Preview: Microsoft Home Servers - for Kids?
Mommy, I'm scared...
Summary
- Product Name: Home Server
- Manufacturer: Microsoft
- Review Date: January 14, 2008 12:00
- First Impression: Mildly Interesting
Executive Overview
While the home servers are nothing new, Microsoft's new method of introducing them to your child certainly is. "Mommy, why is there a server in the house" children's book was eye opening to us on a lot of levels. First of all, how does someone (no matter their age) call a server a server without knowing what it does? Second, why does the child sound so scared? Is it just because the thing is so loud or does the server put off an air of evil? While we understand that children need to be informed about computer and HT components in your home, we figure every page of that book should have a big read stop sign with the words "Don't Touch" on it. But that's just us. Hey, you're only about 2 years from having your child know more about your electronics than you do so maybe you should just enjoy these years of technological superiority. For more information, please visit www.microsoft.com.
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Tom Andry, post: 358149Yikes. It would be interesting if someone used the average price points for LCD or Plasma tv's (from say 27“ to 60+”) and then applied that sliding scale model to OLED tv's to give a “rough” idea of what the larger panels would cost in comparison. I know this logic is inherently flawed but geez, $2500 for an 11" tv? pfffff.
Scratch that - when I wrote that article, I was converting from Yen to $ and came to $1800. Turns out it will cost more like $2500 according to Sony.
Do you get the feeling these guys are just showing off for it's own sake?
The Chukker, post: 357718
So what kind of price differential are we talking about here? Did Samsung actually have an MSRP for the 31" model? If mass production were to indeed start in 2010 of mid to large sized models, what price point is Samsung shooting for and what was the maximum size they were touting?
Sony just released their first 11" OLED at $1800
Toshiba isn't going to release any at all based on manufacturing costs
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Samsung didn't talk price (heck, they didn't have a price tag on a single item in their booth) but many times these tech showcases are just stuff they are exploring.
So what kind of price differential are we talking about here? Did Samsung actually have an MSRP for the 31" model? If mass production were to indeed start in 2010 of mid to large sized models, what price point is Samsung shooting for and what was the maximum size they were touting?
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