Macintoshes are the BMWs of the computer world. Everyone wants one (okay, not everyone), but not everyone can afford one. They look great and generally work very well. When you look at things like “total cost of ownership”, a Mac may actually save you money in the long term, but not everyone can pony up the upfront money so that they can save in the long term. Even if you can, it’s nice to save a few bucks if you can.

Apple exercises tight control over Macintosh hardware prices, so you won’t usually find a new Mac discounted by more than a few dollars. But you may well find decent rebates and bundles and special pricing from Apple itself. Here are a few of the things I’ve seen that may be helpful to you.

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I ran across an unusual offer from Amazon today… a pack of 25 blank CDR’s, rated for 80 minutes and 52x performance (the link for them is on the right). The only catch is that you have to process a rebate, but it looks like the rebate can be one online, so they have your money for a couple of months and after that you’ve got it back and 25 blank CDR’s.

If you don’t have Amazon Prime you’ll end up paying for shipping unless you buy enough other stuff with the blank CDR’s to hit the $25 mark, but if you do then you’ll get them shipped for free.

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Amazon continues to have the best retail prices for Macintoshes.

They’re offering a $100 rebate on the new MacBook. They also offer a $150 rebate on the MacBook Pro, a $100 rebate on the iMac and a $25 rebate on the Mac Mini.

The rebates are also very easy to claim… good going, Amazon! You can submit the rebate online without having to mail anything to them.