If you are an Apple employee you already know this but Tim Cook awhile back announced there would be a new employee discount program that would make a major impact in being able to own this expensive computers. Apple starting the new iPad and Mac discount program. Apple employees are now able to purchase Macs with a $500 discount which excludes the Mac mini and iPads with a $250 discount through the Apple internal employee portal and this comes on top of the 25% discount already given to employees. The deal is that employees will be able to take advantage of this offer every three years and employees must have been with the company for at least three months. This is to avoid mass purchases of Apple product that could be sold at dirt cheap rates.