If you are buying a Mac computer this summer (Macbook, Macbook Pro, or iMac) you qualify for Apple’s back-to-school promo. You get a $199 rebate when purchasing a qualifying Apple computer and iPod (video or nano, not shuffle) on the same invoice (the same order). Some people keep theirs, some sell them on eBay for profit. The rebate is started online and you mail them the UPC and invoice copies, etc. Go here to learn more.

Also, another promotion that ends July 23 is the $100 rebate for buying a Mac and a qualifying Canon or HP printer. It is pretty much the same deal as the iPod; you buy a computer and a printer and they give you up to $100 back (mail-in again).

Yet another rebate is $25 for buying Office 2004 Student Teacher edition (I am not participating in this promotion due to a personal policy in which I do not use any Microsoft products; hopefully you will hear more about this as I chronicle my journey through law school sans Microsoft).

So, if you are like me and seriously gearing up before school starts, you can buy a computer, a printer, and an iPod and save more than $300 (shop at Apple’s Education store online to save $$ on your computer).