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Tech is so cheap now. When the Macintosh II came out in 1987 [1]:

> When introduced, a basic system with monitor and 20 MB hard drive cost US$5,498 (equivalent to $14,160 in 2022). With a 13-inch color monitor and 8-bit display card the price was around US$7,145 (equivalent to $18,400 in 2022).

Even the Commodore 64 was expensive [2]:

> Volume production started in early 1982, marketing in August for US$595 (equivalent to $1,800 in 2022).

If the experience is worth it and there's no cheaper competitor, people have the money for these things.

And honestly, as a big user of the Quest 2 -- the Quest 3 isn't anywhere close to the same ballpark as this. Apple Vision Pro looks absolutely more than 7x better, the only question is whether it's worth it for you.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_II

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64




Absolutely. I’d rather have companies making these type of high quality products even if I can’t afford them to not having products like this in the market at all.




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