Text 50332, 66 rader
Skriven 2008-10-21 20:26:49 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 50323 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Too much $
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Alan Zisman -> Charles Scaglione wrote:
 AZ> Charles Scaglione -> Jean Parrot wrote:
 CS>> Jean Parrot -> Alan Zisman wrote:

 CS>> Hi Jean:

 AZ>>>> They are already enjoying 'an uptick in sales', with Apple
 AZ>>>> computer sales-- especially laptop sales- increasing at
 AZ>>>> rates much higher than the industry as a whole.

 AZ>>>> Article in today's NY Times: "Why This Storm May Stay Away From
 JP>>>  AZ  Apple.

 JP>>>         They do benefit from persons having too much money, eg: my
 AZ> son
 JP>>>    and Charles' too.  Not I, on a pension and you better get ready,
 JP>>>    Alan. As I said before, my only grind is their cost, they are nice
 JP>>>    machines even if they can not connect to my AP regularly.

 CS>> Did you read the article Alan posted in today's messages? :)  There
 AZ> was
 CS>> a similar comparison made on Tom's Hardware site sometime ago.  They
 CS>> came to the same conclusion.

 CS>> I personally have priced high end notebook computers to see if
 AZ> there was
 CS>> indeed a big difference between what Apple sells and others.  You can
 CS>> easily spend as much on a Sony, IBM, and even a HP.  But we've been
 AZ> over
 CS>> all this before...

 CS>> You and I (probably most of us posting here) are from a different
 CS>> generation; one that learned to live on a lot less.  Nowadays, when
 CS>> money is not a factor (too much money) we see the younger folks like
 CS>> your son and mine spending and splurging on things that we would not
 CS>> even consider.


 AZ> What I would be interested to see is a comparison between, say, a $750
 AZ> laptop and a $1500 one and a $2200... what are the real differences, in
 AZ> options, in performance, and in quality.

 AZ> Given that one can get a 15" laptop with 3 or 4 GB of RAM and a 320 GB
 AZ> hard drive for well under $1000 these days, what's the justification of
 AZ> paying more?

Similarly, I'm interested in watching the sub-$500 sub-3 lb netbooks (various
models) vs the $1800-3500 ultra-portable models from Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba,
etc. The ultra-portables have larger screens: 12-13" typically, with higher
resolution, and more or less full-sized keyboards. But the netbooks are even
more portable and vastly less expensive.

I was being schmoozed by Toshiba this afternoon, with (among other things) a
guy demoing their upcoming notebook lineup-- including a $469  NB100 netbook to
be announced in November (w. 160 GB hard drive, 1.6 GHz CPU, etc), alongside
their Portege R600 ultra portable: $2399-3299.

I know which one I might be more likely to buy (if I was shopping!)

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