This is terrible advice, with new launches like this there's always a ton of compatibilities issues and you don't want to spend ages getting the device setup to

This is terrible advice, with new launches like this there's always a ton of compatibilities issues and you don't want to spend ages getting the device setup to realise some specific software that you must use isn't supported or sit around waiting for updates to support the new system. Why not just wait a few weeks post release to get a reviewers take on using the new device as a development machine?