A:AnswerThis is the new one - and you have to sign up for a myBestBuy account, and use a student e-mail. Then at checkout, they scan your email coupon (I just had mine pulled up on my phone)
A:AnswerI think a local Best Buy can order it from stock and have it in your local branch in a few days. You have to pay for it first though. When I bought mine, the local branch did not have one in stock and they ordered one in for me over their computer. It was delivered to the store in two days.
A:AnswerHi Mike
You would need a .edu email address in order to be eligible for student discounts. I don't know that there is a lifetime educator discount at Best Buy or Apple that I'm aware of.
A:AnswerI use it for video editing for my YouTube channel but I don't do nothing too crazy either so if you do crazy heavy video edititinb definitely get the MacBook Pro but this works for me plus it has no fan so you won't have to worry about that kicking in when you do voice overs