In Pictures: The World's Most Extravagant Technology Products

Many technology buying decisions come down to dollars. But what if price weren't a factor? Some of these 16 absurdly expensive products are practical, some are pretentious, and some are preposterous. They're all out of our price range--but hey, window shopping is free, right?

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For a mere $99, you can buy TrekStor's i.Beat organix FM, a perfectly serviceable MP3 player with bonuses such as line-in recording and support for the geek-friendly Ogg audio format. But wouldn't you really rather have the Gold version? It sports an 18-karat gold casing, 63 1-carat diamonds--and a $20,000 price tag. Even at that price, though, they won't up the 2GB storage? Flash memory must be more expensive than we thought.