Trust me, sometimes its not as easy as that. Once in a while I see that happen where you tell someone that for the specs he wants he will have to increase his budget, and he actually goes back to get more money, but more often than not, people settle for what they can afford.

That is how people who really want to drive Mercs end up driving Corollas until they can afford the Mercs.

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From: Odhiambo Washington

Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 14:20

To: Skunkworks Mailing List

Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Fw: Laptop Battle of the Brands: Dell vs. Toshiba

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Joshua Twinamasiko G. <josht@joshtwin.com> wrote:

Washington,

In the real world, the cost factor is quite high up the list, and in some cases on top of the list. For example if you have $700 in your pocket, I would consider it a waste of time comparing the features of the Mac Air and the Dell Adamo at over $1,500.

When you work with "what I have in the pocket", then you really are not in a position to choose, for you are limited to what you have in the pocket. So you go asking: What laptop do you have that wouldn't cost me more than $700?

However, when you need specific features, you put your foot down and look for the rest of the money:-)