
Originally Posted by
obemon
Apple could strike a deal with the schools and the book publishers themselves to help subsidize it. So in the end, students won't actually be buying this thing paying the normal price and getting it by normal means. It will be available straight from the school they are enrolled with and the cost can just be added to the school fees they already paying.
Of course, I'm not saying this applies to every school out there. As you said, it ain't feasible. However, for the schools that already mandates their students to have a laptop (there's lot of them already here in NZ), then this could be an option or a replacement.