[chucker]

The $329 one is probably still important so they can sell that for $299 in education, sure. (They could also do the Jobs-era thing and make it education-exclusive.) Apple has been facing huge headwinds from Chromebooks, which are cheaper (especially if a keyboard matters to you), roughly as easy to manage, and feel more "PC-like". If it weren't for that, I wouldn't be surprised if Apple would prefer to have the iPad simply start at $499, as it did when introduced in 2010.

As for other industries, you tend to have a higher budget than that.