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My brother is currently in Uni. Could I get him to buy me a Mac Mini (for the discount), and I pay him, or would the Mac be tied to require a student ID or similar for the Apple ID?
Basically I'm asking would it be ok if he bought it for me (and I paid him), to save £100-200? And what happens once he graduates?
Staff of all grade levels, from kindergarten through post doctoral candidates are now eligible for Education discounts direct from Apple.
Additionally, parents, staff and students at the collegiate level qualify for the EDU discount.
- https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/browse/open/salespolicies/edu
Apple Education Pricing
Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels. 4
In the past, the discount was widely available to K-12 and you can see results below to reflect that past discount.
On the Apple Store for Eduction, you can find your educational institution so you can shop with your discount. Using "New York, NY" as the city and state and selecting K-12 we see that there used to be an extensive list of schools:
In the past, Apple was very casual about handing out educational discounts. This started to change in 2016 and now as of fall 2017 there is a formal verification process that is outsourced to a verification program that checks hardware purchases as well as discounts to services like iTunes Apple Music service discounts for students.
The TL,DR summary of education pricing is:
Apple Education Pricing
Available to current and newly accepted college students and their parents, as well as faculty, staff, and homeschool teachers of all grade levels.4
Unless you have been accepted to a college, it is not supposed to be enough.
The terms and conditions page states that the following people are eligible
There is no longer mention of students at the K12 level - only staff at all education levels.