April 17th, 2018

Whoa, that fitness tracker is a really expensive watch

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

My mom saw that her friend was wearing a new watch.

Her friend said, “It also counts how many steps I took today, keeps track of my exercise, even monitors my sleep.”

My mom replied, “I used to have a watch, but its battery died after only two years! It’s such a hassle replacing the battery.”

Her friend answered, “Oh, you just recharge it every few days. It’s called a FitBit.”

My mom said, “Wow, it recharges. So you never need to replace the watch battery. How much did it cost?”

“Around $150.”

My mom said, “Whoa, that’s a really expensive watch. Mine was only $15.”

Hey mom, you know what else is an even more expensive watch?

A BMW.

Category
Old New Thing
Topics
Non-Computer

Author

Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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