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Apple Computer through coordination with the De Anza College bookstore, is offering promotions to students and faculty.

Previous promotions included a free 4GB iPod mini for free with the purchase of a qualifying Apple laptop. Future promotions can be expected in the near future.

Bookstore Director Deryl Jones said, "If it benefits students, let's go ahead and do it."

He will be increasing the bond between Apple and the De Anza bookstore. As much as 8 percent of the bookstore's inventory may eventually be devoted to Apple products.

With more inventory, more of Apple's products will be available to De Anza students at a discounted price.

Apple representative and former De Anza student Jerry Smyth said, "It's a win-win situation. Apple is getting sales, the bookstore is making more money, and students are saving."

The promotion was available to students at other colleges, too. In order to redeem the offer, students needed to send a mail-in rebate for $179 off the price of any iPod mini when also purchasing an Apple laptop. This meant that the 4 GB mini would be free and a 6 GB would be $50 extra.

Roughly 30 to 40 iPods were sold in the beginning of October. San Jose State University sold 40 to 50 iPods in the first weeks of its fall semester, as well. Currently only the 6 GB iPods remain at the De Anza bookstore.

That promotion was one in a series Apple is expected to be releasing throughout the year.

"Apple has been very good to us," said Jones. "If there are good prices out there [Apple] will make sure we have them."

Jones also said to expect a new promotion sometime around Oct. 26, but was unable to give any more details.

Smyth was also unable to confirm the specifics of any future promotions through the bookstore other than to suggest that we can expect more student savings.

For those interested in purchasing only an iPod, the bookstore also offers a discount of $30 off the regular price of the 20 GB and 60 GB iPods. Some of these may require special orders as stock is consistently selling out.

Though not exclusive to the bookstore, students and faculty members can also receive discounts on Apple iBooks and PowerBooks, saving $50 on the lower end ibooks or up to $350 on some of the PowerBooks. This is a continuing discount and not expected to end any time soon.

Modified student prices are available on Apple's new products. Apple has released a slew of new products including the iMac G5, a new Generation iPod with video, as well as the sleek new iPod Nano.

Students can receive discounts on all of these ranging from $30 off the Nano to $100 off an iMac.

If students would like to keep up to date on future promotions and giveaways offered by Apple, they should sign up for the bookstore's listserv, which should be up within a week.

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