macdailynews.com — "By giving students new laptops almost six months early, Greene County Schools is saving more than $1 million in computer costs," "At a special meeting held Monday night at the Greene County Board of Commissioners meeting, the Greene County Board of Education voted to refinance its lease from Apple Computers.
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glatzDec 21, 2005
and how did so many people not RTFA?
inkswampDec 21, 2005
Unless we know what models the kids and teachers are actually running and whether or not the reporter really did his homework, we can't be sure this is a slip up. If the laptops are three years old, then replacing them with current models would fit what's described in the article (faster processors, software, etc.) I kind of doubt this is indicative of anything.
chentexDec 21, 2005
This is the link . Lol !<a class="user" href="http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/7932/">http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/7932/</a>
abhibeckertDec 21, 2005
This looks solid to me, for anyone who doesn't RTFA, basically apple has told the schools that there will be a new product line of iBooks at macworld, and the new ones will probably have "bugs". Intel macs will cause problems with some software, and any sane IT manager won't want to be on the bleeding edge.So, they're buying a couple of thousand current model iBooks for cheap (cheap because apple wants to get rid of them).
urothaneDec 21, 2005
I don't WTF article you all read, but as I read it the school district is renewing now, getting CURRENT product that is "Bug Free" as opposed to waiting six months (June '06) for the new product that may have "quality issues". This only confirms that new iBooks will be out in 2006, not Macworld in January. MDN is so desperate for something big they aren't reading the article but rather reading between the lines of the article. No digg....and before you all get huffy you can call me a Mac Fan boy, have been since i knee high to a grasshopper even though I have an MCSA and used windows exclusively the last 10 years.
fudgebrownDec 21, 2005Submitter
that link was correct... they changed the RSS feed after i submitted