How much is a Quad G5? To answer that in one idiosyncratic way...
...Y2,547,470.
I tried loading up one of the quad-core G5s with every conceivable option in the online store (16GB of RAM, two 500GB drives, two 30-inch displays, etc.). And no, I didn't click the order button--fortunately for my bank balance.
The memory alone costs Y1.4 mn.
This is roughly the amount of money that one would pay for a brand-new Toyota Prius, for example. Colleagues offer the opinion that next year a $1,000 iMac will probably be just as powerful and come with a free iPod and, possibly, a free Toyota Prius.
In order to combat Apple's unstoppable advance Microsoft will next year begin inducing PC makers to give away a lifesize Steve Jobs robot with every Windows box. The robot will come to a halt every six weeks, say "just one more thing..." and pull a smaller version of itself from a trouser pocket, with the larger version spontaneously disintegrating as it does so. This will continue to happen until the robot reaches a size invisible to the human eye, upon which it will begin replicating until it forms a colossal black v-necked t-shirt that envelops your house and hermetically seals you in, to suffocate to death unless you pay for the next Windows service pack.
Thereby blackening Steve's reputation and boosting Microsoft's bottom line at the same time.
The Apple Store (Japan)
Posted by gme at October 24, 2005 04:12 PM
