Mac Forums

I live in adelaide, south australia and am about 6 weeks into my course. I will need to purchase all the adobe software, like dreamweaver, illustrator, fireworks etc. very soon, which is about $400, with a student discount, but i was also thinking of getting a descent computer (mac book pro) to work off. My course is not at tafe or uni, but has anyone been in a similar situation and gotten a discount??