Spencer314

Gawd I hope this isn't the direction Apple is going. I don't mind a 120mm lens, though I'm seriously not going to use it that often. But, killing off the 72mm lens to get that 120mm is insane. If the max simply had a better lens and camera for the 72mm, I might have bought the 15 Pro Max (the 15 Pro's 72mm camera quality is a bit underwhelming, particularly when compared with the excellent main camera even at a 50% crop), but there is no way that I would want to sacrifice having a 12MP camera nowhere between 48mm and 120mm. The 70mm to 90mm range is just way more useful. Heck, 120mm isn't even telephoto enough to be that interesting, as a telephoto, so it really is nothing more than bragging rights. I have talked a few people out of getting the 15 Pro Max for this very reason, and all have realized I was absolutely right. 

Consider me highly dubious that any VR based on a headset, even one built into sunglasses will be more than a niche product anytime remotely soon. 

Maybe Apple will crack the form factor that at least makes it into a mildly successful niche, but this just isn't going to be a runaway success, because you can't get a runaway success in a market that most people won't actually buy into. Maybe it will be more successful than 3D TVs (I do wish I had a 3D TV to watch A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, but I can't think of much else I would watch on one).

Maybe it will (finally!) get Apple seriously into supporting their platforms for top-notch gaming, but if so, the Apple TV and Macs will probably benefit more from that than the market for VR headsets. 

I wonder if Apple was just surprised at how little cooling their chips required, which could explain the overbuilt heat sink and cooling fans for the Mac Studio. It seems likely that the M3 Max will run just fine in a Mac mini form factor, and if so the Mac Studio hardware would be relevant only for the M3 Ultra. The M3 Ultra itself might just not have a large enough market to support two form factors, and if they are going to do a Mac Pro with a base price of $5000 and configurations going up to $20K, that might just make the most sense as the platform to keep, particularly if the M3 Ultra Mac Pro is a decent amount smaller than the current Mac Pro. 

But who knows, given that this is the post Steve Jobs Apple we are talking about, we can be assured that some of the decisions Apple will continue to make in support of their pro users really won't make much sense. 

All this anti-stalking stuff makes the AirTag a lot less useful as an anti-theft device, unfortunately. If Apple keeps tightening the AirTag anti-stalking capabilities, what use cases will be left? Just finding stuff in your house? 

jasonfj said:

Exhibits two and three, your honour. 

And is that a "Nevermind" logo tattoo'd across his chest?

Even if he has been suffering from this, the many times he has referred to (and reproduce) the iconic image for humor value is going to be a pretty large barrier to jump over, coupled with his parents being paid for the shoot and further coupled with the fact that pictures of naked babies are hardly unusual.