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World's Most Expensive Computer Mouse

Posted by samzenpus on from the click-with-the-very-best dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Shopping for a new mouse? Got $20k to blow? Well then we have the the mouse for you! The world's most expensive computer mouse, cast from 18 carat white gold and set with 59 brilliant cut diamonds. "A perfect gift for a 60th wedding anniversary, as diamond is the traditional gift for this event, it is also a great choice for a 50th wedding anniversary, as Gold is the traditional gift for this event!" the site says that sells the mouse. I don't know about you, but I don't have $20k burning a hole in my pocket!"

10 comments

  1. A wired 800dpi mouse? by carlzum · · Score: 2, Informative

    Most of these "world's most expensive" gimmicks are usually just a $10k martini with a $9,500 diamond floating in it. You're paying a premium for the novelty and some attention, maybe you'll even get your name in the "wild and wacky" column in the local paper. But for $20k, shouldn't they have at least cast a wireless 5600 dpi mouse in gold? What did they save, $50-100? The wealthy person who gets a kick out of buying this will surely know a thing or two about mice. It's like that $10k martini being served in a plastic cup and mixed with well-brand vodka.

    1. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by matty619 · · Score: 1

      They had the money to cast it in gold, but not to engineer an external bluetooth antenna to get the RF outside of the gold shell.....figures...

    2. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by GlueyPorchBoy · · Score: 1

      I would want a $10,000 martini to have vermouth from the Titanic, gin from the Lusitania, and... some kind of.... magic olive?

    3. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 1

      It's a general problem with these so called "premium" consumer electronics. It is even worse in cases where the device needs to have a nontrivial firmware or OS component(like "luxury" cellphones and laptops).

      The root of the issue is that electronics are all about volume. Software is the most extreme case, it costs a good deal to write; but nearly nothing to copy, so the per-unit cost absolutely plummets as volume increases. Hardware doesn't decrease quite as fast; but the same effect is felt. Since these "premium" products are supposed to be super-exclusive, they have to be very short run items. With runs that short, doing anything genuinely novel would drive the per-unit costs well beyond the reach of even the morons that buy stuff like this. Thus, virtually all products of the type end up being precious metal shells around ordinary consumer electronic guts.

    4. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by mustafap · · Score: 1

      >The wealthy person who gets a kick out of buying this will surely know a thing or two about mice.

      No, they know a thing or two about business. They probably know feck all about mice, and leave that to us penniless geeks :o)

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    5. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by carlzum · · Score: 1

      >The wealthy person who gets a kick out of buying this will surely know a thing or two about mice.

      No, they know a thing or two about business. They probably know feck all about mice, and leave that to us penniless geeks :o)

      Oh, if that's true then I'm disappointed it's not a serial mouse with a single button ;)

    6. Re:A wired 800dpi mouse? by iYk6 · · Score: 1

      No, they know a thing or two about business. They probably know feck all about mice, and leave that to us penniless geeks :o)

      Bad news, Dr Zoidberg. Doctors usually make a lot of money.

  2. It's white... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...obviously this is geared to the rich celebrity Mac owners since it matches with their "simply amazing" computer!

  3. Why? by cupantae · · Score: 1

    It doesn't look good or seem to fit the shape of a hand. I think if this was the SECOND most expensive mouse then it would have lost its only attraction.

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  4. no respect by Lord+Bitman · · Score: 1

    I don't have any respect for "world's most expensive X" which turns out to be "average or very cheap X with diamonds glued to it"

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