They famously don't. Betting and guessing doesn't work well here. Best to ask the question instead of make the assertion.
replyI doubt schools will be getting this much cheaper. This is already a really aggressively priced product.
replyThese are probably gonna have a decent resell value. Macbook products have a very higher resell value compared to say chromebooks/normal laptops.
replyI can imagine schools buying them for their students and then taking them after the semester is over and then giving to next but also reselling it at a very nice value if they might want the next line of product at a decent price.
Also this not only applies to school but normal people who buy the Macbook Neo too
My understanding is that students are very hard on school provided laptops, I don’t think many of them that have been in use for a year will be in good resale condition.
replyMy mother is a teacher and the idea there is that if students break/damage the school provided (tablets in that case), the students have to pay the fine.
replyAnd even after that, yes, children are absolutely hard on their tablets I agree but they operate and the resale value of those could be decent aside from a very few IMO. There is a way to create a culture of preservation or atleast steer things that way but yeah I agree it can be hard.
Only the smallest or independent schools are bellying up to the Apple Store to buy 250 laptops on educational discounts; almost all of them go through companies that handle the details; and it can be structured as a lease or a purchase, depending on where they want to allocate capital and expense.
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