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Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:27:11 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, steve <sjbaker1@airmail.net> wrote:
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> OK, OK - so this group is populated in part by a bunch of Lego fanatics
> who believe their favored company can do no wrong - and you don't want
> to hear *ANY* criticism whatever of the shiney new toy - fair enough -
> add me to your spam filter and you'll never see one of my posts again.
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> But if you want to slam me down, at least have the courtesy to do so
> with sensible, well thought out and coherent arguments...which
> is all I've *ever* posted here myself.
Steve, no matter how you look at it, adding that greater potential would have
increased the price. Not just the $10 or whateva for the memory, but the extra
development time needed to integrate it. Hell they could have just included a
CompactFlash port on the side, but do you think that would cost nothing? The set
is currently listed for au$430 at S@H, thats 50 or 60 more than the retail price
of the RCX sets, and includes less extra building parts. The higher the cost,
the less people are gonna buy these things. TLC have already said they are
aiming to increase the percentage of kids using NXT, they are not gonna do that
by increasing the cost (which is already substantially more).
ROSCO
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) (speaking out from the peanut gallery) I had a big message going about this, but ROSCO has save me the time to type it. Ditto on all the above. LEGO had a price point they wouldn't budge from. According to the Wired article, more than one of (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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| Don't forget about marketing, packaging, and support costs and profit. And all those little plastic building parts. Though a new NXT will cost you and me $256, it probably only cost LEGO less than $50. So now $8 (I price I saw in this thread) is (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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| Kevin L. Clague wrote: > What you need to do is to make a dongle for your laptop PC > with 8G DRAM, a 1 terabyte hard disk, that gives you an infinite > number of LEGO NXT compatible motor ports and sensor ports. > > You will probably have to drill (...) (18 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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