The education store itself can’t even be accessed until verification is provided.
In addition, the discount is being limited to one machine per year.
While verification has been the norm in other countries, this is a new development for the US.
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In some circumstances, it’s allegedly even cheaper than using the student discount directly through Apple.
Especially during “back to school” sales and the like.
However, this approach does have its own limitations as the sale prices only apply to stock hardware.
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So if you need specific components or memory requirements, you might still have to go through Apple.
