How much will Macworld really cost me?

No. I'm not traveling to Macworld. But I was mentioning to the husband that I was probably going to buy an iTV after it gets announced and/or introduced at Macworld. "Right," he replied. "And how much is that going to end up costing us?" So I sat down and started to figure out exactly how much that $299 gadget (assuming free shipping) would make a dent in our finances. Here's how it works out.

If you give a girl an iTV, she's probably going to want to be able to hook the iTV up to the TV with some good quality cables. So figure another $50 for those cables...

And if you give a girl an iTV and cables to hook it up to a TV, she's probably going to start thinking about replacing that old 27-inch unit with a shiny new high def widescreen plasma or LCD system that would run, oh say, maybe $1500 on a good sale...

And if you give a girl an iTV, with a cable to hook it to a shiny new HDTV, and you really think about it, she's probably going to ~~want~~ need to get a rockin' sound system for another two grand or so, right?

And if you give a girl an iTV, with cables, HTDV and a rockin' sound system, she's going to totally need at least a new $2500 Mac Pro with tons of disk space and 802.11n to connect to that iTV and a year's worth of (high def?) iTunes movies and TV shows, at say $500-ish?

And if that girl is rockin' out with her iTV, cables, HDTV, sound system, Mac Pro, and iTunes goodies, she's totally going to need a new, more comfortable couch. So let's say about $500, give or take.

So at just 300 smackeroos, that iTV is quite the bargain in comparison, isn't it? And that doesn't even begin to cover the $49 for the iLife 07 upgrade. And the iWork 07 upgrade, and... So anyway, how much is Macworld going to cost all of you?

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No. I'm not traveling to Macworld. But I was mentioning to the husband that I was probably going to buy an iTV after it gets announced...

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Kevin McElroy

Has Slingbox just beaten Apple with their own iTV called Slingcatcher just announced a few hours ago?

Seems to have the exact same specs.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/07/sling-medias-new-slingcatcher/

January 07 2007 at 7:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eric f

You can get a great 6foot HDMI cable from newegg for $7.99.

January 04 2007 at 12:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Michael Rose

If you give a pig a pancake, she'll probably want an iPod...

January 03 2007 at 10:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Angel

I had every intention of purchasing an iTV (especially if they were going to announce HD TV and movie downloads), but ever since i got the bright idea to hook up my Mac Mini to my 52-inch LCD, I no longer need to spend that money.

My 30GB iPod with video will do me fine for at least two more years and I have zero interest in the rumored iPhone. So it looks like I'll just be purchasing Leopard.

January 03 2007 at 8:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Skorp

$50 for cables is too much.
$2000 for sound system is too little (you need good speakers)

January 03 2007 at 7:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Galley

All I need is a girl who would appreciate an iTV!

Seriously:
iWork '07 Family Pack - $99
iLife '07 upgrade - $49???
24-26" Cinema Display - $799-999

January 03 2007 at 6:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PlanetaryGear

$50 for cables huh... Guess you're getting ripped off by some big box retail store as you can order excellent cables off the internet that including shipping cost a third of what you'll pay retail. And dont give me any stories about Scary Cable being so much better at 10 times the price ;) I went into a Good Purchase a few months ago to get an HDMI cable for my father in law and the cheapest one they had was $100! $100!! say it again $100!! I walked out, ordered an equally good, well shielded version from tiger direct for less than a quarter of the price including shipping. DONT BUY CABLES FROM RETAIL STORES!

January 03 2007 at 4:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

ryan

:-)

No one ever gets it when i make references to "If you give a mouse a cookie". Glad to see there are at least three people that have read it.

January 03 2007 at 4:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

brian

If you post something like this to TUAW< readers might fire up Safari and search amazon for the children's book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie."

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Byll

How much would it cost to give Sadun the sack?

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