Paying ~$200 in tuition to unlock a Mac Studio education discount, saving ~$3,300
vincent_koc · x · 2026-10-30
A Japan-based hack is going around: enroll as a student at the Open University of Japan for about 30,000 yen ($200) in tuition to unlock Apple's education discount on a Mac Studio, saving roughly 500,000 yen. vincentkoc shared it as 'based madness.'
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