Microsoft to End $400 MSN Rebate Used in Bogus Pricing of PCs

according to this digitalMASS article. You've seen it. A PC's price is advertised for some ridiculously low figure including being "free" and the fine print states that's the "price" after a $400 rebate on an internet contract that costs in the neighborhood of $700-1000 more than the advertised price of the computer. M$ should be applauded for ending this deceptive practice but it's doing so simply because the rebate has cost M$ too much money. [Dana Baggett]

-- TGIF, February 2 --

[8:00a Update] SCOOP!--$30 Discount on Mac OS X for Public Beta Purchasers:
From Eugene Chan,

I just got this following e-mail from Apple.

"Dear Eugene Chan,

Thank you for being one of the pioneers who beta tested Mac OS X. Your feedback has helped make Mac OS X the world's most advanced operating system. To show our appreciation, we are offering you a $30 discount on the final version of Mac OS X.* You will also be among the first to receive Mac OS X when it ships on March 24, 2001. Again, thanks for helping to make Mac OS X the world's most advanced operating system.

Apple Software Engineering"

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