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    Sony Education prices.. more expensive than rrp?!!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by smpil, Jul 29, 2004.

  1. smpil

    smpil Newbie

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    Okay.. so I'm starting to fall in love with the sony S170.. it is a beautiful sight to behold.. haven't met her in person yet though.. must do that soon.

    Anywho.. went to the sonystyle website.. if you into notebooks, and the s series, it says the S170 starts at $1499 (of course this is basic basic setup).. no prob..

    So, then I went through Sony's Education prices website.. and the SAME notebook (same specs, everything) starts at $1569!! What the f***??

    The ONLY difference between the two is that the non educational ships with XP Home (this is the basic setup, obviously this can be upgraded for $100), whereas the Educational ships with XP PRO.. all the other upgrade prices are all exactly the same!! so, what? I get $30 off XP Pro?? That's it!!??

    very confused.. anyone knows whats up with this?
     
    smpil, Jul 29, 2004
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  2. RenaissanceMan

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    Sony doesn't have an educational 'discount' as far as I can tell from the website. They offer 'educational solutions.'

    And, XP Pro costs more than XP Home, so I'm guessing that there's the price difference.
     
    RenaissanceMan, Jul 30, 2004
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