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Comments on: EMC makes consumer storage box for China

Sorry, can't think of a title right now 

Posted Wednesday 2nd April 2008 21:20 GMT

So according to sina.com, the average salary in China is 25,000 yuan, which means that they will have to spend half a year's salary on a storage device?

well 

Posted Wednesday 2nd April 2008 21:50 GMT

The Chinese love success, they love it, and nothing says I'm successful like a big brand toy. Except maybe a beautiful wife and a beautiful mistress.

As to average salary think - lots of people are living subsistence life styles land to mouth. Whilst other people are living pure consumerist city life styles only seen in places like Tokyo. This toy will be aimed at the second chunk of the population.

Uehbi BO! 

Posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 03:32 GMT

30,000py6 for an entry model? With prices like that, you'd think that they think that they're apple.

Something just doesn't fit here 

Posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 03:56 GMT

Conspicuous consumption by the wealthy in China is on fashion, cars and entertainment. Storage devices are pretty much the antithesis of this, and in such purely functional areas the Chinese are exactly that- functional. They're certainly not stupid enough to spend multiples of the going rate for home NAS.

Looks tough but... 

Posted Thursday 3rd April 2008 13:57 GMT

Joke

I bet it won't survive a Chinese car crash.