Apple Briefs

In what might be the earliest back-to-school promotion ever, Apple is now offering students a free iPod Touch and (as usual) a free printer with the purchase of a computer between now and September 15. Technically you could choose to get a free iPod Nano instead of the iPod Touch. But with the iTunes Application Store just around the corner, the size advantage of the Nano is becoming overwhelmed by the feature list of the Touch. For anyone still in school, this is a great opportunity to load up on Macs before you graduate and have to pay “grown-up prices.” (Ok, you’re limited to one desktop and one laptop at the student price per academic year, but that still means two iPod Touches and two printers!) It’s too bad that I no longer get the student discount. Maybe we could petition Apple to allow attorney CLE classes to qualify?