The expense is not going to be that high, since Apple can mass produce. As I said before, I'd pay extra just to have a BTO for the features I need. What would be nice is dual expansion bays and ports on the back. Not asking for too much, is it? With today's technology, third party companies would have a field day with expansion bays being available on new PowerBooks. For the most part, in my opinion, a BTO means "build to order". What is actually happening though, is not BTO. It's like buying a car with or without a stereo. Nothing is changed, just simply added or subtracted. If I want a BTO, then I want a BTO. . .know what I mean?
But your "BTO" requires redesigning the whole computer from ground up: there's no place for expansion bays, nor there is for back ports with current hinge design. It's not as simple as adding Bluetooth or AirPort Extreme.
I'd love to see a good dock (possibly integrated with a stand), and two USB ports on each side. But I will give Apple the benefit of the doubt and presume this is much more difficult to engineer than me or others can think... let alone offering computers with vastly different characteristics, as you propose.
Besides, I'm not sure anyone wants the return of the Sculley era with gazillions of models hard to tell apart.
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