Students and teachers have been offered $100 Apple Store Gift Card with the purchase of a new Mac, or a $50 gift card with the purchase of an iPad or iPhone. Well, this is part of Apple's annual Back to School promotion launch. The details of Back to School promotion are frequently tweaked by Apple, but this is the first time when Apple Store Gift Card has been offered.

You must take a note of it that the Macs referenced in the Apple Back to School promos are confined to qualifying Apple computers. It means the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Pro are the only ones to qualify. But the things are likely to seek a slight change each year as cheaper Macs like the Mac mini and entry-level iMac will not be eligible for the promotion.

Students were allowed to apply iPod rebate to a more expensive model up to 2010. For example, students were offered a new Mac with an 8 GB iPod touch by applying the $199 rebate and get the iPod touch effectively free in 2010.

However, they have a better opportunity now to go for a 32GB iPod touch for $299. They can apply the rebate for the same and end up paying just the $100 difference.

The best year for students to take advantage of the Apple Back to School promo was 2008. Apple's iPhone trade-in scheme is available in United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. However, it has been reported that Apple is now not offering as much amount as it previously offered to its customers for their used handsets. The customers are now not getting the best value for their old iPhones.