The way i look at it, the rebate dont work like that
Ipods get 10% rebate, mac get 2% rebate, etc...

even when i bought my appletv, there was no rebate watsoever although it cost RM1449.

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How much is the surcharge?

That is ridiculous. I can't believe a premium reseller being allowed to con people that way (CC Surcharge). Even if it is at 2%, a macbook is (RM4799*0.02) RM96 which IMHO is bull.

I'm not promoting machines but they offer 2% rebate (membership rebate) without paying any cc surcharge (And also interest free monthly installments).

like what nimrod say, many resellers out there are also willing to sell below RRP (Up to 10-20% for ipod, not so sure about macbooks) to meet their quota. Its easy to assume that will usually happen towards the end of the year i guess.

This post has been edited by pmsoo: Feb 16 2009, 01:44 PM

Lets put all the 'free' accessories that we do not need aside and assuming their 'free' accessories are equivalent, Machines benefit me a lot more than mac city. This is why;

Machines is a Amex Platinum Partner (10x Points). Amex also have a clause that i can rebate 200 points for RM1. Do you math, that's a 5% rebate.

Secondly, Machines itself provide me with a membership card, which i can redeem in items from their shop. This is much better than their 'free' accessories because we actually get to choose what we need (2% rebate)

Lastly, I can make use of my Maybank Treatpoints. I can redeem 8,000 Points for RM50 voucher and i can use any amount i want (e.g. 800,000 Points for RM5,000 Voucher and get a Imac for RM500+ only!)
Treatpoints have no expiry date so maybe 10 years later i might think about this

Well, It works for me. 7% rebate and being able to use my treatpoints is a big advantage to me. Just to share this out.

Regards/Soo

A superdrive draws 900mah instead of your regular 500mah from your USB.

Only Macbook Air's USB is designed to draw 900mah. So it is pretty much Macbook Air Exclusive. Not OS exclusive (I am pretty sure u can use the superdrive when u are on Windows on a macbook air)

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Hmm.. I rarely see anyone using volts as a reference metric unit but i suppose it can be done.
USB2.0 standard is rated at 5v plus minus 5%. Usually referred to 500mah. Any current requirement more than that will need two usbs (as seen with the bus powered 2.5" external hard drives)

I am not sure what voltage the mba usb is running. I only know the 900mah current draw. Anyways i am going off topic here. Sorry, Last post.

Regards/Soo