The holidays are upon us, and we know that nothing would please your generous and giving spirit more than for you to send us, your doting and hardworking AtAT staff, a brand new iBook. (Awwww, how sweet!) However, we also know that times are tight and wallets are skinny, so performing that thoughtful act of kindness may be a smidge outside the realm of financial possibility. But we just can't bear the thought of you folks being deprived of the joy of iBook bestowment, and so we've decided to pass on a helpful holiday tip on how to get an extra hundred bucks knocked off the price of Apple's little white beauty: drink a lot of Pepsi.

How much Pepsi? Well, if faithful viewer Alan Carr has done his math correctly, probably about 115 bottles. See, Pepsi's got some special promotion going called PepsiStuff, where you earn anywhere from 100 to 500 points in every Pepsi bottle cap. By racking up a mere 14,000 points, you qualify to buy an iBook for $100 off. It's just that easy! And don't worry about getting sick of Pepsi; codes are found in bottle caps for a wide range of other PepsiCo soft drinks, such as Diet Pepsi, Pepsi One, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Mug Root Beer, Orange Slice, and even Mountain Dew and Diet Mountain Dew. We know at least some of you are slaves to the chartreuse caffeine boost known as the Dew, right? Well, here's your chance to turn your addiction into a cool hundred smackers.

When used in conjunction with Apple's own $100 rebate promotion (which appears to be fully compatible with the Pepsi offer), this deal lets you snag an iBook for a net cost of just $1099-- the perfect amount to spend on a crew that slaves day in and day out to bring you the latest in Apple-flavored melodrama. (Actually, $1499's a better price point-- go for the combo drive model.) And all you have to do to qualify is quaff enough sugar water to fill a decent-sized bathtub! Oh, sure, there are going to be some spoilsports pointing out that 115 bottles of concentrated tooth-rot may well cost more than the $100 you'll be saving on the iBook, not even counting the medical expenses incurred by giving oneself diabetes; all we can say is "that's what insurance is for" and thank Steve not everyone has such negative attitudes, or progress wouldn't exist, there'd be no light bulbs or TV, and we'd all be sitting around in the dark poking ourselves in the eye for entertainment. Now get quaffing!