? Who wants an "old" iBook?
? Who wants an "old" iBook?
- Subject: ? Who wants an "old" iBook?
- From: Fred Showker <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:07:20 -0400
My brother wrote in saying:
> Who wants an old apple ibook?
Obviously plenty of people, when they're priced at fifty-bucks each.
One SMUG member commented:
> And I was so sorry I missed getting an
> iBook for $50. Now I'm sorry
> I missed filming THIS.
along with this picture:
http://sfgate.com/c/pictures/2005/08/17/mn_ibookfrenzy102.jpg
The story is written up in the Richmond Times Dispatch...
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784469916
Are you sorry you couldn't be there?
Photos as it happened: Slideshow
http://media.gatewayva.com/photos/rtd/special/ibooktime/index.htm
[QUOTE]
iBook sale frenzy
A crowd rushes through an open gate, some falling down, all
hoping to get a cheap iBook at the RIR complex,
Aug. 16, 2005.
DEAN HOFFMEYER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Mayhem ruled at the Richmond Raceway Complex this morning. Henrico
County sold 1,000 used laptop computers for $50 each on a first-come,
first-served basis, and demand far exceeded supply. Thousands pushed
through the raceway gates, a baby stroller was trampled, and many
who managed to buy an Apple iBook had cut in line.
The iBooks, which the Henrico school system had issued to high school
students, are four years old. The county initially was going to sell
the computers to the general public, but after an outcry, officials
limited the sale to Henrico residents. And based on overwhelming
response, the county moved the sale from a warehouse to the raceway.
Students and teachers will be getting new
Dell computers this school year.
[END QUOTE]
Thanks Smug members Terry Bowman and Joe Showker for
sending the links!
SMUG is the "Shenandoah Macintosh User Group"
in Harrisonburg, the center of the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia
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