Apple is in a lot of flux right now and has eliminated some top managers
including the head of the educational marketing area. They are in a serious
reorganization and are hurting from the competition from the PC area.
Good luck. But the policy about only buying from Apple dealers for hardware
has been in place for at least several years now.
-- Pamela Livingston
District Computer Support Specialist
The Hendrick Hudson School District
Montrose, NY
livingsp@aol.com