$299 AirPods Credit w/ Eligible Mac, $0 Pencil (incl Pro) w/ iPad Air/Pro for Uni Students/Staff @ Apple Stores/Education Online

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$299 AirPods Credit w/ Eligible Mac, $0 Pencil (incl Pro) w/ iPad Air/Pro for Uni Students/Staff @ Apple Stores/Education Online
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lowey71 on 08/01/2025 - 05:55 apple.com (5002 clicks)
Last edited 08/01/2025 - 10:28 by 2 other users

MacBook Air, Pro and iMac receive $299 off AirPods 4 with ANC, Pro 2 or Max.
iPad Pro and Air, receive free Apple Pencil.

Product Category Eligible Products Promotion Product Promotion Savings
Mac MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation $299
AirPods Pro 2 $299
AirPods Max $299
iPad iPad Pro, iPad Air Apple Pencil Pro $199
Apple Pencil (USB-C) $119

Personally, would have preferred the previous credit for flexibility and some freebies with the new Mac mini!

This offer is not applicable to AOC (Apple On Campus) Education purchases:

purchased directly from an Apple Store or the online Apple Store for Education during the promotional period only and cannot be combined with non-promotional Apple Education Pricing

This offer is also not applicable to purchases of Certified Refurbished devices.

Computing Active Noise Cancelling Earphones Apple Bluetooth Earphones Earphones Headphones iPad Accessory Stylus Pen

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Comments

  • Kanjus on 08/01/2025 - 06:03

    Not available at AOC?

  • asmith84 on 08/01/2025 - 06:08
    +1

    damn it! Needed ipad and airpods.

    • Fancydancer on 08/01/2025 - 08:42
      +1

      You’ll need to purchase a Mac and an iPad then

      • asmith84 on 08/01/2025 - 09:54

        Already bought mac during black friday sales. The one i bought in 2017 died so had to replace.

  • MrSaturday on 08/01/2025 - 06:34
    +1

    I thought the gift card deal from last year was better. Prefer the old fashioned pen and paper for taking notes over writing with an Apple Pencil.

    • entropysbane on 08/01/2025 - 07:39
      +2

      I have gone iPad pro and pencil only and no paper on the desk. Pretty handy in these days of hot desking. And does a lot more than a notepad. After twenty years in the one job the stack of notepads was quite large.
      Other people use a remarkable for a more dedicated product.

      • cerealsmok3r on 08/01/2025 - 08:43

        What apps do you recommend on it for productivity? I’ve got a MacBook Pro but need something more portable

        • rockyroad on 08/01/2025 - 09:31
          +1

          I write most things in Good Notes

        • igoforthebest on 08/01/2025 - 09:31
          +3

          I use Notability, goodNotes is another decent notepad

        • entropysbane on 08/01/2025 - 12:05
          +1

          Productivity? MS 365,SharePoint, Teams and OneNote for office apps, PDF expert and GoodReader for pdfs and sorting meeting papers
          I use Nebo for my personal notepad and in meetings, and then transfer to OneNote if I need too (MS handwriting recognition sucks), but the above mentions are also good.

  • zeplin on 08/01/2025 - 06:47
    -1

    What's the promotion price of 3 year apple care+ for mbp?

  • try2bhelpful on 08/01/2025 - 07:20
    +4

    Education promotion and they misspell “restrictions”.
    “APPLECARE+ PROMOTION RESTRCTIONS”

    • HairyChickens on 08/01/2025 - 07:50
      +16

      Someone didn’t use Apple Intelligence

      • langitbiru on 08/01/2025 - 08:27
        -3

        or maybe Apple Intelligence doesnt detect it ?
        This will cause a doubt on Apple Intelligence, if it trully didnt detect the misspell.

      • brawndo on 08/01/2025 - 09:52

        Maybe they did

      • shabaka on 08/01/2025 - 12:24

        maybe it ran out of RAM

      • try2bhelpful on 08/01/2025 - 20:01

        Should’ve used a spell checker.

  • entropysbane on 08/01/2025 - 07:44
    +1

    The M4 MBA should be out anywhere between now and end of March. It would not be eligible for this promotion, but still, with the AUD where it is the M4 MBA is likely to be more expensive. So an M3 MBA with this promotion is tempting.

    • PainToad on 08/01/2025 - 08:01

      The M4 Air might support dual monitors with the laptop display active like the base MBP can now do. That alone is reason enough to wait.

      • OzzyBrak on 08/01/2025 - 09:24

        My understanding is that was a hardware limit on M1 and M2. M3 enabled two displays, so unless apple lock it out with software it will work.

        • kipps on 08/01/2025 - 09:41

          M1 Pro & Max could do dual displays, unlike the base M1. Hence a reason to take MBP over the Air. Not sure if it changed in M2-4.

          • OzzyBrak on 08/01/2025 - 11:49

            @kipps: The Pro and Max are significantly different chips with more integrated Thunderbolt 4 controllers to add more I/O bandwidth which allows them to support more displays.

    • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 09:29

      any MBA is eligible :)

  • Puru on 08/01/2025 - 07:55

    I bought an iPad Pro a week ago from the edu store 😢

    • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 08:05
      +4

      14 day return

    • Nalar on 08/01/2025 - 08:05
      +3

      Apple known to give you the deal on recent purchases. Get onto support.

    • vinhtheman07 on 08/01/2025 - 12:15
      +6

      For orders received between November 8 to December 25, appeasement will only be valid today, January 8. You can contact our customer service support team at 133‑622 so they can provide you the promotional product for your eligible Mac purchase on education store. - Apple Support on Messages

      Not sure if it covers a week ago but I just got the Airpods from support for a purchase on December 10th. Try calling support

      • Puru on 08/01/2025 - 19:56

        Thanks called them this morning , they were happy to send me the Apple Pencil pro 😊

        • Nalar on 08/01/2025 - 20:36

          Good outcome!

      • Bonesaw321 on 08/01/2025 - 20:46

        what i i bought on the aoc store, so they wont respect that ?

        • vinhtheman07 on 08/01/2025 - 20:47

          dont think so since the offer is excluding aoc. doesnt hurt to try, i think their support closes in 10 mins

  • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 08:01
    +2

    Wish it was for credit as opposed to AirPods. The laptop I am looking at is $149 cheaper through AOC. So I guess $150 better off through this promo based on RRP. Could probably end up slightly ahead selling the AirPods on marketplace

    • PainToad on 08/01/2025 - 08:03
      +2

      Yeah pretty meh deal imo. Better off with the AOC pricing unless you actually want AirPods or have time up your sleeve to deal with trying to sell them.

    • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 08:10

      But are you paying with 10% Apple GC?

      • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 08:10

        No, I haven’t seen this promo. Is this the 20% points deal on Apple Gift Cards?

        • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 08:38
          +1

          20x points at woolies or coles

          Happens frequently

          But you would need to compare 10% off EDU price, plus the airpods vs 10% off AOC price

          • mapletian on 08/01/2025 - 08:40

            @impoze: U can use 10% off GC at AOC too, just load into ur Apple account balance

          • PainToad on 08/01/2025 - 08:45

            @impoze: No longer worth the risk imo. Far too many reports of tampered cards. Risking $3000 to save $300.

            • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 08:56

              @PainToad: Yes as it was in store only and high rates of tampering was reported I thought it wasn’t worth the risk

              • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 09:28

                @kev98: You only need a few cards with variable.

                Open them before you check out to validate the codes match as recommended by @WookieMonster

                • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 09:30

                  @impoze: Didn’t Coles promo end yesterday? Where can these be purchased?

                  • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 09:32
                    +1

                    @kev98: Subscribe here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/product/apple-gift-card

                    The deals happens so frequently now

                    Edu promo ladts until March 13 too

                  • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 09:41
                    +3

                    @kev98: buy ultimate cards at coles, use at jb hifi to buy apple gift cards :)

                    • Tzeeman on 08/01/2025 - 09:47

                      @tonester: I noticed that new ultimate gift cards are packaged with the barcode covered and that you have to peel away a cardboard section to reveal. It even has a warning that if the seal is broken the cashier should not sell it.

                    • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 10:25

                      @tonester: Can you buy gift cards with gift cards?

                      • WookieMonster on 08/01/2025 - 10:34
                        +2

                        @kev98: Ultimate gift card's terms and conditions and the JB Hi-Fi gift card policy both state you cannot use Ultimate gift cards to purchase any gift cards. However, with JB Hi-Fi, it is up to JB Hi-Fi staff to enforce this policy. If the staff member never asks to see the card you are using as a payment method, you should be able to get away with it.

                        • kev98 on 08/01/2025 - 10:37
                          +1

                          @WookieMonster: Thanks. I guess this would not work online then. Might try my luck in store. Alternatively, I wonder if JB will price match this promo

    • MrThing on 08/01/2025 - 09:36
      -6

      fair game to apple, its a business choice

      the airpods probably cost $5 to make, where as a credit for $299 is worth…..$299

    • Sr1993e on 08/01/2025 - 21:16

      Genuine question and Something I dont understand is that I was able to go all the way to the payment page without even signing in to my account and getting both ipad pro with pencil pro for $1529,,,, am I missing something when everyone is saying that it’s for students or staff? If I waiit for another week for the X20 EDR points on apple gift cards and buy it will I basically be able to get it for an extra 10% off ?

      • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 22:01

        If I waiit for another week for the X20 EDR points on apple gift cards and buy it will I basically be able to get it for an extra 10% off ?

        no need to wait :)

        • Sr1993e on 08/01/2025 - 22:14

          Some are saying it’s up to the staff to let us buy with gift cards with gift cards or not so .. should check with someone from JB first

  • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 08:03
    +14
    Product Category Eligible Products Promotion Product Promotion Savings
    Mac MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation A$299
    AirPods Pro 2 A$299
    AirPods Max A$299
    iPad iPad Pro, iPad Air Apple Pencil Pro A$199
    Apple Pencil (USB-C) A$119

    Shame it's not straight Apple credit
    No mac mini offer either

    • BigLeviathan on 08/01/2025 - 08:43
      +2

      Thanks, this matrix saved my time from browsing the apple website!

    • cerealsmok3r on 08/01/2025 - 09:14

      this is so good. wish it could be added to the description

      • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 09:27

        OP could do it.

      • WookieMonster on 08/01/2025 - 10:29
        +2

        Your wish has been granted.

  • stuarty9 on 08/01/2025 - 08:13

    Do we expect to see an upsized cashback that will stack with this deal?

    • gottadeal on 08/01/2025 - 09:38

      Yeah, unless it can be stacked with that, you might as well buy directly from AOC for machines with higher specs.

  • Sidog on 08/01/2025 - 08:40

    Better off getting discounted/EDR Apple Gift cards and buying via the AOC portal.

    • impoze on 08/01/2025 - 08:44
      +1

      Depending on the price difference, it may be better to still buy from EDU store with discounted GC and get the promo item

      • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 08:51
        +1

        +1 e.g. iPads are same price

      • Sidog on 08/01/2025 - 08:51

        That's true actually, I thought the AOC discount was a bit higher across all Macs… the AOC discount on the MAC Mini M4 is just under 20% but only just under 10% on an iMac.

  • MurahMeriahOy on 08/01/2025 - 09:09

    Newbie question, what is AOC? I have tried to google, cant find straight answer
    Thanks

    • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 09:15

      Apple On Campus

    • igoforthebest on 08/01/2025 - 09:15
      +10

      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

      • MrSaturday on 08/01/2025 - 14:49

        Nah. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

    • Daabido on 08/01/2025 - 09:16
      +5

      https://www.apple.com/au_edu_5000447/store

      AOC AU Australian Education Union Store.

      It's where people pretend to be students to get discounts.

      • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 09:26
        +1

        fyi most AEU members aren’t students :)

        • Daabido on 08/01/2025 - 10:53

          Right you are. They pretend to be teachers, mostly, plus some support staff.

      • MurahMeriahOy on 08/01/2025 - 14:34

        thanks

  • djsweet on 08/01/2025 - 09:13

    Since this is basically a back to school/uni deal, isn’t it weird that AOC is excluded. Seems a bit disingenuous.

    • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 09:21

      unlike Education, AOC are specific stores meant for eligible purchasers

    • netsurfer on 08/01/2025 - 11:02
      +1

      Apple AOC is an Employee Purchase Program (EPP). It's just Apple hasn't enforced using a work email from Australian Education Union to use it.

      It's probably technically the second best EPP (with Apple's own EPP being the best would be my guess, but that one you really must be an Apple staff and there is a quota per year per staff).

      • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 12:02

        afaik AOC store eligibility has never been checked online - just need to know correct url

        • WookieMonster on 08/01/2025 - 16:27

          This comment may be of interest.

          • tonester on 08/01/2025 - 17:08
            +1

            @WookieMonster: thanks - obviously one should cancel order if can’t prove eligibility

            personally i’m surprised that given AOC AEU exposure here, that they don’t verify at least that store more

            OzBargain Premium members should know better to shop elsewhere :)

  • The-Real Team Doge on 08/01/2025 - 09:17
    +1

    Boo no pencil with an iPad mini :-(

  • Frozensage on 08/01/2025 - 09:32

    This is the back to school sale?

    • giventofly on 08/01/2025 - 10:02

      Unfortunately. Was hoping for Gift Cards.

  • MrThing on 08/01/2025 - 09:37
    -8

    back to school sale……………….for the wealthy

    • Daabido on 08/01/2025 - 12:07
      -1

      Go Fund Me for a new keyboard?

    • entropysbane on 08/01/2025 - 12:12

      at our school (BYOD ) the MBA would easily be the most common laptop. Been that way for over a decade. Private school, although out in the boonies and families are nothing like your typical elite school denizens.

  • dingdong3000 on 08/01/2025 - 09:45
    +1

    If don't sell the AirPods 4 ANC for at least $200 you're better off purchase direct from AOC.

    • giventofly on 08/01/2025 - 09:55
      +1

      Yep, I am going via the AOC portal - hate dealing with people on FB Marketplace and I cannot be bothered with the faff.

      • forbarg on 08/01/2025 - 14:06

        Wait for the up sized cashback deal. It may save you extra a few bucks.

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