My daughters had Mac laptops through (private) school, with the same sort of option for buying them after graduation.
The price seemed way too high for a 4-year old computer in the first place. And both computers were on their last legs anyway; they were lucky to make it through the end of senior year. These things get beat up pretty badly, even by kids who take care of them. (There were other kids who were on their 2nd or 3rd computer by then - and parents had to pay for these.)
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My daughters had Mac laptops through (private) school, with the same sort of option for buying them after graduation.
The price seemed way too high for a 4-year old computer in the first place. And both computers were on their last legs anyway; they were lucky to make it through the end of senior year. These things get beat up pretty badly, even by kids who take care of them. (There were other kids who were on their 2nd or 3rd computer by then - and parents had to pay for these.)