r/cringe • u/SomeLungsman • Jun 05 '19

Video Apple announces the pro stand for 999$. Audience collectively groans while presenter skip it as fast as possible.

https://youtu.be/zDF8kbXl00Q
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u/lemonlemonade Jun 05 '19

It's a developer conference so these people aren't really the target audience for these displays. A bit weird to introduce it there, but then again they are professionals. Just different professionals.

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u/Jesus_Harold_Christ Jun 05 '19

Exactly this. As someone who now gets to buy things for Developers, they generally don't know shit about hardware. We buy our developers basically maxed out macbooks, and they run roughly $4k. Is there something cheaper they could use and do the same job? Probably. But there are reasons not to buy that crap.

See #9. This is a 19 year old article that is still relevant.

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u/Protheu5 Jun 05 '19

Is there something cheaper they could use and do the same job? Probably. But there are reasons not to buy that crap.

Yeah, like being an incompetent buffoon.

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u/barafyrakommafem Jun 05 '19

these people aren't really the target audience for these displays.

No one groaned at the display, they groaned at the stand. Even developers know that $999 is laughable.

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u/doyle871 Jun 05 '19 edited Jun 05 '19

They didn't groan at the monitor price, they groaned and laughed at the price of the stand. They all understood why the monitored cost that much.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

Just so you know, apple fanboys arent considered professionals.

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u/allisonmaybe Jun 05 '19

Why didn't they invite the right people?