[rje]

Given that the gold 5s was incredibly popular at launch, would it really be surprising that someone wants an ipad with the same option?

[mikeash]

And given that it was widely made fun of, would it really be surprising that he was joking?

[devx]

But having that color covering a whole laptop does seems a lot tackier. Now, a black Macbook Air would be interesting - or perhaps even a "space grey" one.