Good point! But, the important takeaway is they won't be commonplace until the price point is below $500.00. Like flat screen TVs, and VHS tape players, prices had to crash before everybody had one. When VHS tape decks hit $99, Betamax was instantly out of business. I know, I had an AIWA Beta player.
That same curve is followed over and over with electronics. OLED TVs are the next in line.
The cost in the good laser cutters is the CO2 laser. There are high-powered solid state lasers that could do the trick, but they're not commercially available (yet). When the prices for a cutter (not engraver) get to that point, I will have one too. And yes, once you have one, you will find lots of good things to do with it. I've had that experience with my Resistance Soldering Unit. I thought it was just for precision soldering jobs. Now I use it for many utility uses too.
