Keep in mind that the hobbyist solutions (yes, that includes the MakerBot) are very, very much hobbyist - right now, we're in the mid-1970's stage of personal 3D printing, if it's compared to personal computing - small systems cost as much as cars, and hobbyist systems really do 3D print, but they're not great output quality, and not very reliable and you have to do things yourself.
Give it a few years, and the Apple II of the market will appear, and then personal 3D printing will explode in popularity.
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Keep in mind that the hobbyist solutions (yes, that includes the MakerBot) are very, very much hobbyist - right now, we're in the mid-1970's stage of personal 3D printing, if it's compared to personal computing - small systems cost as much as cars, and hobbyist systems really do 3D print, but they're not great output quality, and not very reliable and you have to do things yourself.
Give it a few years, and the Apple II of the market will appear, and then personal 3D printing will explode in popularity.