[tptacek]

Speak for yourself. I want a thin laptop that feels almost like a slab of mysteriously lightweight solid aluminum, and Apple is delivering that.

It's not like this was a cost-saving measure for them; they're not pulling one over on you. They went nuts trying to make these things solid, lightweight, and skinny, and this was a tradeoff they made --- at significant expense.

[51Cards]

" --- at significant expense."

Which is being directly passed on to the client along with an extra slice of profit making. Brilliant but not so nice if you're the client.

[zzleeper]

It reminds me of printer sales or high-fee consumer credits.. they benefit from consumer myopia about the future. There's even a lot of literature about that:

https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/4554333/Laibson_...

In this case, I'm guessing many people that are not that well-off still buy macs but don't really realize the future repair costs..

[oldmanjay]

Does it remind you of buying nearly everything? Do you think the average consumer decides to buy a home appliance or a television based on the possibility of providing user service at reduced rates?