School Deal points to iBook Updates?

Cool. :p At least it's not Dells.

Will it be like Henrico County when they decide to sell the new laptops in 3 years?

iBooks being heavily promoted down here too. First Apple Australia store promotions I've ever seen. Definitely something in the wind.

More likely they are getting the "old" G4 models at a nice educational discount from Apple. However, this does help add water to the rumor that Apple will be coming out with new laptops very soon. At this point I really don't consider it a rumor... I think we can all agree that we'll be seeing at least one model of Intel based laptop from Apple this January.

good news for those kids
so very fortunate for them to get cool new ibook

also tell us that intel ibook are on the way yay

i wish my school would buy us all ibook
we just have our junk custom built P4 1.2ghz pc (half those) the other half are really old pcs that are even slower
these kid reall got it nice, so what if there are a few tech glitches

It certainly feels like a "sell of the old to make room for the new" kind of ploy. Regardless, I'm sure there are some happy students there. :D

More likely they are getting the "old" G4 models at a nice educational discount from Apple. However, this does help add water to the rumor that Apple will be coming out with new laptops very soon. At this point I really don't consider it a rumor... I think we can all agree that we'll be seeing at least one model of Intel based laptop from Apple this January.

Given that the "new Mac mini" (faster CPU, better GPU with twice as much VRAM) was never officially announced by Apple, I'd add an Intel-powered Mac mini to that laptop list (and as far as space and heat limitations go, the Mac mini might just as well be a laptop, from a design point of view).

Given that the "new Mac mini" (faster CPU, better GPU with twice as much VRAM) was never officially announced by Apple, I'd add an Intel-powered Mac mini to that laptop list (and as far as space and heat limitations go, the Mac mini might just as well be a laptop, from a design point of view).

Yeah, but it is hard to carry a mini, display, keyboard, and mouse around the library. :p

I know my school is starting to upgrade all there stuff. Last year they moved out the teachers iMacs for all new eMacs then this year they replaced the old iMacs in the digital photography and videography room with mac minis and planar displays. I have yet to check and see if these are the "new revision" minis but i will.

Probably the next thting on thst list at our school is laptops also. not sure the exact ones that are in the lab but they need new batteries and keyboards on some. The high school will probably get new ones and then old ones will go to the middle school or elementary.

More likely they are getting the "old" G4 models at a nice educational discount from Apple. However, this does help add water to the rumor that Apple will be coming out with new laptops very soon. At this point I really don't consider it a rumor... I think we can all agree that we'll be seeing at least one model of Intel based laptop from Apple this January.

Why? Because every rumor site says so?

Apple hasn't said anything on the subject, so what makes you think this is more reliable than a rumor?

Rumor doesn't mean "false", but it does mean speculation in the absence of any official announcement or hard facts, which is absolutely what you're describing.

Some interpret this as the school board will be receiving newly updated iBooks/PowerBooks, but a more likely explanation appears to be that they will receive the current top-of-the-line iBooks/PowerBooks.

Yes, but who cares what the school gets, it's what we are getting that we care about. The article also says "When they update their product lines"... we shall see. Only a select few behind some thick steal doors that haven't seen sunlight in 6 months know the REAL truth ;)

Perhaps all schools should lease their computers. That would let them keep the eqiupment up-to-date and keep the budget steady from year to year.