Flat screens are "so cool" and CRTs aren't. I'm sure Jobs has been peeing his pants to dump CRTs for years now.
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The design will be "oh so cool" and "think different", but something very important will be sacrificed for "coolness" and sales will not go beyond the usual worshipers. A year later it will be discontinued and there will be rumors of something even cooler.
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