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Appleish said:

Property crime rates soared after taxes on the rich were cut in the 1960s. Growing as the U.S. cut taxes on the rich more and more and more.

Got a link for that? Otherwise it sounds like a baseless allegation that's all the rage these days.

Appleish said:

Yes, there's a correlation. Tax the rich like we did back in the good ol' 1950s.

Got a link for that? Otherwise, see above.

AI said:
There is one downside with these new designs though, which is speed. Currently, most cables we saw were limited to only 60W of power... Scosche and Rolling Square assured AppleInsider that these were only the initial products and they'd have 100W versions launching very soon.

This talks about two different metrics – speed and power. Care to show the relationship in numbers? What speeds might be expected from a "60W" cable versus a "100W" cable"? I'd appreciate some clarity.

mattinoz said:

9secondkox2 said:

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

Anilu_777 said:

Sounds like the right way to approach it. You also don’t want a bunch of randoms trying it out just for kicks and potentially braking something. Basically you want serious or just interested parties trying it on. 

You mean like they do every other Apple product? Going in and trying something is one of the ways you discover a desire to purchase. 

A supervised demo is fine for a fragile device. But a 25 minute speech means something’s wrong. 

The whole thing is starting to look convoluted 

25 min speech? 

Either you didn’t read the article or you didn’t understand it. 

Stabitha_Christie said:

9secondkox2 said:

Anilu_777 said:

Sounds like the right way to approach it. You also don’t want a bunch of randoms trying it out just for kicks and potentially braking something. Basically you want serious or just interested parties trying it on. 

You mean like they do every other Apple product? Going in and trying something is one of the ways you discover a desire to purchase. 

A supervised demo is fine for a fragile device. But a 25 minute speech means something’s wrong. 

The whole thing is starting to look convoluted 

25 min speech? 

Either you didn’t read the article or you didn’t understand it. 

Apparently you didn’t read the part that clearly reads “SALES PITCH”

buck up on basic vocab before embarasssing yourself further. 

Whether spoken word only or with visual aids, a pitch is at its core - a *gasp!* speech. 

That Part is the Headline - which rarely, if ever, accurately reflects the information presented in the article. 

This. The headline is borderline clickbait. The article following clearly says "lengthy sales pitch" and "25-minute demo" with no further mention of a 25-minute sales pitch.

This IS a pricey product. And yes the Vision Pro is a product. It makes sense that Apple wants to do everything it can to a) sell the product, b) provide a happy customer experience and c) reduce the amount of idiots making erroneous claims because they couldn't get the VP to work as advertised.

Getting a 25-minute demo on a product you haven't even committed to buying is HUGE. And weenies what to whine about that?? At anytime you cry "ENOUGH! TAKE MY MONEY" I'm sure they'll cancel the demo. But why would someone who at this point knows nothing about the capabilities and limitations of a $3500 product turn down a tutorial? 

I've bought many iPhone since 2007, and the only wait worth talking about was in 2007. The local Apple Store is always crowded though I haven't been to one since COVID came to town. Other than 2007 it's taken maybe 20 minutes max to get a phone.

So all the chicken littles can complain and whine about something that hasn't even happened. It makes them feel special. I'll wait to see how everything shakes out, dust settles etc. I don't mind paying $3500 for what the VP seems to promise. I do mind paying $3500 for a product that turns out not to be what I thought it would. So a "lengthy sales pitch" and a "25-minute demo" are well worth my time. And if it weeds out the idiots and "tourists" ahead of me so much the better.

AI said:
While Apple shows off movies... on Apple Vision Pro

They did? Where? CES? They normally don't do CES.

Movies is all I want from the Vision Pro, depending on how the experience fleshes out. All the other stuff is either icing or fluff to me. That's my area of interest. I'll be watching this closely.

AI said:
Traditionally, the company will promise a release for, say, winter, and it'll come out on December 22.

As often as not, it could be March 20, the last day of Winter. 
"We did say 'Winter' and that's still winter!"

That was a cool WF check style. Today's offerings are bleak by comparison. I don't use checks much anymore so it's not an issue.

Without seeing the back I assume it's a cancelled check returned to Apple Computer Company and somebody thought to save it. Maybe it was discovered or it was dug up out of old company records. There may be more out there. Maybe we'll see another in a year or two.

Too bad there's not more info on who sold the check. Who had permission to have the check and sell it.