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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by misterS on Friday April 26, 2013 @01:30PM (#5614188) 

   not a valuable mindset at an early startup?
This is what irks me, too. The startup I was working at (somewhere in Europe) was always short on money (there wasn't any VC funding), and I get it that this meant having to cut corners anywhere. But then the owner started to outfit every new employee with the latest mac book and a cinema display - for roughly 9000$. I had a (good) Thinkpad and a standard 24" monitor for a third of that price. Why they decided to throw out that much money on Apple while I couldn't order a spare keyboard I don't know.
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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by eridius on Saturday April 27, 2013 @12:48AM (#5616843)
On what planet does even the highest-specced MacBook Pro + external display cost even remotely close to $9000?
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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by arnorhs on Saturday April 27, 2013 @02:27AM (#5617007)
Welcome to Europe. Taxes, customs, shipping + crazy markup, and this is what you get: http://www.epli.is/tolvur/fartolvur/macbook-pro-15-retina-2-... - high specced rMBP is ~$4500. Add a monitor and and iphone and you're already there, at least pretty close.
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Re:Is this what it’s supposed to feel like? by eridius on Saturday April 27, 2013 @02:34AM (#5617021)
Is there no better place to buy from? You can't buy from Apple directly? Because the markup on that linked store is absolutely insane.
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