dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) (01/18/90)
I was just down at my friendly Commodore Amiga Dealer this afternoon. He mentioned to me that he could make my day, if only I was a student. Sure enough, I am, and sure enough, he did. Commodore has, as of a few days ago, started educational discounts. Before I start any uproarious whatevers, please consider this as coming only from a customer, and don't construe it as an official announcement, BUT I do have the form from Amiga; it looks real. I understand it is an extension of the discounts Amiga has been giving to teachers for quite a while now. One goes straight to Commodore with your request; you can't march down to your dealer and come home with a system. It has to be shipped to your dealer, whose responsibility it is to verify that you are a student. Now for the prices (that were quoted to me, and AREN'T OFFICIAL by any means!) that don't include $30 shipping, or sales tax (if applicable.) 500 system, including ram expansion extra drive 1084 Monitor for $799 2000 system, including: extra floppy drive XT Bridgecard 1084 Monitor for $1,599 (list is $3,196) 2000HD system, including: 2286D AT Bridgecard 1084 Monitor for $2,579 (list is $4697) 2500/30 system, including: 2286D AT Bridgecard 1084 Monitor 3 MB Ram 40 Meg Hard drive (Quantum, 19ms access time) all this for...$3,679 (retail: $6697) If this is all true, Amiga has really got a competitive system (the 2500/30 especially) to go head to head with the best of Mac or NeXT. Please remember that I could be full of it, my Dealer could be full of it, or I might have goofed typing in otherwise correct prices (I tried not to.) I think this is really great news! Here's hoping it's going to work. dylan dylan@cs.washington.edu
GG.MPD@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Durket) (01/20/90)
How about University staff? At our campus, both Apple and IBM include University staff (some of whom make less than faculty) in their discount programs.
dylan@cs.washington.edu (Dylan McNamee) (01/20/90)
I have the Terms and Conditions in front of me, and the eligible Qualified End Users include: A) A Faculty or other staff member directly involved in the educational process at a Qualified Educational Institution. B) A student...blah blah... I have no idea what the part about being directly involved in the educational process means, but it is pretty open to interpretation... hope this helps, dylan dylan@cs.washington.edu
hutch@thor.acc.stolaf.edu (Lance A. Hutchinson) (01/21/90)
In article <7352@lindy.Stanford.EDU> GG.MPD@forsythe.stanford.edu (Michael Durket) writes: >How about University staff? At our campus, both Apple and IBM >include University staff (some of whom make less than faculty) >in their discount programs. Just so everyone knows here is a brief rundown of who qualifies: For Educational Institutions: You are a qualified Educational Instuitution if you are basically one of the following: An elementary or secondary school accredited by a STATE. An accredited vocational, technical or post-secondary institute. An special Educaional School or institution These are the basic three qualifications for instutions. For Students and Professors (teachers): A faculty or other staff member directly involved in the educational process. A student enrolled at a full time post-secondary Qualified educational institute and are certified to be making significant progress towards a degree. There are a few other stipulations but nothing major. See you local dealer for more info. If you must have more info EMAIL me please. I hope this clarifies the situarion somewhat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lance Hutchinson \\====// phone: (507) 663-6447 St Olaf College \\==// @work: (507) 663-7885 Northfield, MN. 55057 \\// hutch@thor.acc.stolaf.edu