BirderGuy

What I still don’t understand is why they haven’t activated it in Canada when Helath Canada approved it for use weeks ago. 

Only 500,000?  That would account for 1.75 BILLION dollars in sales, not including add-ons.  Not to mention that in the first year, due to the technology and complexity of the Vision Pro, that may have been the upper limit of what they could manufacture.  A product that takes in nearly 2 billion dollars is in no way a failure.  It is the first step in a bigger plan most people,(myself included), don’t have the imaginations to comprehend what Apple will come up with next.  If a future version sells for what I pay for an iPhone Pro, I’ll skip the iPhone upgrade and get the “Vision Mini” or whatever they choose to call it.  All you folks who think Vision Pro is a failure, get back to me when you create a product that sells nearly 500,000 units in the first year and has over a billion dollars in sales, then I’ll maybe respect what you have to say. 

I have had the Apple Watch and iPhone contribute to saving my life twice now.  First was when I thought I was having a bad case of IBS.  I suffer from Inflammatory Bowel Disease and it often feels like having bad gas, burping and pains in the upper chest.  I was thinking that I might call the doctor and schedule a visit, but my Apple Watch warned me first of an abnormally high heart rate, spiking at over 160 and a few minutes later dropped to 40.  Instead of calling the doctor myself my wife called 911. Over the course of the next hour or so the paramedics arrived, took me to a hospital where a heart specialist was called in, and within minutes of arriving was taken into surgery and had 5 stents put in the part of my heart that was 2mm from the spot they call The Widow Maker.

Recently, on a dark country road, with no lights or cell phone reception, I struck a moose.  Apparently it didn't signal a right turn while exiting the woods.  I was able to save myself, but not the car.  The moose ran off into the woods.  Without Apple's SOS via satellite I could have been waiting hours in the dark for help to arrive.  But Apple's Crash detection sent an Emergency SOS signal at the moment of the crash.  I was already on line with help by the time I got my wits together to even try to get a message out.  Help arrived in under an hour and an ambulance was dispatched to take me to the hospital for care.  The person at the SOS relay staton stayed with me the entire time.

Thanks to Apple and Tim Cook, I have cheated death twice now.  I hope there's not a third time!

I ordered mine on the first day of availability on Kickstarter.  Not sure why an established company like Lexar needs a Kickstarter to ramp up production on what seems like an instant hit with the creative community.  Normally I’d not back kickstarter but Lexar seems worth supporting 

I don’t even need to read the story to know that at the end, they will say, “of course this all depends on whether your a Windows or MacOS is the deciding factor.  As a Mac user, nothing about the Microsoft product is going to compel me to switch. My wife’s business uses windows, so her boss will likely opt for a new Windows device when upgrading.