Comment Black MacBook for professionals (Score 1) 986
I don't think that people who will buy the black MacBook will care at all that it's at a $200 premium.
The top of the line machine isn't for students.
It's not for stingy^H^H^H^H^H^H ubernerds who sit down with feature comparison charts and plot gigaflop per $ ratios.
It's for the corporate executive who wants a small machine to tote around for Powerpoint meetings that is mean and sleek and doesn't scream "look at my son's baby pictures." These people will be sending a memo to their purchasing department: "Get me one of those Mac laptops with the slick screens and the remote control. It should fit in my briefcase. And make it black." $200 isn't going to make a dent. It'd have to be priced $500-1000 more to make them pause, and probably then even barely.
To the vast majority of the world computers are tools. When you need a hammer, you go to Home Depot and buy a hammer that feels good in your hand and does the job. If you're not a carpenter, do you obsess about whether the shiny metallic cold-forged shank and the ergonomic claw hammer is really worth the extra $5? Or do you just buy the one that you like?
The top of the line machine isn't for students.
It's not for stingy^H^H^H^H^H^H ubernerds who sit down with feature comparison charts and plot gigaflop per $ ratios.
It's for the corporate executive who wants a small machine to tote around for Powerpoint meetings that is mean and sleek and doesn't scream "look at my son's baby pictures." These people will be sending a memo to their purchasing department: "Get me one of those Mac laptops with the slick screens and the remote control. It should fit in my briefcase. And make it black." $200 isn't going to make a dent. It'd have to be priced $500-1000 more to make them pause, and probably then even barely.
To the vast majority of the world computers are tools. When you need a hammer, you go to Home Depot and buy a hammer that feels good in your hand and does the job. If you're not a carpenter, do you obsess about whether the shiny metallic cold-forged shank and the ergonomic claw hammer is really worth the extra $5? Or do you just buy the one that you like?
