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Do you think buyers of first generation Vision Pro use it as much as first gen Mac, iPod, Watch? Is the value prop and purpose as clear?

scarface_74 2y ago
The first gen Mac was underpowered even for its time seeing what it was asked to do. It had one floppy drive and you had to switch back and forth between the application disk and your data disk. The Apple //e kept Apple afloat long after the Mac came out. It wasn’t until Aldus (PageMaker) released software along with the first laser printer that the Mac became useful. The early failure of the Mac is a large part of the reason that Jobs got kicked out. The first gen iPod was Mac only, the click wheel kind of sucked compared to the later capacitive models and the iTunes Music Store didn’t come online until 2 years later. Between that, USB support and Windows support is what made it take off. The iPhone was 2G, overpriced to the point where Apple had to cut prices six months in and didn’t support third party apps. Not having Flash support was really a big deal back then. The first generation Apple Watch along with the apps and the OS were atrocious. Third parties couldn’t make native apps. They were all projections from the phone. Apple remedied it quickly. If I were single, I would buy it just for the video watching experience and the larger screen when using it with a Mac with the improvements in the refresh rates. But it’s a very isolating experience and when I sit down to watch TV, usually it’s with my wife. For context: in non inflation adjusted dollars, my old Apple //e setup that my parents bought me was around $3000 in 1986. My first Mac setup was $4000 in 1992 and I spent another $300 on an a new processor for it and I bought a first gen PowerMac 6100/60 + 486DX/2-66 “DOS Compatibility card” in 1994 for $3000. I’m no stranger to having expensive tech gadgets.
- dmarcos 2y ago
  I’m both buyer of iPhone first gen and Vision Pro on day one. The iPhone was an amazing value: replaced my nokia cellphone, had an amazing touch UI with a gorgeous display that was a delight to use compared to anything else at the time, loved to be able to properly check my email and browse the Web anywhere with WiFi, it replaced my iPod, watching youtube anywhere was super useful… I couldn’t get enough. Value prop was super clear on day one I don’t use my Vision Pro at all. Do you think I’m an exception or the norm?
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    The issue that makes the Vision Pro not useful is content specifically designed for it. I said in another reply, that if I were single and spent time watching videos by myself, I would buy it if it had better content. I fly a lot. But I wouldn’t want to carry something so bulky with me I could also see it is as a large display for my Mac since I have limited office space.

scarface_74 2y ago

The first gen Mac was underpowered even for its time seeing what it was asked to do. It had one floppy drive and you had to switch back and forth between the application disk and your data disk. The Apple //e kept Apple afloat long after the Mac came out. It wasn’t until Aldus (PageMaker) released software along with the first laser printer that the Mac became useful. The early failure of the Mac is a large part of the reason that Jobs got kicked out. The first gen iPod was Mac only, the click wheel kind of sucked compared to the later capacitive models and the iTunes Music Store didn’t come online until 2 years later. Between that, USB support and Windows support is what made it take off. The iPhone was 2G, overpriced to the point where Apple had to cut prices six months in and didn’t support third party apps. Not having Flash support was really a big deal back then. The first generation Apple Watch along with the apps and the OS were atrocious. Third parties couldn’t make native apps. They were all projections from the phone. Apple remedied it quickly. If I were single, I would buy it just for the video watching experience and the larger screen when using it with a Mac with the improvements in the refresh rates. But it’s a very isolating experience and when I sit down to watch TV, usually it’s with my wife. For context: in non inflation adjusted dollars, my old Apple //e setup that my parents bought me was around $3000 in 1986. My first Mac setup was $4000 in 1992 and I spent another $300 on an a new processor for it and I bought a first gen PowerMac 6100/60 + 486DX/2-66 “DOS Compatibility card” in 1994 for $3000. I’m no stranger to having expensive tech gadgets.

dmarcos 2y ago
I’m both buyer of iPhone first gen and Vision Pro on day one. The iPhone was an amazing value: replaced my nokia cellphone, had an amazing touch UI with a gorgeous display that was a delight to use compared to anything else at the time, loved to be able to properly check my email and browse the Web anywhere with WiFi, it replaced my iPod, watching youtube anywhere was super useful… I couldn’t get enough. Value prop was super clear on day one I don’t use my Vision Pro at all. Do you think I’m an exception or the norm?
- scarface_74 2y ago
  The issue that makes the Vision Pro not useful is content specifically designed for it. I said in another reply, that if I were single and spent time watching videos by myself, I would buy it if it had better content. I fly a lot. But I wouldn’t want to carry something so bulky with me I could also see it is as a large display for my Mac since I have limited office space.