Eric_in_CT

Easy SeanIsMorris and Frac.  There are use-cases:

We go up the stairs to see if the washer is done.  Sometimes yes, sometimes no.  Checking the phone or watch could be handy.
Caveat:  Of course, a little more stairs is probably better for the health anyway! 

Modes:  Every now and then the bath-towels need a bit extra.  So they get a hot-water, with vinegar, soak, then a pre-wash.  Changing those modes would save one of the trips up and down.  Soak for an hour or so, then use the phone/watch to switch to pre-wash.

I hope I never see one of these beauties in person!   Not sure I could contain the desire to own one!  (as a basic home user that is....).

Cheers!

And as to the price comparison in the PC world, one needs to add a comparable display.  5K, wide-color, 500-nits etc.

PC-Counter-point would be use-what-I-have-for-now, and get great-5K later, but that's a dodge.

When AI finishes the comparo between iMac Pro and their spec'd out 2017 iMac, they should send me the 2017, to replace my 2009.

They don't want that "old beater" around, taking up space!

Heh heh.

"Have Fun Storming the Castle!"

E.

This discussion reminds me, after long-not-thinking-about it, of the iMac G4 with the semi-spherical base, and the unbelievable 20" flatscreen "floating" on that stainless arm.  In its own way that was one of the best computer designs of all time.

Whenever I think of it I kick myself for not getting that over the last-ever PC we bought; a problematic Dell-tower.  I recall punching it so hard (imagine a seated uppercut-motion towards a tower-PC sitting on a low-box on the floor), that it went flying back towards the wall.  Junk.

After that (if I have the timeline right), was our 1st Mac in 2005, the white iBook G4.  Was $1800 if I recall.   Sold in 2009 for $500 when we got an Aluminum MacBook, which is still going fine for Int/E-mail.

Then the first ever 27-inch Mac in late 2009, which is still going.

E.