Girl Gear Pink Computer Equipment....

[Alex Volkov]

On Thu, 2010-09-23 at 14:54 -0400, Colin McGregor wrote:
> I was look at the sale page for one of the local computer equipment
> clearance places (Tech Direct Canada) and I saw they were selling pink
> "Girl Gear" keyboards, mice and web cams... My first thought was,
> nobody in their right mind would buy the likes of a pink keyboard ...
> then I  thought a bit, and now I am wondering:
> 
> - Would any non-colour blind male buy the above for themselves?
> - Would any woman over the age of 12 who doesn't work in the beauty /
> cosmetics business buy the above for themselves?

That line of logic assumes that everyone take themselves completely
seriously.

> 
> In other words, I can see a VERY tiny, tiny market for pink keyboards,
> mice, etc... right? Sort of strikes me as being like the 1955 Dodge La
> Femme (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_La_Femme), a 1950's take on a
> "women's" car (the results even by the standards of the era were ...
> ghastly)...
> 

I don't think you can single out this car in particular for the
following reasons: 
 * Look at the idea of a car from the 50s -- it included such things as
chrome grill and rocket tail lights, so 1950's take on a "man's" car
wasn't that great either.
 * It wasn't really marketed, so we can't really know whether it  was a
failure of a marketing campaign or the idea itself.
 * It's a Dodge. Some degree of insanity is implied.

Also a $10 keybord just doesn't display same commitment to cuteness as a
car.

Alex.



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> Colin.
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