What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.
Gloria VanceApple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at two thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars, and a fully loaded sixteen-inch costs fourteen thousand five hundred forty-nine, according to Engadget.
Gloria VanceWith me is Cornelius Haverstock, author of The Screen You Will Not Touch, who says he predicted this. Mr. Haverstock, did you?
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Cornelius HaverstockYes. Also the opposite.
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Cornelius HaverstockFor the record, I wrote in two thousand eleven that Apple would add touch, and in my appendix that it never would.
Gloria VanceSo you were right twice. Let me put the price to you.
Gloria VanceThe fourteen-inch touchscreen model costs nine hundred dollars more than the one announced the day before.
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Cornelius HaverstockNine hundred, yes. For the record, my book predicted a premium of eight hundred, which is close enough to count.
Gloria VanceBut the touchscreen models run the M5 chips from March, not the newer M6. Nine hundred dollars, Mr. Haverstock. For glass?
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Cornelius HaverstockThe glass.
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Cornelius HaverstockApple says it's the first touchscreen on a Mac. For the record, I held a touchscreen once, at a bank, in two thousand six.
Gloria VanceSo March's processor, plus glass. CNN calls the price a big flaw. Mr. Haverstock, I assume you predicted that, and also its opposite.
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Cornelius HaverstockCritics always say that. For the record, I have a receipt in my hand right now that proves value holds.
Gloria VanceWhat is it a receipt for?
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Cornelius HaverstockA calculator. Nineteen ninety-one. For the record, I bought it used.
Gloria VancePreorders opened October twenty-eighth, and stores get them November sixth. Mr. Haverstock, you are holding a receipt. What did the calculator cost?
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Cornelius HaverstockFourteen dollars. Best computer I ever owned, and nothing on it to touch.
