Apple MWSF 2008 - MacBook Air, iPod touch, iPhone, Apple TV & iTunes Store updates... - Page 4

infra_red_dude · 20-01-2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by napster007

ur example Sucks big time.....because both the companies aim at different customer markets.

Exactly, thats crux of this thread! MBA is NOT YOUR DESKTOP REPLACEMENT. Can you say that Nokia N95 is priced at 25k and comes with only 8GB and no optical drive! Well, you can very well say N95 is a mini computer, can't you? You can do almost everything; wifi, gps, music, cam, internet, install apps. So instead of buying N95 you can very well buy a cheap laptop for that price! Rather lets talk about Desktops and Laptops! Why are laptops costly? Miniaturization involves significant costs.

I agree they are priced on the higher side tho as always. But then the high price argument would've been justified if other products from Apple were cheap and only the MBA was costly.

napster007 · 20-01-2008, 03:31 PM

^^^^^where The Hell Did Nokia Drop In From!!!!!!!

infra_red_dude · 20-01-2008, 03:43 PM

Arey yaar, just giving an example of different form factors and related costs.

napster007 · 20-01-2008, 03:47 PM

yaar.......mein mar gaya hun re. ab nahi sah sakta. thoda so ke aata hun.

iMav · 20-01-2008, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by infra_red_dude

I agree they are priced on the higher side tho as always. But then the high price argument would've been justified if other products from Apple were cheap and only the MBA was costly.

thats the whole point all products are over priced ....

aryayush · 20-01-2008, 04:37 PM

Amitava mentioned a great point - they are not overpriced but expensive. There's a world of difference between the two words. Whether a product is overpriced or not is an individual perception. Yours will differ from mine and mine will differ from goobimama's. There is no rule of thumb defining what is overpriced and what isn't, and therefore, in essence, there is no such thing as an overpriced product. What may be overpriced for you might not be so for me.

However, Apple products are generally on the expensive side, but then so are Prada's designer clothes, BMW's cars, Parker pens and Lee Cooper jeans. I don't see anyone complaining about them.

@infra_red_dude,
Splendid example! I wish a few more people had logic and common sense enough to understand your post in the way it is meant to be interpreted.

goobimama · 20-01-2008, 05:37 PM

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