[Baylor8306]

If you go to enter the Apple US Edication store, you come to a screen that shows an agreement for purchasing from the store. The agreement quantity previously read:

Desktop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year Laptop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year Display: A maximum of two (2) may be purchased per academic year Software: A maximum of two (2) per software title may be purchased per academic year iPod: One (1) per iPod family (iPod, iPod nano, iPod Shuffle 1GB) may be purchased per academic year (Note: there is no quantity limitation on iPod Shuffle 512MB)

However, it now reads:

Desktop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year Mac mini: One (1) may be purchased per academic year Laptop: One (1) may be purchased per academic year Display: A maximum of two (2) may be purchased per academic year Software: A maximum of two (2) per software title may be purchased per academic year iPod: One (1) per iPod family (iPod, iPod nano, iPod Shuffle 1GB) may be purchased per academic year (Note: there is no quantity limitation on iPod Shuffle 512MB) iSight: One (1) may be purchased per academic year

It gives a distinction between a desktop and laptop but also, the most intriguing, it seperates out the Mac mini. With Apple putting it into a category by itself, are they basically confirming that they will be expanding it into more of a "home theater" piece of equipment and not just another desktop?

[wecallitfall]

crack out the tea leaves, for only they hold the true answer

[staph]

Yes, that it's time to put the kettle on.

[wecallitfall]

this cracked me up

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Baylor8306 With Apple putting it into a category by itself, are they basically confirming that they will be expanding it into more of a "home theater" piece of equipment and not just another desktop?

Nope.

They're just being more lenient in allowing students to buy more systems on discount.

[curiousuburb]

What Brad said.

Discounts and promos have traditionally exempted the least expensive products.

12" iBooks were exempt from some promos as the lowest cost portable Mac.
Shuffles were exempt from some promos as the lowest cost iPod.
Minis were exempt from some promos as the lowest cost Mac.

It's more about margin and promo than about form factor per se.

This is just a clarification of the edu discounts and eligible products.

[trevo]

Nice try though

[adamb]

I was very tempted to take a pic in PC WOrld on Monday when I was in. All the iBook stands empty. Shorely a sign

[wecallitfall]

Seeing as every other member of this forum does it, I think I should point out that you mean surely rather than "shorely"

What is it today? Retard day?

[sunrain]

Originally Posted by wecallitfall Seeing as every other member of this forum does it, I think I should point out that you mean surely rather than "shorely" What is it today? Retard day?

Sure, it's an error, but jesus man..."retard day?"

Take it down a notch.

[wecallitfall]

sorry got carried away

i can be a right arsehole sometimes

[Baylor8306]

WOW

This is absolutely amazing. I don't post on here much but when I saw this last night on the Apple store I figured I would share it and spur on some Mac speculation. However, it has gotten ridiculous. I mean, correcting someone with public ridicule on their grammer and spelling is just childish. I understand that grammer and spelling is an important thing, but can't we do it in a PM or something instead of acting like we are 2-year-olds? And just because "everyone else" does it isn't a legitimate excuse.

Can someone request a lock?

[EmC]

If I make a mistake I would like people to let me know. I would rather be corrected here than accidentally writing the wrong word in a paper or on a test because no one ever had the balls to call me on it.

[Batman]

Originally Posted by Baylor8306 WOW This is absolutely amazing. I don't post on here much but when I saw this last night on the Apple store I figured I would share it and spur on some Mac speculation. However, it has gotten ridiculous. I mean, correcting someone with public ridicule on their grammer and spelling is just childish. I understand that grammer and spelling is an important thing, but can't we do it in a PM or something instead of acting like we are 2-year-olds? And just because "everyone else" does it isn't a legitimate excuse. Can someone request a lock?

Originally Posted by Brad "IBL" (Batman's Clarification - IBL, or In Before Lock, is pretty much a lock request) gets the next person who posts it a serious smack on the wrist. It's completely unnecessary and only serves to clutter the forums. Let us do our jobs. We don't need a dozen people whining in the S&R forum about stupid topics that need to be closed. Can you guess what a more effective method of discouraging stupid topics like this is? Ignoring it and not posing in it. The only reason a topic like this stays up is because fools keep feeding these attention whores with such posts. Ignore the thread and it will just drop off the list. Ugh.

'Nuf Said

Edit: Just another note, ban requests are also big no-no's.

[ronmexico]

Originally Posted by EmC If I make a mistake I would like people to let me know. I would rather be corrected here than accidentally writing the wrong word in a paper or on a test because no one ever had the balls to call me on it.

I don't have time to read grammar corrections.

[ZachPruckowski]

Getting back on topic (off the grammar stuff), it seems like this whole list is sort of excessive to me. Any student in the position to be buying a desktop and a mac mini in one school year must be pretty well off. I've personally felt that if you are willing to do the rebates, something like MacMall or MacZone is generally better, because instead of a $200 rebate, you get like $350 or so worth of free stuff (because noone does the rebates normally).

Anyways, I don't think this is a sign of anything. I think that it's a sign of Apple trying to move more MacMinis (esp if they go Intel in the next 6 months)

[morningstarrising]

Also likely is that students demand for such a dorm-friendly computer appered for Apple to add the mini to the discount list.

Also could mean a Mac mini price hike next year....Specially with the eMac dead...

[Brad]

Originally Posted by ZachPruckowski Getting back on topic (off the grammar stuff), it seems like this whole list is sort of excessive to me. Any student in the position to be buying a desktop and a mac mini in one school year must be pretty well off.

Or not.

Some students save up for years to get these computers and sometimes an extra hundred dollars here or there can make the difference between getting a Mac and not. The Mac mini can be seen as a "gateway Mac" thanks to its low entry point. I don't think it is at all farfetched for a student to save up for a nice Mac, buy a mini at the start of a year to decide whether or not the iMac or PowerMac is a worthy investment, then sell it and buy the desktop Mac later in the year.

[ZachPruckowski]

Originally Posted by Brad Or not. Some students save up for years to get these computers and sometimes an extra hundred dollars here or there can make the difference between getting a Mac and not. The Mac mini can be seen as a "gateway Mac" thanks to its low entry point. I don't think it is at all farfetched for a student to save up for a nice Mac, buy a mini at the start of a year to decide whether or not the iMac or PowerMac is a worthy investment, then sell it and buy the desktop Mac later in the year.

Good point, I hadn't thought of it that way. I couldn't imagine switching computers midyear. That'd actually be something that I'd like to see friends do. I wonder what you can get for a used Mac Mini? I'm the sort of person who would never buy something like that with the intention of turning around and selling it. I guess that's why I didn't think of it. I just get annoyed about people who are well off taking advantage of discounts meant for the semi-struggling, because I've seen it a decent bit of it recently.

[BenP]

IMO the limits are probably there to prevent college students from buying computers for non-eligible friends with the discount. Like Brad said, there could be a case for buying both a Mac mini and an iMac/PM, but not really for two of the latter.

[Baylor8306]

I'm not questioning why Apple has the limit. I'm just saying that it is odd that Apple would seperate it out of the desktop category if they didn't view it as something more than a desktop.

[chucker]

I think the (speculated) reason for that has already been explained. Some people may want to get both a Mac mini and an iMac (or PowerMac). E.g., get a mini for your living room and a PowerMac for your work room.

[LiquidSpace]

i always viewed the mac mini as a media center, perfect for remote desktop access for movies and music... but i wouldn't do much more with it.

although i did see a tricked out Jeep with a mac mini running a ton of killer features.