Indeed, the chip already was being used in computers: Steve Wozniak's Apple I prototype. After initial discussion with Peddle, Tramiel marched up with an offer to buy Apple outright, but Apple's business side, a young entrepreneur named Steve Jobs, wanted considerably more than Commodore was willing to pay. Commodore declined. (What a thought to realise that Apple might have become a Commodore division if Tramiel had liked the price tag!)
My friend purchased an LCD TV here in the US and shipped it to India.
The cost of shipping.. is a whopping $400. IIRC, it is a 47 inch one. He insists that even with $400 added, that TV costs more. :\
I call BS on that.
Doh!
Also what kind of insurance does he have on the shipping. That's a long ways to ship something as delicate as a 47in LCD. Given how they handle stuff during transport I could easily see it getting at the very least dinged and or scratched up.
