Re: Apple Computer

Madeline L. Buchanan (mlbuchan@scott.net)
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 23:33:43 EST

> I called MacMall to verify that they had the equipment in stock and was
> told that they were not allowed to sell these items to a school. They could
> sell it to me as an individual but could not even deliver it to a school.
> Why not? Apple wouldn't let them. I was furious. Why should Apple not let
> their best customers save some money? I made some calls to Apple but only
> got the run-around. Frankly, it sounds illegal to me, but if it's not it
> certainly is not good business.
>
> I'm curious to know how any of you other Mac schools out there feel about
> my experience Apple's policies. My next years' budget calls for the
> purchase of 150 computers and I'm considering making 50 of them Intel-based
> with Win 95 or Win NT. If this is how Apple is going to treat its best
> market then it can't hurt to be multi-platform these days. Maybe they'll
> start getting the message.

I agree with you on that. The selection of Macintosh computers for
schools seems to be getting smaller and smaller and those that schools are
allowed to buy are also those which seem to be causing the most problems
-- such as the screen problem for the 5200 which I am still dealing with.
I would prefer some of the older machines as well -- especially those that
have a separate monitor and computer that I could carry in myself in case
of problems. As far as the performance on the PowerPC's, I would
appreciate being able to buy even an LCIII that would not give me the
problems that I am having now.

My dealer, with whom I do a lot of business, told me that he cannot sell
me any hardware from Apple either. Apparently Apple will not sell
anything in the Performa line to educational institutions.

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Madeline L. Buchanan             Library Media Specialist
mlbuchan@scott.net               W. J. Christian School
dems105@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu       Birmingham, AL 35206
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