If you thought your 17” Apple MacBook or Alienware Aurora mALX qualified as an expensive laptop, think again.
In 1982 GriD Systems released the Compass 1100 laptop costing about $10,000 (inflation adjusted $20,200). Even this cost pales in comparison to the reports of a costly laptop that luxury manufacturer Luvaglio London is set to release in the near future by special order the most expensive laptop ever sold, with a price tag of a million dollars. As of now all of the details are very sparse and the technical
specifications have not been made fully available. We aren’t even sure what this laptop is made with to give it a cost of $1,000,000, but the exterior looks impressive. You can bet with a price this excessive, the expensive laptop will be a spectacle of precious metals and materials and include more than a couple gemstones. In late 2005 the Dutch company Ego Lifestyle B.V. released the Tulip E-Go Diamond laptop, which was previously the world’s most expensive laptop and this mobile computer had over 80 total carats of diamonds and a retail price of €283,000.
03 September 2008
Most Expensive Laptop
Most Expensive Coffee
The most expensive coffee in the world does not hail from Jamaica or Hawaii, but instead from Indonesia.
Kopi Luwak the most expensive coffee in the world does exist, and those who drink the expensive coffee insist that it is made from coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then excreted by the Common palm civet, a weasel-like animal. “Kopi” the Indonesian word for coffee along with “luwak” is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee beans. The civet digests the soft outer part of the coffee cherry, but does not digest the inner beans and excretes them. Apparently the internal digestion ends up adds a unique flavor to the beans, removing the bitter flavor, and then beans are then picked up by locals and sold. The most expensive coffee beans can cost up to $600 a pound, and up to $50 per cup, if you can get over the fact that you are drinking such a strange brew. You would know if you drank the most expensive coffee in the world, because the quantities of it are tiny amounts.
Kopi Luwak the most expensive coffee in the world does exist, and those who drink the expensive coffee insist that it is made from coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then excreted by the Common palm civet, a weasel-like animal. “Kopi” the Indonesian word for coffee along with “luwak” is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee beans. The civet digests the soft outer part of the coffee cherry, but does not digest the inner beans and excretes them. Apparently the internal digestion ends up adds a unique flavor to the beans, removing the bitter flavor, and then beans are then picked up by locals and sold. The most expensive coffee beans can cost up to $600 a pound, and up to $50 per cup, if you can get over the fact that you are drinking such a strange brew. You would know if you drank the most expensive coffee in the world, because the quantities of it are tiny amounts.
Most expensive house
The sprawling Villa Leopolda on the Cote d'Azur Photo: BIGPICTURESPHOTO.COM
While the global credit-crunch has seen property in the UK falling for the sixth month in a row, the sprawling Villa Leopolda on the Cote d'Azur has dramatically bucked the international trend.
Its new owner is believed to be a Russian oil oligarch but his identity is a closely guarded secrecy.
The cream-coloured villa, set in 20 acres of gardens, overlooks Cap Ferrat near Villefranche and was originally built as a summer retreat for King Leopold II of Belgium.
It is the latest property in the area to be snapped up by the Russian super-rich. The price soared so high because the original owner was reluctant to part with the luxury property.
The villa once belonged to the Agnelli family, founders of car giant Fiat, and in the 1960s became the scene for legendary jet-set parties attended by Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan.
But the huge price tag is just the start of the expense for its new owner. The grounds take 50 full-time gardeners to look after estate which includes 1200 olive, orange, lemon and cypress trees.
Villa Leopolda has been rumoured to be on and off the market ever since last owner Edmond Safra was murdered. Wife Lily was expected to sell it to Microsoft Bill Gates but the reports came to nothing.
While the global credit-crunch has seen property in the UK falling for the sixth month in a row, the sprawling Villa Leopolda on the Cote d'Azur has dramatically bucked the international trend.
Its new owner is believed to be a Russian oil oligarch but his identity is a closely guarded secrecy.
The cream-coloured villa, set in 20 acres of gardens, overlooks Cap Ferrat near Villefranche and was originally built as a summer retreat for King Leopold II of Belgium.
It is the latest property in the area to be snapped up by the Russian super-rich. The price soared so high because the original owner was reluctant to part with the luxury property.The villa once belonged to the Agnelli family, founders of car giant Fiat, and in the 1960s became the scene for legendary jet-set parties attended by Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan.
But the huge price tag is just the start of the expense for its new owner. The grounds take 50 full-time gardeners to look after estate which includes 1200 olive, orange, lemon and cypress trees.
Villa Leopolda has been rumoured to be on and off the market ever since last owner Edmond Safra was murdered. Wife Lily was expected to sell it to Microsoft Bill Gates but the reports came to nothing.
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