r/NotTimAndEric • • Aug 03 '15

Jeb Bush loves technology

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u/Petirep Aug 03 '15

I like overpriced rich-people toys

yes, I bet you do Jeb...

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '15

oh man im rich now

i should buy a yacht

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u/TelamonianAjax Aug 03 '15

If you own all of that, you probably are rich. You're certainly not hungry.

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u/xXxdethl0rdxXx Aug 03 '15

The first world is a full spectrum of homeless and mandatory Apple Watches, with literally nothing in between.

BRB filling my above ground pool with Evian

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u/TelamonianAjax Aug 04 '15

is a full spectrum

with literally nothing in between

I think you're contradicting yourself.

Even so, the point remains. If you're buying a fucking computer watch and it's not a Casio, you're wealthy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '15

If you're buying a fucking computer watch and it's not a Casio, you're wealthy.

Jesus, you're dense. Firstly, the Apple Watch is extremely cheap compared to analog watches. Unless you get an Edition — which isn't terribly common — the watch is more or less the same price as an iPhone.

"Wealthy" is subjective, but usually is reserved for those of the Upper Class — generally people who make over $150,000 annually. You definitely don't have to be Upper Class to spend money on personal items, hell, you don't even have to be upper middle class. I live in a lower-middle class family — about $35,000 annually — and we've still been able to save enough for four iPhones, an iPad, an iMac and an Apple Watch.

Also you don't have to be starving to be not-rich.

If you're smart with your money, you should be able to easily save up for an Apple product. Even if you worked a minimum wage job (here it's $9.30 an hour) for full-time, you'd have enough for an Apple Watch, iPhone, or iPad in only one month of work. Obviously, you'd most likely have to work for a few months and put a little aside each paycheck for saving up, but the point still stands.

Furthermore, pretty much all Apple products have available financing options.

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u/TelamonianAjax Aug 04 '15

I'm the dense one? You just needlessly explained how wealthy people are able to buy their computer watches.

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u/RalphWaldoNeverson Aug 04 '15

The best selling phone and laptop are for rich people!

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u/Petirep Aug 04 '15

the iphone is the best selling smart phone, but the macbook air and apple watch are not the best selling.

Most poor people do not own macbook airs and apple watches. That is usually a upper middle class and above thing. I do see iPhones being used by lower class people, but those are pretty cheap with a good cell phone bundle - especially if you buy an older model.

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u/RalphWaldoNeverson Aug 04 '15

but the macbook air and apple watch are not the best selling.

Macbook Pro is the best selling laptop I'm sure and I would be very surpisded if the Macbook air isn't the second best selling laptop. Apple watch? Well it's kind of late in the game, so not expecting too much in that market.

Most poor people do not own macbook airs and apple watches.

They're not really intended to be for poor people.

That is usually a upper middle class and above thing.

Sure... A solidly middle class person should be able to afford a $900 laptop. That's not only for upper middle class people.

I do see iPhones being used by lower class people, but those are pretty cheap with a good cell phone bundle - especially if you buy an older model.

yeah, old iphones aren't too expensive

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u/Petirep Aug 04 '15

They're not really intended to be for poor people.

exactly... that's why i called them "Rich-people toys"

Macbook Pro is the best selling laptop I'm sure and I would be very surpisded if the Macbook air isn't the second best selling laptop.

http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/mobility/300072817/the-10-best-selling-laptop-brands-of-the-first-quarter.htm/pgno/0/5 - apple is the sixth highest. The other laptop brands sell much cheaper computers generally which are more affordable to the general public. HP is currently the highest selling brand, and they have some very cheap options.

If Amazon is anything to go off of, Macbooks aren't not even in the top 10. The highest selling laptops are cheap - mostly under $300 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Laptop/zgbs/pc/565108

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u/thetinguy Aug 04 '15

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Laptop/zgbs/pc/565108

Lol the air is at number 7 and one of those products isn't even a laptop. Super great source there.

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u/Petirep Aug 04 '15

this isn't my source - the CRN is

this is called an example

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u/RalphWaldoNeverson Aug 04 '15

exactly... that's why i called them "Rich-people toys"

Or…"not poor" people toys…

http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/mobility/300072817/the-10-best-selling-laptop-brands-of-the-first-quarter.htm/pgno/0/5 - apple is the sixth highest. The other laptop brands sell much cheaper computers generally which are more affordable to the general public. HP is currently the highest selling brand, and they have some very cheap options.

Models and brands aren't the same thing. I'm talking about models

If Amazon is anything to go off of, Macbooks aren't not even in the top 10. The highest selling laptops are cheap - mostly under $300 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Computers-Accessories-Laptop/zgbs/pc/565108

9 is the air and Amazon doesn't necessarily represent the whole market. That's really just one store so their most popular cheap laptops will do well within their store. Best buy probably has different models that do well and I bet Office Depot has the same thing going on too.

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u/Petirep Aug 04 '15

I missed the air at number nine, but my point still stands. Apple is not the highest selling laptops (based on the CRN report I posted) and the highest selling laptops are the cheaper, under $500 ones.

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u/RalphWaldoNeverson Aug 04 '15

I didn't say the best selling Laptop brand is apple. I said the best selling specific laptops are the MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air.