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From: grobbins@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Grobbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macintosh Sale: Apple Winter Promotion
Summary: no bargain for students
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Date: 14 Nov 89 19:01:47 GMT
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In article <10289@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>For those of you who are looking into buying a Mac, you may be interested in
>the current promotion. 
(Which is for university students & staff.) 

It's worth noting that, without the discounts Michael listed, univeristy
pricing is now on a par with that of most aggressive discounters.  And the 
promotional discounts are useless for smart buyers who would rather
get a third-party hard drive and printer.

The days when Apple sought to encourage students with lower prices
are over, it seems.  (Granted, the public rebate program is just
as ridiculous for individual buyers, inasmuch as the rebates are 
only good on Apple's uncompetitive peripherals.)

Grobbins.      grobbins@eniac.seas.upenn.edu