Henrico County to continue using Macs

by Dan Pourhadi (Feb 11th 2006 8:00AM)

Remember The Battle of Henrico, where thousands of Mac-craved cheapskates gathered to purchase student-abused iBooks for $50, resulting in a Lord of the Rings-like skirmish that made the typically-unimpassioned PC world pause and wonder why the hell ...

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What would you do for a Mac?

by Scott McNulty (Aug 17th 2005 10:30PM)

We are all painfully aware of the madness that happened down in Henrico County when the promise of cheap, old iBooks was offered up. Stampeding, yelling, and people urinating on themselves were all activities reported to have happened at this sale.Th...

Henrico iBook chaos makes good T-shirt fodder

by Laurie A. Duncan (Aug 16th 2005 4:15PM)

This is sick and twisted and offensive and sad and tragic and yet I can't stop laughing. Is that wrong?HENRICO COUNTY $50 iBook t-shirtOnly $7 with free shipping... cheaper than making your own! It would be nice if this enterprising auctioneer were t...

$50 iBooks cause stampede!

by Laurie A. Duncan (Aug 16th 2005 1:30PM)

No, you aren't reading The Onion. Yes, there really was a stampede. No one was seriously injured, but this morning's $50 iBook sale was an insane mob scene by all accounts. Lines of parked cars started to form around 1:30am and by 7:00am, when the sa...

More than one hundred iBook bargain hunters didn't get the memo

by Laurie A. Duncan (Aug 10th 2005 7:30PM)

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that more than 100 people - who obviously don't read TUAW - showed up at the Richmond International Raceway in Virginia yesterday, hoping to get their grubby little paws on some cheap iBooks. The only problem is th...

Henrico County iBooks will go to residents first

by Laurie A. Duncan (Aug 3rd 2005 4:00PM)

The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that Henrico County, Virginia taxpayers will get first dibs on those $50 iBooks. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to allow the Henrico residents the opportunity to buy the laptops, which are county property,...

Henrico County, VA taxpayers to iBook bargain hunters: Stay home!

by Laurie A. Duncan (Aug 3rd 2005 8:00AM)

Last week, I casually mentioned that the Henrico County Public School system in Virginia was dumping iBooks for $50 each. Many of you made clear your plans to try for one, some of you even stating you were planning to drive from miles and miles away ...

Henrico County dumping iBooks for $50 each

by Laurie A. Duncan (Jul 23rd 2005 9:30PM)

That was then: "The Henrico County Public School system has teamed with Apple Computers and launched the Teaching and Learning Initiative by deploying Apple iBook laptops to all high school and middle school students and staff. The school system...