The Million Dollar Laptop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-L8DvmNDpA It’s easy to add a price tag to a rendered animation, but not so easy to conceal one by dialing back on the transcoding quality. If the million dollar laptop exists (probably not until someone pays for it) this wretched YouTube clip is hardly inspiring, unless they’re going for the Gibsonian “Footage” viral thing. […]

It's easy to add a price tag to a rendered animation, but not so easy to conceal one by dialing back on the transcoding quality. If the million dollar laptop exists (probably not until someone pays for it) this wretched YouTube clip is hardly inspiring, unless they're going for the Gibsonian "Footage" viral thing.

Their website is, on the other hand, terribly classy. Featuring a login box that wishes one a good morning and the snooty rejoinder "By Appointment Only," it concludes with some semiliterate PR copy written by someone who uses punctuation like an 11 year-old chav.

Product Page [Luvaglio via Gizmodo]