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Nico_from_Paris
2005-05-14, 11:13
I wonder if the software and hardware products sold on apple online store under the education section are really the same products than the ones anybody can buy paying full price on the common online apple store.

Thanks

BlueRabbit
2005-05-14, 11:29
The hardware is exactly the same - if you go into an Apple retail store, they will give you the exact same computer, plus a discount. Software can go either way, though - however, the only difference is usually an "Education Version" label in the About menu.

curiousuburb
2005-05-14, 11:58
Educational customers sometimes have access to configurations regular humans don't see unless they CTO.

Edu is one of the last places you'll see sales of systems with Read-only optical drives (or no optical at all if they Netboot anyway and don't want students loading/burning software).

The original eMac was only available to Edu clients. Demand made it available to regular consumers too.