Re:Magic Leap trying to sell for $10B
by jorvi on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:56AM
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It is slightly laughable to complain about Microsoft selling their AR glasses for €3500 when their direct competitor would (will?) be Apple, who have no qualms selling a €1000 aluminium stand or €50 000 desktop computer. Expect a solid premium over Microsoft's pricing.
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Apple charges what the market will bare, and frankly there is no market for a 3,500$ AR headset.
PS: 28 cores and 1.5TB of RAM is still very much workstation territory. Few people need that, but it’s a solid investment if you’re in that group.
> 28 cores and 1.5TB of RAM is still very much workstation territory
But its still a rather overpriced workstation. However, thats not the topic. Microsoft also charges what the market will bare, but it is a completely different market. MS has been quite focused on their B2B products for a while, so selling the expensive Hololens to companies and not private users makes perfect sense. So if you're in that group, its a solid investment
Re:Magic Leap trying to sell for $10B
by brianwawok on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:17AM
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iPhone and macbooks have done well because they are in the consumer price range.
$5,000 mac pro is not targeted to the consumer market. I doubt it is responsible for 1% of Apple's profit.
If apple does VR, they want it in everyones house - not in a few hundred. That's not the scale they operate at.
Re:Magic Leap trying to sell for $10B
by hurricanetc on Thursday March 12, 2020 @10:08AM
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Who is complaining about pricing? I merely pointed out that the Hololens is not a consumer product.