used to it. Oh… as a student they also triple the warranty. It’s a nice feature and great to have a store right on campus in case of a problem. :)</p>