<p>Anyone checkout the prices yet?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.act.umd.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.act.umd.edu/</a></p>
<p>Prices are poor on the Dell systems and average on the Apple systems. I'm curious as to what the University Software Image is.</p>
<p>To put things in perspective:</p>
<p>The base Macbook</p>
<p>Through ACT:
4 year warranty
Good repair service on campus
Loaner computers available
$1,458.00</p>
<p>Through the Apple Store (using educational discount)
3 year AppleCare Warranty
iPod Nano 2gb for free after Mail-In Rebate
Financing Available
$1,630.46
-$179 (Mail-In Rebate)
=$1451.46</p>
<p>okay bigj, the age old question...</p>
<p>mac vs. pc?</p>
<p>yeah...i´m a little annoyed cause i just bought a macbook, and it would be nice to have the on-campus repair service available for free.... although i assume i could always bring it in to be serviced even if i didn´t buy it through ACT? (anyone know about this?) hopefully it won´t need servicing in the next couple years anyway, haha.</p>
<p>yeah macbooks are really nice but idk how to use them.....how long does a laptop last, anyway?</p>