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It's a first generation product—nobody in their right mind would buy it anyway. Setting the price at $1000 means people who buy it probably know what they are d
by duaneb 14y ago
It's a first generation product—nobody in their right mind would buy it anyway. Setting the price at $1000 means people who buy it probably know what they are doing and can help valve improve the most—think paying for a beta test.
At least that's my interpretation.
- macspoofing 14y ago>It's a first generation product I'm not even sure how a later generation product could improve on this one. Maybe a nicer form factor, but components would largely be the same.
- jordan0day 14y agoI think that's an optimistic interpretation. The "early adopter" tax people pay for the first version of something works for no-other-options devices (think the first HDTV's or Blu-Ray players). In this case however, just about can go to Microcenter and build a better-performing machine for significantly cheaper. The form factor or power consumption may not be as good, but I'm not entirely sure how much that matters compared to several hundred dollars of up-front savings?