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<p>If you note, there are two sites. If you do the college site, the boarding school will not show up; if you do the k-12, it will. Below are the eligibility notes. Specifically students from College. Faculty staff from k-12.</p>
<p>Will they “come after you” if you click the boarding school for your child, probably not, but it is illegal and sort of like pirating software.</p>
<p>Eligibility</p>
<p>Those eligible to purchase from the Apple Store for Education Individuals include faculty, staff, students and parents as follows:</p>
<p>K12 - Any employee of a public or private K-12 institution in the United States is eligible. In addition, school board members who are currently serving as elected or appointed members are eligible. PTA or PTO executives currently serving as elected or appointed officers are eligible.</p>
<p>Higher Education - Faculty and staff of Higher Education institutions; and students attending, or accepted into a Higher Education institution are eligible to purchase. Purchases from the Apple Store for Education Individuals are not for institutional purchase or resale.</p>
<p>Higher Education Parents - Parents purchasing on behalf of their child, who is a student currently attending or accepted into a public or private Higher Education Institution in the United States, are eligible to purchase.</p>
<p>As to ipod vs ipod touch, if they want it for music, the regular ipod has much more memory. If they want it for internet access and applications, the touch is the way to go. It is an iphone without the phone (although you can call on skype on it).</p>
<p>If you order a mac, you can add more RAM and memory. I would add as much as you can afford as that will give you more years. D has hers almost full of itune music. As suggested above, got her external harddrive and had her put music and pictures there.</p>