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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch::The original Apple Watch models, including the $10,000-plus 18-karat gold Edition that Beyoncé wore, are now officially obsolete and won’t get parts, repair, or replacement services.

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[–] weeeeum 127 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The irony of building something so expensive, opulent and heirloom worthy around one of the most rapidly depreciating assets you can buy (technology)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, a 17k$ (back then) workstation from the 90s would still be fine. People love their SGI and Sun machines.

Not sure how much they did cost back then, I was born in 1996, but you get the idea.

[–] havokdj 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A $17k workstation from the 90's would not even be able to browse the internet.

To put it in perspective, we didn't even have multi-core CPUs until the mid 2000's, a mid 90's machine would have around 400 MHz on a single core and that's being generous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You'd be able to upgrade the insides while still looking opulently golden.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm well aware of what these are capable of, these things are not bought for your Twitter and Reddit activities.

[–] SmoothIsFast 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And yet a $17k apple power Mac g5 today barely functions for YouTube

https://youtu.be/6SqYMU81l8Y?si=x9zrS6y27Gv4Mvby

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Macs are not iconic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, thank you for educating me.