Apple Cuts Prices for Educational Customers

Eharley writes "Over the weekend, Apple's online educational store lowered prices on its computers and upgrade components by 5-15%. Now the 12" Al PowerBook starts at $1399. If you have a computer on order that hasn't shipped you probably already received an email about the price drop and will have your account credited the difference. However, if you're like me and always seem to buy things the week before they have their prices reduced, you may still be eligible for a refund provided you act fast."

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I still don't get it.

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't want to start a holy war here, but what is the deal with you cat fanatics? I've been sitting here on my sofa in front of a cat (a sealpoint siamese) for about 20 minutes now while attempting to get it's attention away from a bug on the floor. 20 minutes. At home, with my labrador cross, which by all standards should be a lot dumber than this cat, the same operation would take about 2 minutes. If that.

In addition, during this attention seeking attempt, my children's attention is also held by the cat. And everything else has ground to a halt. Even trying to get the remote from my partner fails.

I won't bore you with the laundry list of other problems that I've encountered while dealing with other cats, but suffice it to say there have been many, not the least of which is I've never seen a cat that fetches as much as it's canine counterpart, despite the cat's faster ambulatory system. My terrier with one ingrown toenail runs consistently faster than this siamese at times, as the cat is often completely asleep. From a productivity standpoint, I don't get how people can claim that the cat is a superior animal.

Cat addicts, flame me if you'd like, but I'd rather hear some intelligent reasons why anyone would choose to use a cat over other faster, cheaper, more affectionate animals.

Re:I still don't get it.

[Anonymous Coward]

I read it and it made me spit coke on my monitor.

That's a better effort than the previous versions, which made me yawn a lot

Re:idiot.

[Pres. Ronald Reagan]

First, you're taking about the Great Compromise, and slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person, not five-eighths. Second, the Electoral College was established because the Founding Fathers believed the general populace to not have good enough judgement to elect a person to such an important position; this is also why senators were originally chosen by state legislatures and no by direct election.

Perhaps it is you who needs to read a history book.