"In addition to extremely compelling hardware, Glowforge has put a ton of energy into their software and community, which is [a] hallmark of disruption in this type of a product as you shift from high end professionals only to the 'prosumer,'" Feld said.
"We literally just threw out a $5,000 G.E. high-end professional range".
Washington's traditional high-end professional mix of lawyers, lobbyists, journalists and doctors was itself fattened in the 90's.
Apple has launched a smaller version of its high-end, professional tablet, the 9.7in iPad Pro, which is the successor to the iPad Air 2 with the same sized screen.
Most of the units would be loftlike apartments with 24-hour concierge service and be marketed to "middle- to high-end professional and business people," said a real estate expert who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
More than anything, I think it's fun for someone who's an amateur and wants to mess around with some of the high-end professional capabilities that people have in big studios, and do it on their phone".
Despite the extra buttons and dials, and catalogs of lenses and accessories, even the highest of high-end professional cameras include automatic settings that make them as easy to use as a point and shoot.
It provides a cost-effective sharing platform that allows TV content buyers to procure high-end, professional original programming online.
Google hasn't revealed what their solution was, but they say it was very much cheaper than high-end professional equipment.
