The school of education* got their first Macbook Pros around March of 2006. Robert's assessment of 3 years old reflects the standard warranted life of most university computers, so Intel macs might possibly show up at surplus sales this summer. This is somewhat unlikely though, because all PPC macs that aren't needed for legacy software would be surplused first. And absolutely NO fully functional laptops would make it to surplus without first spending time on other projects. Once these hurdles have been crossed, university employees get first dibs at equipment.
If you are serious about a discounted intel mac, try ebay, craigslist or the BYU bookstore, but don't plan on the surplus sale for a year or 2 (when the education lab pushes their flat panel imacs to largers screens again). The mini is about due for an update, and paying a couple hundred dollars over surplus sale prices for a modern mini is your best bet if you can scrounge up ~$600 Scott K. * I graduated in Dec 2006 and don't know their machine allocation for the last couple of years. But please ask me about employment and internships at AST. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Robert LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hahah, that's really funny! Last time I went, they wanted $400 for 3 yr > old iMac. They had a G5, but it was expensive. I doubt they will have much > more, but this I find $70 for an old Dell GX270 too much. >
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