Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 10, 2015Have to admit, the gold MacBook option sends me the wrong signal and has made me less inclined to switch from windows world this cycle125
Mat@matr77·Mar 10, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr yes a gold MacBook is for the new rich in China, surely. It’s probably large enough to be a business sector of its own.1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @matr77.@matr77 I am skeptical of China hypothesis for gold MacBook. Their elites take taste cues from US for tech, and here gold=Kim Kardashian3:13 AM · Mar 10, 20151 Retweet
divergio@divergio·Mar 10, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr @matr77 I disagree, I think it's all China. There is even a word for it in Chinese, 土豪金1
Bill Seitz of FluxGarden@BillSeitz·Mar 10, 2015Replying to @vgr.@vgr @matr77 great now I'm envisioning a very oily MacBook.
Mat@matr77·Mar 10, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr exactly, in the west gold = bling. Which thoroughly contradicts the Art Deco design ethic of Apple. So then why do it?
Mat@matr77·Mar 10, 2015Replying to @vgr@vgr I agree re: taste cues, but that assumes only the elite can afford a MacBook. Plenty of new money will be buying this product, no?