Daily Deals: MacBooks for $849, iPod Accessories and App Store Games

9:37 am, September 4th, 2009, Ed Sutherland

We end the week with a grab-bag of bargains, including two deals on MacBooks, more accessories for your iPod nano, and App Store price cuts.

Details on these and other Apple items (such as an FM receiver for your iPod/iPhone) can be found on the CoM “Daily Deals” page.

The Apple Store has five factory-refurbished previous-generation and current-generation MacBook notebooks in its Special Deals section. (Click “MacBook” on the left to find them.) [All are at lowest-we-could-find prices and come with a 1-year Apple warranty, the same as new Macs.] Sales tax is added where applicable. Items are removed from Apple’s site when they sell out. The systems, each with free shipping:

Apple MC240LL/A MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz 13.3-inch in White for $849
Apple MB403LL/A MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 13.3-inch in White for $899
Apple MB466LL/A MacBook Core 2 Duo 2GHz 13.3-inch in Aluminum for $899
Apple MB404LL/A MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 13.3-inch in Black for $999
Apple MB467LL/A MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 13.3-inch in Aluminum for $999

MacConnection offers the Apple MacBook Core 2 Duo 2GHz 13.3-inch Widescreen Notebook, model no. MB466LL/A , for $1,004.99. This $80 mail-in rebate cuts it to $924.99. (With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we’ve seen by $12.) [Apple charges $25 less for a refurbished unit.] This previous-generation unibody aluminum MacBook features an Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz processor, 13.3-inch LED-backlit glass display, 2GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, 8x SuperDrive, multi-touch glass trackpad, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GT graphics, AirPort Extreme (802.11n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Gigabit Ethernet, iSight webcam, and more. Deal ends September 30.

Once again, PC Micro Store takes 60% off any of its 4th-generation Apple iPod nano accessories via coupon code “Dealnews60%NN4″. Plus, free shipping applies to most items. (In all, hundreds of items are discounted, most of which at at or near lowest-we’ve-seen prices.) Coupon expires after 100 redemptions. Some best bets after discount:

PCMS iPod nano Screen Protector for $1.99
Lux iPod nano Carbon Fiber Design Case (pictured) for $5.58
Lux iPod nano Aluminum Case for $5.98
Young Micro iPod nano Leather Case with Belt Clip for $6.78
click here to see the remaining items

Capcom cut its prices on several games for the iPhone and iPod touch in the iTunes App Store, as listed below. (Each is at the lowest price we’ve seen.) Deals end September 7. The games:

KENKEN for 99 cents ($4 drop)
Mega Man II for $2.99 (pictured, $2 drop)
Resident Evil 4 for $2.99 ($5 drop)

HandHeldItems.com offers the HHI FM Radio Receiver with Remote for iPod / iPhone for $14.99. (With shipping at $5.95, it’s a $25 drop and one of the lowest total prices we’ve seen for a standalone FM tuner for use with the iPod / iPhone.) It features a backlit LCD, aauto scan function, earphone port, and more. Deal ends September 30.

HandHeldItems.com offers the Chrome Things Series Case for Apple iPhone 3G / 3GS (pictured) in ten assorted colors for $6.99. Plus, each case includes a free mirrored screen protector. (With shipping at $2.85, it’s a $23 drop and the lowest total price we could find for this case.)

Of note, the Chrome Things Disco Series Case for Apple iPhone 3G / 3GS in 8 assorted colors for $8.99. (With shipping at $2.85, it’s a $26 drop and the lowest total price we’ve seen.)

onSale.com offers dealmac readers 3% off external hard drives via this link. (Discount should appear in cart; if it doesn’t, apply coupon code “DEALNEWSBWBE8194″.) [It's among the best discounts we've seen for these items from onSale.com this year.] Deal ends September 30.

Notable is the Fantom GreenDrive 1TB eSATA / USB 2.0 External Hard Drive (pictured), model no. GD1000EU, for $109.99 plus $7.99 for shipping. Add it to your cart to drop it to $106.69. Two mail-in rebates of $20 and $20 chop it to $66.69 ($0.07/GB). (That’s $15 under our mention from two days ago and the lowest total price we could find.)

Today only, MacUpdate.com offers downloads of iRehearse 1.1 for $8.99. (That’s $6 off and the lowest price we could find for this software phrase trainer for musicians.) Click here for more information.

Today only, until 6:45 pm ET, Dillyeo.com offers the Skullcandy Ink’d In-Ear Headphones in Green for $9.99. (With $3 for shipping, that’s $4 under last month’s mention of these headphones in blue and the lowest total price we’ve ever seen for this model in any color.) They feature a 1.3m cord and frequency response of 20Hz to 20kHz.

Ongoing at Apple, purchase a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac from the Apple Store for Education and receive an iPod touch 8GB MP3 Player for $0 via a mail-in rebate. (Click on the “Buy a Mac for college, and get a free iPod Touch” banner). This offer is valid only for qualified students, teachers, and staff and expires September 8. Both the system and iPod must appear on the same receipt. Limit one rebate per customer.

Note that you will have to create or sign into an Apple ID to fill out your information to receive your rebate(s).

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Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.

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