http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/ "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet." Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:59:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-491 Naik’s News » Would you rent a MacBook for about $2 a day - for 3 years? Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:31:51 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-491 [...] Link [...] [...] Link [...]

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-490 Rent a MacBook for Less Than $3 a Day — in France at RazorSharp iPods & Raw Gadgets Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:27:57 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-490 [...] Would you rent a MacBook for under three bucks a day — for three years? [Cyrus Farivar] Via BoingBoing. [...] [...] Would you rent a MacBook for under three bucks a day — for three years? [Cyrus Farivar] Via BoingBoing. [...]

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-489 Mahmood’s Den » Blog Archive » Ehm, can I have a makramah please? Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:56:45 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-489 [...] You see, Your Majesty, Moore’s law suggests that everything in technology doubles in use but halves in cost every 18 months, that period of time has now shortened to just 3 months if you look at the various technological products and services the world over. Hard disks are approaching 1TB in capacity for a very reasonable price, a price that we happily paid for 1/10th of that capacity just a couple of years ago. The same thing with Internet speeds and available bandwidth; people in the developed and some in the not-so-developed worlds are enjoying speeds of 8MB (that’s a Big B Your Majesty, not a small one) paying not more than BD30 a month. In France, the telcos there started renting MacBooks with 1Mb connections for as little as 2 Euros a day; yet in your own blessed country, Your Majesty, we are being Royally shafted - if you would pardon my French as I cannot find a more appropriate term - by Your Company, the exalted Batelco for BD60 a month for a measly 2Mb (yes, that’s a small b) with a bandwidth limitation of just 20GB. [...] [...] You see, Your Majesty, Moore’s law suggests that everything in technology doubles in use but halves in cost every 18 months, that period of time has now shortened to just 3 months if you look at the various technological products and services the world over. Hard disks are approaching 1TB in capacity for a very reasonable price, a price that we happily paid for 1/10th of that capacity just a couple of years ago. The same thing with Internet speeds and available bandwidth; people in the developed and some in the not-so-developed worlds are enjoying speeds of 8MB (that’s a Big B Your Majesty, not a small one) paying not more than BD30 a month. In France, the telcos there started renting MacBooks with 1Mb connections for as little as 2 Euros a day; yet in your own blessed country, Your Majesty, we are being Royally shafted – if you would pardon my French as I cannot find a more appropriate term – by Your Company, the exalted Batelco for BD60 a month for a measly 2Mb (yes, that’s a small b) with a bandwidth limitation of just 20GB. [...]

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-488 Cyrus Farivar Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:40:58 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-488 Um, MacBooks aren't even a year old. Um, MacBooks aren’t even a year old.

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-487 branden Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:17:28 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-487 In the USA or Canada, a one-year old MacBook can be sold for around $365 less than purchase price. It's even better if you can take advantage of student discounts. DSL is about $0.80-1.5 per day, (depending on location) with a one year commitment. Roughly, that's $1.5-2.5/day for a new computer (and DSL contract) every year. How much would this cost in France? In the USA or Canada, a one-year old MacBook can be sold for around $365 less than purchase price. It’s even better if you can take advantage of student discounts. DSL is about $0.80-1.5 per day, (depending on location) with a one year commitment. Roughly, that’s $1.5-2.5/day for a new computer (and DSL contract) every year. How much would this cost in France?

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-486 soft_guy Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:38:54 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-486 No. No.

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2006/12/14/would-you-rent-a-macbook-for-under-three-bucks-a-day-for-three-years/#comment-485 metablog » Rent an apple Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:41:30 +0000 http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200#comment-485 [...] http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200 [...] [...] http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1200 [...]

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