06-08-2023, 08:30 AM
Apple is going to make a lot of money. People are going to take out a second mortgage or sell one of their kids (or kidneys).
Exactly.
Fortunately, I don't have to do either.
For what one gets when the current AVP ships, it's the content that'll be the expense.
It will get it's own Store, so I see rich people, lol.
I also said the same thing about $499 mp3 years back at Macworld called the iPod - now almost everyone has one in their pocket called the iPhone
When the iPod was announced, it seemed like every other Mac user called it overpriced, doomed, and a flop.
Rio already had an MP3 player out when the 5G iPod was announced.
I don't remember the time line of the devices, but I priced out the Rio v iPod at the time.
The Rio had 32MB of memory and couldn't hold an hour of low-res mp3s.
It had a slot for some card card, and I thought there was a back that attached that would hold additional storage.
Pricing out a fully loaded Rio cane to about $470, with a 500MB capacity, I think.
What ever the Rio's final pricing was, the iPod was a much better bargain for the money.
Even so, A LOT of people would counter either why would people want to carry around their entire music collection or— it couldn't carry their entire music collection.
Yet they could defend the Rio.
So I got the 5G iPod.
And as time went on, the iPod got more capacity, and some got cheaper, I guess.
But I never regretted the purchase.
I could have waited, since the next version would likely be better, but the interim just didn't make that worth my while.
If people want to wait for Gen 3, fine by me.
I doubt I'll wait any more than long enough to miss the first wave.
Exactly.
Fortunately, I don't have to do either.
For what one gets when the current AVP ships, it's the content that'll be the expense.
It will get it's own Store, so I see rich people, lol.
I also said the same thing about $499 mp3 years back at Macworld called the iPod - now almost everyone has one in their pocket called the iPhone
When the iPod was announced, it seemed like every other Mac user called it overpriced, doomed, and a flop.
Rio already had an MP3 player out when the 5G iPod was announced.
I don't remember the time line of the devices, but I priced out the Rio v iPod at the time.
The Rio had 32MB of memory and couldn't hold an hour of low-res mp3s.
It had a slot for some card card, and I thought there was a back that attached that would hold additional storage.
Pricing out a fully loaded Rio cane to about $470, with a 500MB capacity, I think.
What ever the Rio's final pricing was, the iPod was a much better bargain for the money.
Even so, A LOT of people would counter either why would people want to carry around their entire music collection or— it couldn't carry their entire music collection.
Yet they could defend the Rio.
So I got the 5G iPod.
And as time went on, the iPod got more capacity, and some got cheaper, I guess.
But I never regretted the purchase.
I could have waited, since the next version would likely be better, but the interim just didn't make that worth my while.
If people want to wait for Gen 3, fine by me.
I doubt I'll wait any more than long enough to miss the first wave.