The company also reduced the price of its popular iPad tablet for the first time.
Apple's dropped prices on several Mac notebooks and desktops by $101, a cut that represents a 6%-8% drop for the 13.3-in. MacBook Air, 4%-8% discounts on various versions of the MacBook Pro and a 5%-8% reduction in iMac prices.
Not included in the discounts: Apple's least-expensive laptops, the $999 MacBook and the 11-in. MacBook Air, which lists for $999 and $1,199.
Other Apple products were also discounted, although none as much as the Macs the company wanted to move.
The was reduced by $41 across the board, a discount of between 5% and 8%, depending on the model. also dropped the price of the iPod Touch between $21 and $41, with the larger cuts on the higher-priced configurations.