this year’s model is this many percentage points faster than the first chance they had to ditch the intel mac, and the mental math for converting whatever they internalized to decide to hold out to a comparison against the m3 should be easy.
some early adopters will salivate, some will pull the trigger, but the holdouts should be near their breaking points. the fear of shipping dates slipping due to early adopters with fomo will drive holdouts further towards the cliff.
a lot of retailers have their own lists of demands.
walmart has had plenty of walmart-specific model numbers.
it typically leads to more confusion over what a customer is buying. the model number proliferation and the typical act of using the short form names leaves it feeling closer to gambling.
> I was informed in the course of my official duties of a multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program to which I was denied access
you underestimate apple enthusiasts. they may not have already prepared, but the device isn’t already out.
besides, not all apple enthusiasts are wealthy. some will prepare last minute, by selling furniture to make space and help fund the headset. it doesn’t matter if that sounds silly, if it happens.
this is why apple goes slow. bring the ecosystem enthusiast to the object by attempting to integrate the object into the ecosystem first. start with the most eager, guide them in, let them deal with the growing pains, convert enough to full believers in the new object.
public-ish beta with an exclusive-ish signup fee.
apple isn’t merely training enthusiasts in how to use a headset. they are training fans that sell product. enthusiasts talk. easiest way into the ecosystem is with a guide, and even better if that’s a friend or loved one not getting paid to do so.
the least important part about this product is the product. it’s expanding the ecosystem into new territory. show apple enthusiasts that perhaps they want to be xr enthusiasts.
with more dialogue like this, even if the instigator is less willing to come to the table as diplomatically, less willing to talk openly, at least initially, so long as true discourse can occur, the need for violence will hopefully decrease over time.
so just to clarify, are you endorsing violence? you made clear that you personally don’t endorse teddy k (RIP) but you’re dealing in hypotheticals.
hypothetically if Donald Trump poured crude oil on your mom, you might find it just to hit him. you might say you would do just that. if that’s not likely to happen to you, you’re blowing smoke. which is bad for the environment.
some take that as proof that no doubt is experienced. others, that no human doubt is experienced. there’s a chasm in the middle.
these words are all malleable as they are but crude carriers of shadows of ideas.