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points by fsloth 2 days ago | 0 comments

Yes. Design sells.

"Why would anyone get Eames Lounge Chair? I can buy similar enough kit for a 20th of the price".

Since many of us are sort of keen on products this would be really, really good to remember :)

The Eames Lounge Chair is a terrible example; you can buy near-exact clones for about 1/7th the price of a real one. There's one in the room with me right now. It's fantastic, and will probably last me decades.

[–] throwaway270925 1 day ago

Unfortunately there are strangely no clones of current imacs.

I would buy one in a heartbeat!

But basically no AIOs or monitors come anywhere near the "slab on a stand" look of current imacs/Studio displays - would love one for my next Linux PC though...

[–] jamespo 2 days ago

Does the chair stop fitting your bottom after 8 years?