News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Moto 360. Parent comment

Re:Moto 360 by edanm on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:52PM (#7424546)
"Those who buy and use its products are primarily concerned with advertising the fact that they use Apple products - conspicuous consumption."

Yeah, you're going to need at least some form of evidence for that claim.

Needless to say, I disagree that that's the reason I use a Mac.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Moto 360 by droopyEyelids on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:40PM (#7424836)
I know. In the tech field my macbook is embarrassingly generic.

It feels weird to know that it cost more than many people's cars, but if you work in the privileged person startup bubble it's a weak shibboleth, not a luxury item that draws attention.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Moto 360 by pm90 on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @06:18PM (#7425447)
>it cost more than many people's cars,

sorry, what? I thought macboook cost $2-3k? Is that how much a car costs in your country?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Moto 360 by gavinflud on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @06:40PM (#7425555)
My first car cost me €1000. My latest car that I bought in November cost just north of €3000.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Moto 360 by kayoone on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @06:38PM (#7425548)
many people are driving <3k beater cars, maybe thats what he is referring too.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Moto 360 by piyush_soni on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @09:49PM (#7426359)
Some of my friends are driving used cars which range from $1200 to $1700.
[ Parent | on HN ]