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Black Friday is right around the corner, and Barclays Capital experts believe that Apple won’t be fooling around this year. According to their analysts, they are predicting that Apple will launch a very aggressive one-day sale the Friday after Thanksgiving of this year on a lot of their Mac models. What do they mean by aggressive? Analyst Ben Reitzes says, “We have not seen any Apple Black Friday ads yet (as is customary), but expect the company to be more aggressive than usual in its one-day sale, perhaps with $100 off a few Mac models and discounts on several iPods.“

With companies like Wal-mart, Dell, and Best Buy all offering notebooks in the $299 range, Apple will definitely have to offer a nice sale this time around if they want to take advantage of this holiday season. Apple has offered $100 discounts on their online retail store in the past, so this year should only bring more sales as Apple has lower priced “netbooks” to compete with. Furthermore, Ben also wonders if this year AT&T will follow French iPhone carrier Orange’s lead and offer a sizable discount on the iPhone. It’s still up in the air, though, as to what will happen for sure. As usual, we haven’t heard anything from Apple yet.

Via [AppleInsider]

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