Anybody's school have a discount thing with IBM?

[gopunk]

i heard that UPENN has such a deal, and they get good prices.... i don't just mean the standard 'academic discount'... i'm talking like $800-1000+ discounts... my dept had a deal with apple recently where you got really good prices on powerbooks, but i'm holding out for an ibm.... just curious

 

[gopunk]

bump

 

[minendo]

We have deals with Dell and Microsoft. I wish I could get discounts on a Powerbook. What kind of price were they asking?

 

[DainBramaged]

The schools that I am aware of use PCs and they do not get anything more than the "academic" discount.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: minendo
We have deals with Dell and Microsoft. I wish I could get discounts on a Powerbook. What kind of price were they asking?

ah i don't really remember sorry.... all i remember is that the one with the least discount was 800 bucks off list... and they told us not to forward the email to anyone

 

[aircooled]

Not college related, but my company bought 20 IBM Thinkpads, 5 of which needed motherboard replacement in about 14 months. IBM would not back them, would not budge or deal at all. My company Will no longer approve any IBM purchases. They have lost our business due to bad support.

 

[gopunk]

Originally posted by: aircooled
Not college related, but my company bought 20 IBM Thinkpads, 5 of which needed motherboard replacement in about 14 months. IBM would not back them, would not budge or deal at all. My company Will no longer approve any IBM purchases. They have lost our business due to bad support.

were they still under warranty?