Microsoft offers up to $ 650 discount if you hand over your old MacBook

Once again, Microsoft uses the economic incentive to win users and does so by taking advantage of the presentation of the new Apple MacBook Pro with a new and stylish design, Touch ID, Touch Bar and a price that has given more than one hair like spikes.

Microsoft has decided to boost sales of its Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book equipment by offering a Discount of up to $ 650 to anyone who delivers their old Apple laptop. Supported computers include configurations dating back to 2009 and MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models are eligible, but of course there are conditions.

Microsoft buys your old MacBook so you can switch to Surface

During yesterday afternoon, Apple held its last media event of 2016 announcing the upcoming arrival of the popular game Minecraft to Apple TV, a new app called «TV» offering a "unified TV experience" and of course, the long-awaited new MacBook Pro that have completely renewed their design. Now, Apple's most professional laptops offer a new slimmer, slimmer and lighter design, adding a new finish (the color space gray), and an OLED touch bar that replaces the traditional function keys and has received the descriptive name of "Touch Bar". Without forgetting the arrival of Touch ID for the first time to computers on the block.

It is necessary to say that there was a moment when the presentation became a bit heavy, too many demos of how that new Touch Bar works in a thousand and one applications. And while this was happening in Cupertino, those of Microsoft were preparing their new campaign, limited in time and location, to attract users more discounts on the MacBook, especially those who have not liked the update made by Apple, or its prices.

So now Microsoft offers a discount of up to $ 650 to all those users who are willing to purchase any model of their Surface Pro 4 or their Surface Book by delivering their old MacBook.

The announcement was made by the company through its own web page. In addition, it has created a special page that allows you to know the exact discount that you would get if you turn in your old MacBook to buy a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book.

The list includes up to 127 different configurations between MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. For example, if you deliver a MacBook Pro with a 1297 ″ retina display A024 MC17LL / A, the discount offered will be $ 325. If you deliver a 12-inch MacBook with a retina display A1534 released in early 2015, the discount rises to $ 475. And so on through the 127 settings accepted by Microsoft for the exchange.

Microsoft Promotion Terms and Term

How could it be otherwise, there are conditions for Microsoft to accept your MacBook as part of the payment for a Surface device.

The equipment you deliver should turn on and work properly, fully charged and include charger original. What's more, the screen must not be damaged or dead pixels. The housing must not be damaged either. nor include stickers or things like that. If all this is fulfilled, the MacBook will be accepted as part of payment.

The promotion, at the moment, is limited to United States only, and we do not know if the company has plans to export it to other countries.

Users who wish to do so will be able to take advantage of the opportunity both in physical Microsoft stores through its website. In the latter case, the user will be left without a computer for a while since they must first send their old MacBook and once accepted, they will receive by email a discount code equal to the value of the equipment for the acquisition of a Surface Pro 4 or a Surface Book whose Prices start at $ 899 and $ 1499 respectively.

The promotion will be active only until next November 10.