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    Really weird occurance when customizing MacBook online

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by phil6232, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. phil6232

    phil6232 Newbie

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    I'm using the online Apple store right now and customizing a MacBook (the white one with the 2.0 GHz processor) and when I went to upgrade the hard drive from 80 GB to 120 GB, the price actually went down from $999 to $977 (I am using the student discount.) I did this with the other MacBooks and MacBook Pro, and it seems that by upgrading to the next level from the standard hard drive, the price actually goes down. Is anyone else experiencing this?

    Edit: It seems to give an error whenever I try to add the item to my cart now.
     
    phil6232, Jun 5, 2007
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  2. pennpaper

    pennpaper Notebook Geek

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    Um, maybe there were conflicting issues with Apple's update to their store [MBP refresh]. Does it still have that problem now?
     
    pennpaper, Jun 5, 2007
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  3. pbollin

    pbollin Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah, if gets added to your cart at the correct price, otherwise I would have just bought a new Macbook Pro. Oh well.
     
    pbollin, Jun 5, 2007
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  4. pennpaper

    pennpaper Notebook Geek

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    Hah--you're right! Upgrading the harddrive does reduce the price. However, like you, I cannot add the item to my cart. Maybe they're working on the problem right now?
     
    pennpaper, Jun 5, 2007
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  5. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    i bet that the larger harddrive is slower (4200 rpm)

    this is pretty normal, to charge somewhat less for a larger, slower, hdd
     
    masterchef341, Jun 5, 2007
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