[mythtv-users] OT - Mac Advocacy, was; Which SVN?

[jedi]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:31:09AM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Matthew McClement wrote:
> 
> > Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> >> On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Matthew McClement wrote:
[deletia]
> > Comparing the price of the two is potentially a little difficult. In
> > funny UK money the R500  is cheaper base unit price compared to base
> > unit price, however the R500 is a slower CPU(1.2-1.3Ghz) with faster  
> > and
> > less anemic subsystems(higher capacity drives if you want to go non- 
> > SSD,
> > more USB ports, built in optical drive, etc) while the Air has a  
> > faster
> > CPU(1.6-1.8Ghz) but lacks most extra functionality that you get with  
> > the
> > R500.
> >
> > Matt
> 
> Yes, my comment was that when you're the first to execute, you can  
> charge a premium. Toshiba and Apple are doing that. This thread is  
> boring. Everyone's arguing about how to agree.

    Newer tech has always been more expensive to produce when it's
first introduced. The manufacturers of the component parts are still
working out how to make the stuff and how to make it cheaper. This 
has nothing to do with the historic insistence of Apple to charge 
2x or 3x for what everyone else has already. The notion that if Apple
is introducing it then they are necessarily first is just silly. So
is any notion of cost based on that.