iBooks! $50! First come first Serve!

http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784061032
from JoeUser Forums

This is the part of the experiement of the henrico School Board, and the paid agent of Apple who ripped off the county for no gain but his own pocket.

They switched to Dell, so they are dumping their old iBooks!  Out of Warranty, the only thing they guarantee is that they are working when you buy them!

750mhz (local radio guy said 750 mb!  What a putz!).  OSX (If I had to guess, I would say 10.2.x.

Read the Article and be the first on your block to get one cheap!

Catch: Limit 1 to a customer.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
What?  NO takers?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If I was there I would definitely get one.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

If I was there I would definitely get one.

Catch #2:  They have been used by teens for the last 4 years!

I will pass.  Unless someone really wants one.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I really want one very much. Only problem is I don't have the means to get to the east coast.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

really want one very much. Only problem is I don't have the means to get to the east coast.

Sorry about that.  My wife wants one as well, so I may be standing in line.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry about that. My wife wants one as well, so I may be standing in line.


Do you live there?
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

Do you live there?

Right next door.

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
If I lived nearby I'd grab one, but Richmond is a bit of a hike for an iBook.

People are flying from CA? After the plane ticket, they're paying more for a 4yr old iBook than they would off of eBay.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's ok. You guys just sit tight. I'm getting my pants on as we speak.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have no way to get one.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

People are flying from CA? After the plane ticket, they're paying more for a 4yr old iBook than they would off of eBay.

The latest is they have already received 1500 inquiries (and the sale is not for another 2 weeks), so I am going to talk my wife out of it!  I dont need to face a mad house crowd of thousands vying for a few.

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's ok. You guys just sit tight. I'm getting my pants on as we speak.

You might want to wait.  This is just the first sale.  The county bought about 11k of them for the students.  At the end of their school days, the students have the option of buying them or just turning them in.  Since most Colleges strongly recommend Wintel, the students are dumping them.  I expect a lot more sales in the months ahead.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ignorance is bliss KoolKat. Don't knock it till you try it.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Fifty is decent for a shiny coaster. I'm kidding, of course. At very least, an iBook is a decent file server at that price. Expensive plaything, perhaps.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top

Why would anyone want to actually pay for a Mac? Jeeze . . . I'd only take one if it was free . . .

These are running OSX which is a Unix kernel.  You can play with Unix at least.

Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

Ignorance is bliss KoolKat. Don't knock it till you try it.

New, these are not bad machines.  I dont know how these used ones will be tho.  They only guarantee they work when you pick them up, not that they will for long after that.

Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

Fifty is decent for a shiny coaster. I'm kidding, of course. At very least, an iBook is a decent file server at that price. Expensive plaything, perhaps.

The only knock I have against Macs are their price.  Since OSX 10.1, they have been very solid computers.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I paid $5 for an Apple 2e ....with all the extras...external drive....printer...mouse....much better deal....
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top

I paid $5 for an Apple 2e ....with all the extras...external drive....printer...mouse....much better deal....

I hope not recently!

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I paid $5 for an Apple 2e


I picked up a Performa 560 for $25 and it's perfect for my 2 and 5 year old. One button, small footprint, easy OS (7.6), not deletign my files anymore . . . what more can you ask?

I have a G4 too (OS X 10.3) . . . almost never use it though. It's a good computer but my PC does everything I could want. And if I want to play with Linux, Ubuntu Live CD!
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top

I picked up a Performa 560 for $25 and it's perfect for my 2 and 5 year old. One button, small footprint, easy OS (7.6), not deletign my files anymore . . . what more can you ask?

I have a superMax 180.  For the same reason.  It wont run OSX, but then my sons dont want to follow in pa's footsteps.

Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A program that once promised to be one of the largest educational laptop deployments ever now appears to have been scrapped following a court ruling and announcement by the school board. Cobb County, Georgia was to receive more than 63,000 iBooks for both students and teachers across the district.

The decision by Superior Court Judge S. Lark Ingram said that money received through a special tax fund called the Special Purpose Location Option Sales Tax, or SPLOST, were only approved by voters to replace obsolete computers, not fund a program to give laptops to students and teachers.


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Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: Island Dog

Shame Someone did not sue Henrico county before they wasted our money.