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Progressive Education (3/8/98)
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Confirming rumors that have been flying for months at various Mac web sites, Apple finally announced the Apple Store for Education. Set for an April 30th launch, the Apple Store for Education will bring the same easy build-to-order configuration options currently available for consumers to the education market. Read more about it in Apple's official announcement.
In addition to letting educational purchasers custom-configure their schools' Macs for purchase, the new Apple Store will allow them to order the systems securely online, just like the current Apple Store for consumers does. Since the pricing all reflects an educational price break, however, educational purchasers will have to be registered with the Apple Store in order to be able to buy online. One cool twist not currently available at the consumer Apple Store is the ability for schools to configure customized pages for their buyers; for instance, if a particular school district has specific recommendations for computer options, it seems that they can have special pages that will guide school buyers through those recommended options to make the build-to-order process even more efficient.
Cool! A concrete example that Apple really is committed to its core market of education. Sounds good to us. And for those of you who are students and teachers but are not authorized buyers for your school, fear not-- while this first iteration of the educational Apple Store will require you to forward your order to an authorized buyer, a personal version of the site is slated to appear later this spring, which will allow individuals the option of configuring and buying their own systems. (This, and more information, is available in an Apple Q & A.)
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 3/8/98 episode: March 8, 1998: The Apple Store's long-lost identical twin returns from school this April 30th. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems dumps their Macs, but at least they're dumping them somewhere useful, and the Justice Department prepares for all-out war with Microsoft...
Other scenes from that episode: 517: Yin and Yang (3/8/98) And Apple's new educational online store isn't the only reason that schools should celebrate. According to MacCentral, Cisco Systems is planning on donating more than 3700 Macs to some 300 public schools in the Bay Area over the next couple of years... 518: Preparing for War (3/8/98) If there was any question before about whether or not the Department of Justice was planning to extend its case against Microsoft, there now seems little doubt that the software company is the DoJ's new white whale...
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