dammit

[unbibium]

So how come when I don't own Apple stock, he announces the iPhone, but when I do own Apple stock, he announces a laptop that's twice as expensive but slower and has no CD-ROM drive, and you can't buy your own battery for it, even if it is really thin.

But if Steve Jobs says that people will pay a $700 premium for a super-thin laptop, maybe they will.

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[jwgh]

At my last job, I remember the CEO being in a panic because he had gone to a conference and HE HADN'T HAD THE THINNEST LAPTOP IN THE ROOM.

So I think there's definitely a market for these among rich douchebags, and they might catch on with other people too -- there's definitely some neat things about them.

I find the wireless backup station kind of entrancing, but I really shouldn't buy anything right now.

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

See, that's the thing. A lot of people, including myself, are in a "can't buy anything else" mode right about now, and will be for a while, especially while the economy is crumbling around us. I was hoping there'd be a price cut on MacBooks or iMacs, and maybe even a lower-end one with a three-digit price point that they might be able to sell in a weaker economy.

By this time next year, Americans will probably be buying OLPC's.

[kirkjerk.livejournal.com]

So dour on the economy?

I don't think it's going to be harder on techies than the dot com crash. But what do I know.

Anyway, the computer's design reminds me a bit of what I thought the Palm Foleo was heading for, albeit with different demographic ideas.

[jwgh]

Well, OK. But products that appeal to rich douchebags are somewhat recession-proof because (1) they're rich and (2) they have whatever company they work for (or run or whatever) buy toys like this for them.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

Maybe people aren't buying it becuase last time they shelled out over $500 for something from Apple, they ended up with a few hundred of that being an Early-Adopter Fee.

[kirkjerk.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it Apple is pretty good at doing things "too soon", the semi-bleeding edge, that can set the tone for the industry.

Like, this whole lack of optical drive and ethernet plug, relying all on wireless, reminds me a bit of the iMacs not having a floppy (or a writable CD)

It's funny, in retrospect I saw a hint of this in a coworkers iPod Touch; it was startlingly thin, shaving off a bit from the already modest iPhone.

And the price point isn't really in rich douchebag territory; < $2K is not terrible for a good laptop.

I still don't like OSX that much...

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

<$2K is probably good for a working man, but students are going to stick with the MacBook.

[kirkjerk.livejournal.com]

Well, students who are paying their own way.

For students whose folks have money, or have a lot of scholarships, sometimes the start of college is a chance to go high end.. you want something that lasts for 4 years or so, and what's another $2000 when you're in it for > $100K...

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

It's $2000 you'll be owing Fanny Mae down the line.

In short, IT'S THINKING LIKE THAT THAT CAUSED THE MORTGAGE CRISIS! heheh