Laptop Pricing - A small rant.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 Wow that thing is a yard sale after those stairs
Yeah they say the aluminum uni-body is suppose to be stronger than plastic laptops. I've found them to be much more malleable than quality built plastic ones. Also every mac laptop I've had has had cooling issues.
The one that I have goes crazy trying to stay cool while just browsing the web!!
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@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 I'd have thought all that Al would conduct the heat pretty well but I suppose it's all in how you set it up. Probably gets too hot to use the body as a sink directly but I bet they could get more creative with heat piping. Having seen their itty bitty mobo's I can see why space for piping might be an issue.
There is a heat pipe. over the cpu and fan (a small one.) but it exhausts to a vent that hits the the bottom of the LCD when open and takes air in from between the keys on the keyboard.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 Wow that thing is a yard sale after those stairs
Yeah they say the aluminum uni-body is suppose to be stronger than plastic laptops. I've found them to be much more malleable than quality built plastic ones. Also every mac laptop I've had has had cooling issues.
Totally agree. One time I had a retina MBP on my bed and got into a tickle fight and it was a low profile box-springless frame, and it fell literally like 3 feet or so, the corner was dented beyond repair and I had to sell it at a huge loss. The unibody looks good, but as far as durability, I've noticed no difference.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@MattSpeller said:
@thecreativeone91 I'd have thought all that Al would conduct the heat pretty well but I suppose it's all in how you set it up. Probably gets too hot to use the body as a sink directly but I bet they could get more creative with heat piping. Having seen their itty bitty mobo's I can see why space for piping might be an issue.
There is a heat pipe. over the cpu and fan (a small one.) but it exhausts to a vent that hits the the bottom of the LCD when open and takes air in from between the keys on the keyboard.
And invites ants to live in there.
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@creayt that seems really crappy to me, we have a huge fleet of plastic fantastic Dell Latitudes and they take HUGE abuse. Drops, spills (of weird chemicals on occasion), bodily fluids.... just the worst possible stuff you can imagine. We do suffer some attrition but it's typically because I refuse to clean it (human hazmat I am not) or someone has one stolen.
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@MattSpeller said:
@creayt that seems really crappy to me, we have a huge fleet of plastic fantastic Dell Latitudes and they take HUGE abuse. Drops, spills (of weird chemicals on occasion), bodily fluids.... just the worst possible stuff you can imagine. We do suffer some attrition but it's typically because I refuse to clean it (human hazmat I am not) or someone has one stolen.
That's impressive. The day the very first retina MacBook Pro came out I got one and took it to my office, and someone spilled some coffee on it ( the lid was shut, thank god ) and it permanently nuked the displayport jacks ( can't remember if they were Thunderbolt or not yet ). Had to pay a pretty penny to get stuff replaced at the Apple Store.
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If you lease an apple watch I wonder if you have to pay for any damage.. hmm. That could be really profitable for apple.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
If you lease an apple watch I wonder if you have to pay for any damage.. hmm. That could be really profitable for apple.
Apple isn't the one doing the leasing. So no, it wouldn't make Apple money. The leasing business doesn't seem to be a viable one at all.
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http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
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what was the name of his shop... 720SWAG? Rent-a-SWAG? Seems applicable.
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@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
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@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
Not a bad idea, make a few bucks off the idea while its a fad.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
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@scottalanmiller said:
The theory is that there is no resell value.
I wouldn't buy one that's encrusted with someone else's human detritus - agreed.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
It's a changing item. Technology in a watch. Normally watches are collectables. Technology in watches not so much. And even more so given that this is the first generation - which is usually apples "beta" basically meaning it won't last very long until they bring another one out to fix all the issues everyone has in less than 1 year.
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@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
http://www.applewatchlease.com/
They only have TWELVE watches. Pretty small company
That's just plain stupid.
Yup. Twelve watches and they hope to make what, $20 on each if they are lucky? You can't lease $350 items in small quantity and even pay to keep the lights on, let alone employ anyone.
They can charge whatever they want to lease them. If they can't lease them or only lease them a few times they can just sell them. What you aren't considering is that the watches don't actually cost that much when you consider the resell value.
The theory is that there is no resell value.
Can you explain what you mean?
Did you read the website? The leasing website is all dedicated to talking about how they believe Apple Watches have little resell value and that's their whole pitch for the leasing.
