Linux costs more than Windows
Mike Szumlinski
szumlins@pilot.msu.edu
Thu, 31 May 2001 16:30:13 -0400
The bid wars started at the campus computer store for back to school
pricing, so any students can grab laptops at a cheaper than normal price on
special bid pricing. I made the book that is being shipped out to all the
freshman, but it is openly available pricing to MSU faculty/staff/students.
Here is a crappy 72dpi screen version:
http://cstore.msu.edu/cstore/bts2k1/bts.pdf
On 5/31/01 4:11 PM, "Edward Glowacki" <glowack2@msu.edu> wrote:
> Quoted from Mike Szumlinski on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 03:36:42PM -0400:
>> http://www.apple.com/education/store
>>
>> But seriously, the Compaq Armadas are probably the only PC laptop worth
>> their weight. Thinkpads are nice, but they cost way too much.
>>
>> Harvard just dropped their purchasing agreement with Dell, as did the Umich
>> Law School. I hate Dell.
>>
>> -Mike
>
> Maybe I was looking in the wrong place, but from what I found there
> were only two models of Compaq laptops below $2300 (minimum price
> for that model), and only one model of all of them that had anything
> better than a 14.1" XGA (1024x768) display. Are there some major
> discounts or rebates I'm missing?
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