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  • Apple's AR headset probably won't need an iPhone to function

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    bluefire1 said:
    h2p said:
    “…the initial $3,000 model” isn’t priced for consumers, obviously. This could be Apple‘s way of skimming the cream off the top of people that are so interested and so excited about the mixed reality headset that they’ll pay that kind of a price. One other little tidbit is that this could be like the original iPad… Said to be priced at $2000 (by the PC press) and it was released at $499. It was a big hit immediately. 

    If the “lower priced“ headset is at $1000, then this too will be an immediate hit. That would be essentially the price of the iPhone 14 Pro so I’ve got a little bit of wishful thinking going on there.
    The original Macintosh was $2495, which also put it out of range for many consumers.
    LOL - I bought my Mac SE in for $2,000 with student discount in 1989, I think that price included the cost of extended keyboard. Printer was another $250 or so. It was the first Mac with option to have a hard drive - mine was 20mb HD, 1mb RAM. For reference, my Apple Watch 5 has 32gb storage (SSD I assume?), 1gb DRAM. In today's dollars, that Mac would've cost over $4800. 

    My SE got me through all of my undergrad + almost 2 years. I actually had a case for it - wish I hadn't tossed it, it'd be worth something now. Had to replace it when the HD died. My freshman year, probably 25% of my peers had their own computer. By my senior year ('93), maybe half? I don't think my roommates had one.

    To clarify - I would not spend $1k on a computer today. I have a 2020 MBA, 2022 iPad, iPhone X. I'm cheap.
    h2p