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foregoneconclusion said:

It has the potential to disrupt BOTH the TV and computer monitor market down the road. There's no question about it. Just looking at it from a materials perspective makes a compelling argument for both the company selling it and the consumer buying it. Two postage stamp sized screens versus the materials involved in making PC monitors and TVs of today? A headset that you can put in a drawer replacing a big screen TV AND a multiple monitor set-up?

omasou said:

In watching the demonstration, I think it will.

Not having to mess w/screens, projectors and x.1 sound systems could be huge.

designr said:

What is particularly sad about it is how over-produced and perfectly scripted and choreographed these are. They feel inhuman, inauthentic, and insincere. They are attempting to evoke a Steve Jobs vibe with an abundance of superfluous adjectives (as if that's what Steve was about). It all feels so artificial. It's like going to Disney's EPCOT Center's World Showcase and thinking that you really traveled the world to those countries. It looks (sorta) real but there's this uneasy, sanitized vibe of superficiality.

Apple needs a new vibe with these. Something not Steve™ and something not this.

Apple, get back to being human and real.

P.S. I do think these recorded "events" are a symptom of Apple's hyper-conservative nature. They want control over every tiny detail of their image in a way that leads to crap like this. They want it scripted and controlled and polished in a way that feels not quite human.

riclf said:

These Studio boxes look like power houses. In fact, why do you suppose there will be a Mac Pro? What can it have that a Studio Ultra wouldn't... except personal expansions via expansion cards. And how many of us are doing that these days?