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.

Comments

[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.