I finally get enough guts up to order a iBook via the Apple Federal Discount Employee program and it is offline. I get the error "Unable to enter the requested store."
😦 Bummer …

I am 99% sure I am going to be a two laptop person for the near future.  Trying to balance utilizing my work and personal computers while on travel is causing an "internal" conflict of interest.  Plus, it will be a good experiment on the Podcasting side.