i-Campus: Ateneo's Apple Store

I've been hearing about this so called Apple store in Ateneo and I didn't pay much interest. Till I came to Loyola Schools a few days ago, I got curious and finally took notice.

It's a small booth near the entrance of the LS Bookstore at the MVP building. It's not that fancy, nor it took much space. But what the community must be fancying about are the gadgets sold in discounted prices.

As I stand in front of the displays... I feel like a dazzled kid peering over techie toys up for grabs! i-Campus's got everything Apple---ipods, ipads, accessories and of course, the Mac notebooks.

The store was launched due to Fr. Javellana S.J. and William Mallari's, (LS bookstore director) efforts in serving the community better. They noticed that many students are fans of the ipod / itouch and macbook. Apart from that, Apple has begun providing discounts to educational institutions (particularly in the US.)

“With the opening of iCampus-Ateneo, students can be exposed to the latest in Mac technology and could learn that Mac is the perfect digital learning tool for education. With this, we simply share with Apple Education’s mission in providing a more digital learning environment for students that will support the way they live and want to learn,” 

- Patrick Yeung, Senco Link Technologies Managing Director.

According to my sources, only students, staff, faculty, and alumni of Ateneo could avail of the discounts. You must present and Ateneo I.D. and TADAH! you just got a new Apple baby! Aside from that, rumor has it that there would be i-Campus booths on other schools too like Assumption and Xavier School... So don't fret if you're from another school cause an i-Campus must come out soon near you!

Here are the estimated prices:

iPod Nano 8 GB – 7,000 Php (from 9,500 Php)
iPod Nano 16GB – 9,825 Php (from 12,000 Php)
iPod Touch 8 GB – 11,000 Php
                   16GB- 14,000 Php
                   32GB- 19,000 Php
MacBook White (2.0GHz dual core 120 GB HDD) @ 51,000Php (from 56,000Php)
Macbook (2.0 GHz 160GB HDD 2 GB ram) @ 65.000 Php (from 72,000Php)
MacBook (2.4 GHz 250GB HDD 2 GB ram) @ 78,000 Php (from 89,000 Php)

The i-Campus Ateneo is located at the Loyola School Bookstore located at the ground floor of the Manuel V. Pangilinan Student Leadership Center at the Ateneo De Manila University Loyola Heights Campus.