Philip Greenspun, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist and founder of Photo.net, argues that laptop computers have nearly reached the price where they are becoming "disposable."
So the price of a decent laptop is now converging with the price of an expensive cell phone." […] Will people still want to pay $1000+ for a laptop that they will have to guard from theft and impact when they could just buy a Thinkpad for $600 now and replace it two years from now for $450?
Jeff Nolan says he "wouldn’t be so quick to label a $600 laptop as disposable, but it’s definitely closing the gap with desktops."
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