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Re: Mindstorms NXT programming languages
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:05:47 GMT
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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 pretty big. And with markup and increased manufacturing costs
it might push the price of NXT to over $300. I think it's pretty impressive for
a childrens toy.
With bluetooth I'll have as much storage, memory and processing power as I need.
And my NXT will have a 21" color LCD display and 7.1 channel surround sound (or
a 17" display with tinny sound when running from my laptop).
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| (...) 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 (...) (19 years ago, 13-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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