Apples, Rhubarb & Custard
- 256MB DDR266 SDRAM - 2 SO-DIMMs
- 60GB Ultra ATA drive
- DVD/CD-RW
- Bluetooth Module
- AirPort Extreme Card
- Keyboard & Mac OS
- 1GHz PowerPC G4
- 14-inch TFT display
- Two USB ports
- One FireWire port
- Power Adapter
- Battery
Subtotal Apple UK store: 1,312.99
Subtotal Apple USA store: $1,648.00
$1 = 0.550618 therefore $1,648.00 = 907
1,312.99 – 907 = 405.99
Flight from London to New York: 187
405.99 – 187 = Total saving: 218.99
Amount of Rhubarb & Custard sweets this would buy:
P&P @ 3.99
Sweets @ 1.80/250g
(218.99 – 3.99) / 1.80 ~= 119
119 @ 1.80 = 214.20
P&P @ 3.99 = 218.19
119 0.25kg = 29 kilograms of Rhubarb & Custard sweets
Which is ~64 pounds, which is roughly the weight of the average 8 year old.
Basically, if I were to fly to New York, buy an iBook and fly back again, I’d save enough money to buy the weight of a eight-year old in Rhubarb & Custard boiled sweets.
Revised later to make the kg -> pounds conversion more obvious, upwardly revise the child (from two, to seven, to eight) based on more accurate data and fix broken links
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cat:
I love the idea.. hmmm
sil:
That’s completely ridiculous. Bah.
Paul:
I agree, ridiculous. You should be buying Strawberries & Creams.
Homicide:
However, they might ask you to pay VAT on it. Unless you bought it in the duty free of the airport or something.
Aquarion:
Duty, but not VAT, which may ammount to the same ammount, which is about £120, which just makes it a three year old, rather than a two year old.
Danny Shepherd:
To get the cheap flights you’d probably have to stay in NYC for a few days so you’ll have to factor in a few nights accommodation. That’s going to be at least £50/night for the budget end – £250/night to get out of the ghetto.
Also, does anyone know if NYC has a sales tax? If so, you’ll have to add that too.
Still, sounds like a good excuse for a holiday in New York to me :)
Castellan:
You’re meant to send these subliminal messages before your birthday.
Kevin:
Don’t forget the UK PSU if you want to do things properly, that’s only 65, plus expenses to and from the airports; so we’ll call it a round 100 you forgot about then.
I make it you could only afford a 3 year old’s worth.
Aquarion:
iBook PSU is actually almost standard, I’m told. Certianly not worth £65.
And that link is in pounds, not kilos (The original version of this article did say 2 year old, my co-worker (who has a two year old daughter) noted that a 2y/o who was 25kg would be as round as as high.