[vox] Laptop recommendations

[Ken Bloom]

On 8/24/05, Ken Bloom <kbloom at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don Werve wrote:
> > Check the details; the bottom-of-the-line iBooks aren't eligible for the
> > iPod 'Student Union' deal.  I know, because *almost* bought a new
> > PowerBook 12" last weekend, but may have reconsidered in favor of an IBM
> > X40, and did the research on the iPod deal.  Also, you have to buy them
> > both (the iPod and the computer) at the same time.
> 
> The salesperson assured me that it did apply, but she may have been
> wrong. I didn't point out the sign right next to me which said that it
> didn't apply. Whatever - if I buy apple, I'm going to do it in person
> at the apple store on the Magnificent Mile, so I'll surely get any
> pricing shenanigens worked out before I leave the store.

I was told that applied to an older model which had a CD-ROM drive
(instead of the DVD+CD-RW drive)