Here’s where the Apple Retail Stores are shooting themselves in the feet: I would have already impulse bought iLife ‘05, and most likely a lot of other Apple software titles to boot, had the Apple Retail Store had educational pricing on their software as they do on the hardware. As a result, I just think that I’ll wait till Tiger is released and get both Tiger and iLife ‘05 with the purchase of a Mac mini (maybe). I can get the suite at a nicely reduced educational price, but I have to pay shipping and handling and wait for it. Honestly, this is why I do not own iLife ‘05 yet. However, this is what annoys me: Apple Retail Stores only offer educational discounts on the Apple hardware. Thank you, Apple for caring about education. I work in education, so I get all sorts of technology perks, especially from Apple, who offer discounts on all their hardware and software for educators / students through their online Apple Store for Education. I’ve been meaning to complain about this for a while now.

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