Re: Kind of NEW** PC Rental from Secondary Education

2005-04-28 Thread Nima 
The World of Education is such a racquet.

NBT

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From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Ethen
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 23:49
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Subject: Re: Kind of NEW** PC Rental from Secondary Education

This isn't a recommendation at Stout, you must rent the computer from them
and the fee is hidden in your book fees which you have to pay as part of
your tuition. 

The first year they had this policy, they had the laptop fee out in the open
as a separate charge, but they got so many complaints, that they hide the
fee mow so you just think they really know how to charge for books.

Tom

On 4/27/05 11:34 PM, "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sounds like a great reason to find another school.  My law school
recommends
> a Dell laptop, but visit any lecture hall and you will see just about
> everything on the market, including a few iBooks and PowerBooks.  My last
> semester (Spring 04) I sat next to a guy using an old PowerBook 5300ce
> everyday.
> 
> I can see an engineering or computer field requiring PC architecture if
the
> required software is PC only and VPC is too slow, but other than that, its
> none of their business and would be a real deal breaker for me.
> 
> Andrew


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Re: Kind of NEW** PC Rental from Secondary Education

2005-04-27 Thread Tom Ethen 
This isn't a recommendation at Stout, you must rent the computer from them
and the fee is hidden in your book fees which you have to pay as part of
your tuition. 

The first year they had this policy, they had the laptop fee out in the open
as a separate charge, but they got so many complaints, that they hide the
fee mow so you just think they really know how to charge for books.

Tom

On 4/27/05 11:34 PM, "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Sounds like a great reason to find another school.  My law school recommends
> a Dell laptop, but visit any lecture hall and you will see just about
> everything on the market, including a few iBooks and PowerBooks.  My last
> semester (Spring 04) I sat next to a guy using an old PowerBook 5300ce
> everyday.
> 
> I can see an engineering or computer field requiring PC architecture if the
> required software is PC only and VPC is too slow, but other than that, its
> none of their business and would be a real deal breaker for me.
> 
> Andrew


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Re: **Kind of NEW** PC Rental from Secondary Education

2005-04-27 Thread Tom Ethen 
My guess is that Stout get these Compac laptops by the truckload for almost
nothing and then rents them for two years to the tune of $2,000, giving the
school about a $1,000 profit.

My daughter got one of these PC's and it was last years model that I could
have purchased outright for $800 or less elsewhere, but even if I did that,
she still had to rent the one from the school.

Tom

On 4/27/05 11:30 PM, "Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Winona State in minnesota has the same system.  People put up with it
> too.  Dunno why.  It's not like it's that hard to allow someone to
> connect with their own PC or mac to a large network like that.
> Brian
> 
> On Apr 27, 2005, at 11:30 PM, Tom Ethen wrote:
> 
>> The University of Wisconsin Stout requires you rent a PC from them
>> even if
>> you have your own computer at $500 each semester.
>> 
>> You can only rent a Mac iBook if you are a Art's Major and you have
>> not say
>> so in this at all.
>> 
>> Tom


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