My thoughts exactly. Probably going to be a great visual experience (ofc, can’t say until the real world reviews drop in) and looks amazing, but not $3500 amazing.
Though, it’s made of aluminium and glass, the headband looks 1000% times better than the Quest’s, the battery being external is what I’ve wished the Quest to have, it does have an M2 in it like a whole macbook and there’s an extra screen to show your eyes.
The joke is the 2h battery life and of course the price would have been more reasonable at $2500 though I’m sure it’ll sell out regardless, I want one way more than any Quest but I’m not spending that kind of cash on it.
it’s a luxury device for early adopters and devs to flesh out the tech in Gen 1 for later iterations. I’m sure it will be popular in a few years, but, now, it’s more of a novelty. I’m excited to see where it goes, though.
then again, i had a tiny, protable minidisc player in 1998, and that never took off, despite being around for years and far superior to CDs-- they even played mp3s in a similar way to iPods. cheaper. years earlier. it ran off a single AA battery that lasted weeks. weeks. but they were a niche product…
then again, when was thee last time an apple product failed to launch?
hesitant upvote just because the G4 Cube didn’t so much flop as much as it just didn’t “blow up” and, also, it wasn’t a “new product”. it wasn’t very popular and didn’t last long, though, so you’re right about that. Oddly, they’re one of the ost sought-after collecter’s items, like the Newton, another famous Apple flop-- although I loved that, too, as I loved the G4 Cube.
the presentation was amazing, but $3500 is a ridiculous price.
I’m super excited about the technology, but agree $3.5k is a lot. Hopefully it’ll come down in price the next few years.
My thoughts exactly. Probably going to be a great visual experience (ofc, can’t say until the real world reviews drop in) and looks amazing, but not $3500 amazing.
Apple doing Apple things.
Though, it’s made of aluminium and glass, the headband looks 1000% times better than the Quest’s, the battery being external is what I’ve wished the Quest to have, it does have an M2 in it like a whole macbook and there’s an extra screen to show your eyes.
The joke is the 2h battery life and of course the price would have been more reasonable at $2500 though I’m sure it’ll sell out regardless, I want one way more than any Quest but I’m not spending that kind of cash on it.
it’s a luxury device for early adopters and devs to flesh out the tech in Gen 1 for later iterations. I’m sure it will be popular in a few years, but, now, it’s more of a novelty. I’m excited to see where it goes, though.
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then again, i had a tiny, protable minidisc player in 1998, and that never took off, despite being around for years and far superior to CDs-- they even played mp3s in a similar way to iPods. cheaper. years earlier. it ran off a single AA battery that lasted weeks. weeks. but they were a niche product…
then again, when was thee last time an apple product failed to launch?
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hesitant upvote just because the G4 Cube didn’t so much flop as much as it just didn’t “blow up” and, also, it wasn’t a “new product”. it wasn’t very popular and didn’t last long, though, so you’re right about that. Oddly, they’re one of the ost sought-after collecter’s items, like the Newton, another famous Apple flop-- although I loved that, too, as I loved the G4 Cube.