A high-end MBP is costly, but is generally seen as a workhorse that will serve you well for at least 3 years. Spending a similar amount of money for a gadget with a questionable purpose and quick obsolescence is certainly out of reach for the majority of people not living in the SF tech bubble.

It's out of reach for the vast majority of the human race, sure, and perhaps it's a "bad idea" for even a majority of HN, but there are quite a few people who can and will drop the coin on it, for one reason or another.

As mentioned elsewhere, the people who went to the Vision Labs are buying them on release day, so there must be something there.

Vacation to paris lol? Are you spending just a weekend there? No way it's 3500 for any decent period of time, at least not if you're flying from NA.

It’s 1.5 times more than I live on in a month.

>In the view of a “hobby” it’s not that excessive

It is however, a fairly expensive paperweight. And I have a bunch of gadgets I hardly ever use.