Girard-Perregaux Opera Three
Every tech-head and gadget-freak needs a watch, no matter how good the clock on their smartphone might be. This collector’s item features a mechanical manual wind movement feature, an hour striker with the ability to play two different melodies and a leather band.
Crafted in platinum, the watch also features a power reserve to indicate how much force is left in the mechanical spring mechanism and a sub-second counter.
Before you get too excited, there is one thing – the company has told SmartCompany the watch carries a recommended retail prices of $934,840.
Alienware Curved Monitor
No desktop computer is complete with an impressive LCD monitor. Thanks to Dell, tech-heads now have the ability to deck their kit out with one of the most technologically advanced, and largest, screens available.
The curved monitor boasts a massive 2880×900 resolution with a 48-inch diagonal, mimics peripheral vision and has an astounding .02-millisecond response time.
The LED illuminated screen uses rear-projection to obtain such a wide display. And while the monitor actually works by stitching together a number of different displays, the integration is seamless.
The screen is designed for gaming, but there’s no doubt a number of tech-savvy entrepreneurs wouldn’t mind having this $US6,000 toy to spruce up their office.
MacBook Pro
Apple’s MacBooks have been at the top of their market ever since their introduction in the late 1990s, and the new 17-inch model is no exception.
Its large screen size aside, the case itself is just as thin as the company’s other models. The device features the capability for a 256GB solid state drive, a 500GB drive, a maximum eight hour battery life, 8GB of RAM, three USB ports, faster processor options and the ability to choose a different type of screen surface.
The 17-inch model is at the top end of the market, and not designed for the mainstream – but this device caters for much more than the everyday user needs. This model will power high-end video editing and playback capabilities with its NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chipset, and is essentially a desktop in a laptop’s body.
Its price of $3,229 may deter some buyers, but the computer’s power can be matched by few rivals.
Patrick Stafford is a freelance journalist and a former deputy editor of SmartCompany.
