Duke Students Given Free Ipods!

[AcidicFury]

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So jealous...

 

[yukichigai]

If I may be the first to say, "Duke Sucks!"

 

[maziwanka]

wow!

 

[z0mb13]

ackk!! jealous is right!!

me want one!!

 

[Isshinryu]

Hmm, I think I could manage to steal my brother's...always wanted an iPod.

 

[Chronoshock]

Heh and I bet the retail price * 10 was subtly tacked onto tuition

 

[memo]

delete school info crap -> upload 20 Gigs of MP3s.

Upper classmen will not be happy about this.

 

[Ryuson99]

Originally posted by: Chronoshock
Heh and I bet the retail price * 10 was subtly tacked onto tuition

 

[Kalvin00]

:thumbsdown:

 

[klah]

Free? Did Apple donate them? I guess they are paying for them then.

 

[Anubis]

in about a month look for a bunch of 20gig ipods to hit ebay

 

[Ynog]

Trust me, I was given a "free" laptop when I went to college. Its never free.

 

[absolu7]

lol, they can afford it.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Ynog
Trust me, I was given a "free" laptop when I went to college. Its never free.

That and Duke is...expensive. Now I would be impressed if students at a public university were given ipods.

 

[vi edit]

$40,00 a year?

You better be getting a free CAR for that much dough.

 

[hdeck]

why give free ipods to rich kids?

w/e, i paid for my own ipod.

 

[dquan97]

why Ipod instead of a PocketPC? Instead of just listening to MP3, surf the web as well!

 

[MaxDepth]

Next month's News and Observer Headline:
Duke students beaten up for their i-pods

 

[EvilYoda]

yeah, saw that earlier today...I think it's great.

I had more to say about the effects of finding new music...but oh well, I figure it'll just turn into a debate anyway.

 

[UNCjigga]

Its amazing what close to $40,000 in tuition can get you these days.

edit: I think the real deal was back when IBM and UNC first started the Carolina Computing Initiative (requiring all freshmen to have a laptop.) While the standard pricing was ridiculous ($2,500 for a $1900 notebook) you could apply to the school for a grant and almost 90% of the grant requests were approved the first year. I worked at the computer store and I saw friends who's parents were doctors and bankers getting the then brand-new T21 laptops for the grant price of $795. Not bad!

 

[Banana]

Duke=
Tobacco $$

 

[KingNothing]

Slashdot read by Anandtecher!

 

[AcidicFury]

Originally posted by: KingNothing
Slashdot read by Anandtecher!

Actually, I read the News and Observer.

 

[0roo0roo]

When she arrives Aug. 19, her iPod will be loaded with all kinds of useful information, including orientation schedules, calendars, campus tours, even the Duke fight song.

Students also can use them for course content, such as recorded lectures, music, language lessons and audio books. Throughout the year, they will be able to download information through a Duke Web site modeled after Apple's iTunes site, where people can download songs legally.

 

[Imdmn04]

Not only the the the iPods cost is tacked into the tuition, I bet the officials at DUKE probably made some money(or perks or whatever) under the table by striking such a deal with APPLE, since this is great publicity for both sides.