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I hate complexity and refuse to use anything that might lock me out.  Passwords are fine, and I still use 1Password to manage them.  But 2FA?  No!  Absolutely not.  I still refuse to switch it on when it comes to my Apple ID.  That means I can't use some Apple services, but so be it.  I hate it with a passion.  For what if I am accessing something from a computer without my iPhone?  Seriously!  To force me to have an iPhone is wrong.  So I keep 2FA switched off. 

Whatever solution these people come up with had better not force me to need anything other than a password.  I don't mind fingerprints and biometric access, but not ever computer has that.  Passwords really are the only decent solution that isn't complex, assuming you can remember your passwords or have 1Password save in Dropbox which can be accessed from anywhere.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding something, but the video said that to avoid motion sickness, the latency must be LESS THAN 10ms.  However, isn't the Vision Pro Latency 12ms?

The only feature of interest is the auto detection of forms in PDFs.  Nothing else matters to me.  But I won't update to do unless Apple brings back the old look and feel of System Preferences.  System Settings is a nightmare, which is why I only tested Ventura and then found out why I need to stick with Monterey.  Apple dropped the ball BIG TIME when they bastardized System Preferences.  And no, that's not just muscle memory talking either.  I've sent them pointed feedback about it, and I would encourage everyone else to do as well here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

Bear in mind that Apple almost got away with dumping the horrible Butterfly keyboard on us, and almost get rid of the SD card on MacBook Pros.  Thankfully, enough of us who care sent them unending feedback on their blunders, and now we have a decent keyboard and the SD card slot again.  The same can happen with improvements to System Settings if enough people pound on them hard enough.  And don't tell me it's worthless either.  A lot of people said that to me here in this forum way back when it looked like Apple would never turn away from the butterfly keyboard.  I didn't listen to those nuts and sent Apple feedback anyway.  I'm glad I did.  And it didn't take that much of my time either.

I honestly don't mind the lack of features in Sonoma so long as they focus on bug and stability and performance fixes.  In fact, if they released ONLY that with no new features at all, it would make me very happy.  But man, I wish I could stay current with MacOS, but there's no way I'm doing that with System Settings being what it is now.  

It's not just me who thinks this way either.  Jason Snell of Six Colors and Macworld knows what he's taking about!

https://www.macworld.com/article/836295/macos-ventura-system-settings-preferences-problems.html

Excellent overview of the new Mac Pro, Mike W.  Thank you!

Japhey said:

...all these people unilaterally calling a still nonexistent product a failure just because they don’t approve of (x) rumor are getting really tiresome. 

I myself never called it a failure, and I don't dwell deeply on such remarks, mainly because the "it's doomed!" contenders cannot produce anymore of a reasoned argument than the name-callers.  But at the same time, we ought to talk about forthcoming products and ponder the ways they might enhance our own lives, as well as freely discuss the negatives. And whenever we have such conversations, there will be those folks who are overly negative, but such is life.  Any manner of verbal stone throwing by you or me at the "it's a failure!" folks will achieve nothing beneficial in the end.  So while it may be "tiring" to read what they write, it's best to take a deep breath and just skip to the next post, rather than waste time typing out a fireball post that seeks to either berate them or magically transform their thinking.

To repeat what I said earlier, I don't like watches in general on my wrist, but I am glad most people do like them because that benefits Apple's bottom line, which in turn has a positive impact on my AAPL holdings.  If the same proves true of the AR/VR device, great!  Honestly, I am eager to see what people think after the WWDC announcement because it helps me to consider in what ways it might impact me.  Boosting of the AAPL stock price is fine and well, but I am a lover of Apple products too.  I just only buy the products that I find useful in my life.  So long as the thing isn't targeted mainly at gamers, like the Apple Watch is mainly targeted at health nuts, then perhaps the headset might prove useful to me or my family in some way.