http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/ Engadget Comments for $50 iBook stampede! http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
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Fishes,
narco.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
I agree with #3 - I bet the same thing would have happened regardless of brand. I predict a surplus of iBooks on Ebay in the next few days!
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Why not ebay them or hold an auction on site?

That way price reflects market demand/value.

Alternativly, why didn't the school offer first refusal to famillies of children at the school?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
What a great way to raise money for education!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
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I would have let them watch from outside the gate, as I piled them all up and set them on fire.

Every one of them is going to sell theirs, not use it, why let anyone profit.


Henrico County to too poor to sustain itself so Richmond had to annex them. Just FYI..]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Trust me, I kept right on driving by.
The crowd was not abunch of "Mac enthusiests", instead, it was the dregs of society trying to get a cheap laptop.
And to adress Blue Balloon, trust me there was plenty of all kinds of races, but they all looked like they got their clothes from the salvation army.
Which I guess is okay, the people that can't afford a laptop are the ones that should be getting them anyway.
And the specs of the laptops wasn't anything to be impressed about anyway.
But I can attest, first hand, it was crazy.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
DEATH TO IPODS]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
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Read that, "eBay" Loyalists.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
stupid; really stupid.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
I remember when I couldn't afford a computer (and I was a computer science student!) and would have jumped at an opportunity to finally get a machine I could use.

school is starting back, and many poor folks saw the opportunity to get thier child/student a machine that might help them get a leg up in thier studies.

A suggestion to Henrico county - perhaps they should have held a lottery to determine the laptop buyers instead of setting up a situation ripe for mahem.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
If they had ANY BRAINS WHATSOEVER, they would've auctioned them online and avoided all the grief. Or, at very least, held a public auction for county residents. Schools are typically strapped for cash and this COULD have been a way to make a few $$$. Instead, they had a literal fire sale on their hands... not to mention lots of bad press.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
"Don't look at me, Jerry. I'm hideous!"

Anyway... one can only hope that the guy at the 45 degree angle got a laptop. He could be a postcard for the start of the 100m dash.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
HEY! They are "Thinking Different"]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
In fact it wasn't as bad as the new Ikea opening in Saudi Arabia where somebody actually died. Oh and there was a stampede at another new Ikea opening in Brent, London earlier this year which was cancelled after people stampeded, however the bonehead management decided to open the store at 12 midnight duh!

Henrico County you are not alone!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/ Sigh...]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
Well, about iBooks - before I graduated last year, around 76 out of 80 notebooks had a graphics malfunction or just plain broke, unfortunately my friend and I had to collect these and ship them for warranty repair.

When I saw anb iBook being blown up on the show "Distraction", I'm quite happy that happened, since Apple's notebook quality (I know, they didn't manufacture it, under contract) is nearly abysmal when applied to the most mundane of uses, like popping grades into a spreadsheet or typing up a letter of resignation.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/16/50-ibook-stampede/
http://cgi.ebay.com/12-Apple-iBook-G3-500MHz-30GB-Hard-Drive-Airport-Card_W0QQitemZ5797854295QQcategoryZ80050QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-Ibook-G3-12-500MHz-320-MB-Mac-OS-10-2-8_W0QQitemZ5797625162QQcategoryZ80050QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-G3-iBook_W0QQitemZ5797632388QQcategoryZ80039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If I could pick it up in person, I'd buy one just so I could meet the person who was greedy, stupid and rude enough to have pushed their way to the front of the line that day. Maybe give 'em a dope slap to go with their payment.
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other two probably were some dumbasses.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM