[rescue] iBasketcase

[Patrick Finnegan]

On Wednesday 23 January 2008 09:30, Monty Walls wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:43:18 -0500
>
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
> > Bill Bradford wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:08:32AM -0500, Aaron Finley wrote:
> > >> When a brand new dual Core2 T61 can be had for around $700, with
> > >> someone's EPP discount and their PayPal/special of the week, why
> > >> bother?
> > >
> > > Because it's not a Mac! 8-)
>
> People keep talking about the EPP discount, so what's that for the
> ignorant (me).  My wife's a long time thinkpad addict, and is going
> to start shopping another one soon :).

IIRC, Employee Purchase Program.  IBM employees get a discount on (some) 
IBM stuff.

Pat
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