UGGGGHHHH! I HAVE to get an iPhone

[elephant007]

If you need (require) books for a college course, does the university supply the book or do you have to buy the book? With that in mind, they are requiring you to have an iPhone with data connection and a specific laptop just like they would require you to have a certain book, published by a specific publisher, written by a specific writer and pertaining to a specific subject. I see no difference between being required to buy books or other material and being required to purchase iPhone and Laptop... except price obviously

It's funny though, they would require and iPhone (Apple) and a Laptop by Dell which would most likely be running Windows as an OS

Originally Posted by Noir

I suggest (if you have to go tablet) lenovo or hp - much cheaper with n trig and faster!

I work for a school district and we have some IBM Lenovo laptops (R60, R61, T500) and we constantly have problems with these laptops, they're really big headaches... We have Dells and overall do not have problems... as a matter of fact we have a T-STEM Academy here which is new only have 100 students so far and each of them have a Dell E5400 and we haven't had limited issues with these laptops... remember these are 100 high school FRESHMEN handeling these laptops too!

[CozBoogie]

Originally Posted by elephant007

If you need (require) books for a college course, does the university supply the book or do you have to buy the book? With that in mind, they are requiring you to have an iPhone with data connection and a specific laptop just like they would require you to have a certain book, published by a specific publisher, written by a specific writer and pertaining to a specific subject. I see no difference between being required to buy books or other material and being required to purchase iPhone and Laptop... except price obviously

Except a book is a one time purchase. You have the option of finding a used book and then reselling it back to the bookstore at the conclusion of the class, thus recouping some of your money.

Requiring a phone with a two year contract is a bit different than requiring books. The expectation that you can't work is a bit janky too.

late,
Coz

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Except a book is a one time purchase. You have the option of finding a used book and then reselling it back to the bookstore at the conclusion of the class, thus recouping some of your money.

Requiring a phone with a two year contract is a bit different than requiring books. The expectation that you can't work is a bit janky too.

late,
Coz

plus with the ISDN number you can get used books online for cheap! I don't see iphones, even crappy 8gig 2g ones, going for less than $200 and forget about paying for att service!

I wonder if they'd let you use a 1st generation used iphone unlocked on Tmobil?

[DaveTN]

Originally Posted by CozBoogie

The expectation that you can't work is a bit janky too.

late,
Coz

Thats pretty much a requirement for all PA schools. I've not been to a single one that has not tried to discourage me from working. I'll essentially be learning 4 years worth of medical school in my first year and during my second year moving from clinical rotation to clinical rotation, which may mean moving to different locations or even cities to do my clinicals.

David

[elephant007]

Originally Posted by CozBoogie

Except a book is a one time purchase. You have the option of finding a used book and then reselling it back to the bookstore at the conclusion of the class, thus recouping some of your money.

Requiring a phone with a two year contract is a bit different than requiring books. The expectation that you can't work is a bit janky too.

late,
Coz

Hey, I said cost would be different

You can resell your laptop and iphone, percentage wise you'll probably get the same out of it as you would selling BACK your books to the university book store... what a money making deal there, you buy your book for $100, use it, they buy it back for $30 and then sell it again for $100...