Comment by alwillis
3 years ago
> At 3500 this will be niche at best.
The original 128k Macintosh was $2,495 in 1984--that's $6,244.14 in todays (2023) dollars, just to put things in perspective.
Obviously there will be less expensive models to come; this is just the start. This will be mostly for early adopters and developers.
People are poorer today on an inflation adjusted basis
No, they really aren’t.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
I know the FED says we're not poorer, but their adjustment for inflation is just a marketing stunt.
If you look at the historical ratio of income to the price of housing you'll see we're making less compared to the cost of things every year.
Pull up a chart of "FRED:ASPUS/FRED:MEHOINUSA646N" on https://www.tradingview.com
edit: took a screenshot to save the trouble https://imgur.com/a/U5ml4Iq
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The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.
> The original Macintosh was a flop in terms of sales, at first.
The point: it sold well enough for it to lay the groundwork to the Mac market of today.
At this stage, Apple looks like the only company with a real shot at making a mixed reality headset mainstream in the next 5-7 years.