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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch::The original Apple Watch models, including the $10,000-plus 18-karat gold Edition that Beyoncé wore, are now officially obsolete and won’t get parts, repair, or replacement services.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A $17k workstation from the 90's would not even be able to browse the internet.

To put it in perspective, we didn't even have multi-core CPUs until the mid 2000's, a mid 90's machine would have around 400 MHz on a single core and that's being generous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You'd be able to upgrade the insides while still looking opulently golden.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm well aware of what these are capable of, these things are not bought for your Twitter and Reddit activities.