PC world put together a list, complete with photos, of the world’s most expensive electronics and techie gadgets. It’s amazing what nerds will pay for computer mice, cameras and other gizmos.
"The list of the world’s most extravagant technology products is a diverse assortment that includes some pretty cool stuff, as well as some pretty lame stuff," Switched reports. "If we were in the market for a new mansion, we’d definitely fill it up with things like a $100,000 projector, a $20,000 media server and that amazing $7,500 per year DirecTV package that would get us every single channel, movie and pay-per-view event."
"Of course, then there’s the gold-plated, diamond-encrusted garbage that even Donald Trump would have trouble defending the purchase of. The worst offenders on the list are the $18,000 cell phone, the $1 million laptop (which can only be started when you insert a special diamond) and a $30,000 computer mouse (pictured)."
"Then again, now that you’re a millionaire 314 times over, you shouldn’t have to point and click like the rest of us little people."
Check out the Pat Says Now’s "18K white gold encrusted" $25,000 computer mouse with 59 diamonds in the shape of a flower, the $150,000 Cabasse speakers, the $17,500 video camera, $18,000 luxury Vertu phone or—and this is just ridiculous—Luvaglio’s $1,000,000 laptop.
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