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richwicks says

Hololens. It's used in military applications really. It's also tremendously expensive.

And in case one wonders how Apple came up with the $3,500 price point...

It's half the price of the original Mac in today's dollars.

Time will tell, but I bet they sell some of them.

Either way I don't care, Apple rules; resistance is futile.

clambo says

Either way I don't care, Apple rules; resistance is futile.

No to argue this too much, but Apple is simply twice as expensive as any competitor and gives you no real advantage in terms of productivity. 20 years ago I would have argued Apple was superior to Windows, but not today.

richwicks says

No to argue this too much, but Apple is simply twice as expensive as any competitor and gives you no real advantage in terms of productivity.

One of my kids recently bought a second hand iPhone. I was extremely skeptical and did start digging into head to head reviews with Pixel phones. I was shocked to see that the one area the the iPhone came out clearly ahead was processor performance (admittedly, Google cheaped out in the Snapdragon they chose to put in their phone). Apple (through acquisitions, which I documented on Pat.net) has truly become a leader in low power (mobile), high performance (fabless) chip design. Still hard to comprehend when you think about their history...

Even Hitler thinks it's too expensive:
https://youtu.be/0MYO4yEs-vY

I won't buy the first one out the gate, but I might buy a subsequent generation or two. First adopters pay the most, are basically beta testers. They claim to have extremely high resolution and can throw huge picture for video. I bet there will be a settling point on price and features at about 2K at some point.

Ceffer says

I won't buy the first one out the gate, but I might buy a subsequent generation or two. First adopters pay the most, are basically beta testers.

Never buy the first generation of anything. We do our best to find and fix everything, but we are never 100% successful. Yes, early adopters ARE beta testers.

The 2nd generation is the EARLIEST you want to buy. Most bugs (if not all) are removed, chips are cost reduced, and improved, they tend to use less power, they are more reliable.

A lot of people spend a lot of money on first-person games. Maybe, by the time we get to version 2 at $2200 it'll become popular.

Peter1656 says

A lot of people spend a lot of money on first-person games. Maybe, by the time we get to version 2 at $2200 it'll become popular.

You realize VR has been out FOREVER, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRChat

It's just a multi-user dungeon. Remember those?

Apple computers aren't so expensive compared to the Windows stuff out there.
Brandsmart a few weeks ago had a MacBook air for $800.

My pet peeve is why is it called "Pro"?
They're calling all kinds of stuff "pro" lately, like calling hotels "5 star".

I wonder what a battery fire will look like?

I will hurt if you have the battery in your pocket.

clambo says

I will hurt if you have the battery in your pocket.

Apple should make it solar powered with the cells on a special hat. Gotta be green you know.

What's up with people quibbling about $3500?
Apple products aren't expensive; they just cost more than some people can afford.
Why the media stereotype of a dipshit white male with a clever female mocking him? How about the female has her head up HER ass?
When the surgeon using a robot to assist your surgical procedure is wearing them you'll be glad Apple invented them.

clambo says

When the surgeon using a robot to assist your surgical procedure is wearing them you'll be glad Apple invented them.

Haha. It will be a lab technician that has worked on a dozen boards reflowing them giving you heart surgery as they are given instructions step by step.

Look at how wonderful those automated phone systems are, now that you don't need to deal with operators. Isn't it better?

Technology doesn't always improve things. It always has the CAPACITY to improve things, but what it really does, is make things cheaper. We'd be in wonder world if ONLY technology was used to help people, instead of replace them. Imagine having the same job an account did in 1960, but NOW you have a computer to work with - you have exactly the same workload as somebody that worked as an account in 1960 did. Your day would be 30 minutes at the office.

Do you know what George Jetson's job was? He pushed a button, and his workweek by his slave driver boss Mr. Spacely was 1 hour a day, two days a week.

richwicks says

Do you know what George Jetson's job was? He pushed a button, and his workweek by his slave driver boss Mr. Spacely was 1 hour a day, two days a week.

No wonder he could barely afford that beat up old domestic robot Rosie.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

Do you know what George Jetson's job was? He pushed a button, and his workweek by his slave driver boss Mr. Spacely was 1 hour a day, two days a week.

No wonder he could barely afford that beat up old domestic robot Rosie.

The world of the future is a little sinister. In one of the cross over episodes between the Jetson's and the Flintstones, you discover that none of the family knew was "grass" was because presumably, the Earth's ecosystem had largely if not entirely been destroyed. That's why all their homes were in the clouds, the ground was deadly.

richwicks says

The world of the future is a little sinister. In one of the cross over episodes between the Jetson's and the Flintstones, you discover that none of the family knew was "grass" was because presumably, the Earth's ecosystem had largely if not entirely been destroyed. That's why all their homes were in the clouds, the ground was deadly.

That is a bit dark for two lighthearted comedies that basically satirized 1960s working class life.

HeadSet says

That is a bit dark for two lighthearted comedies that basically satirized 1960s working class life.

Almost everything back then snuck in some satire and social commentary into what they were doing. Simpsons used to do this all the time.