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The Steve Jobs Premium (zdnet.com)
6 points by markbao on June 30, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


Owning an Apple hurts when it comes to hidden costs, that's for sure. I remember a laptop charger cost $200, and seeing that the cheapest item Apple sells is a $20 cable that is pretty generic.

But then, that's planet Apple for you. There's some vendor lock-in, but apart from that, it's ultimately a matter of Steve Jobs owning a monopoly on Steve Jobs.


Umm... RCA -> 1/8th inch jack. Picked one up at Radioshack yesterday for 7 dollars. Not that tough.

What happened to a little spitshine and Google use?


Isn't that the y cable he mentioned? I assume he just bought a bad one.


There are no Apple fanboys in the tech media.




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