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Re:Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024 by ghusto on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @10:54AM (#41925669)
My prediction is that they will "continue" the product as a different product, maintaining the name. A bit like how the Macbook Air is still a product, whilst we all know it was discontinued some years ago.
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Re:Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024 by tiltowait on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @11:43AM (#41926207)
I’m not sure I follow. It has a different form factor now, but it still follows the same design ethos as the original model. It’s not like, say, the Ford Ranger, which had a long gap of non-production before being “brought back” in a different product category from the original.
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Re:Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024 by lotsofpulp on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @11:43AM (#41926212)
What? Is a Camry discontinued because they update it?

A 2015 MacBook Air was discontinued, but 2024 (or 2023, whatever the last update was) MacBook Airs are not.

It would be crazy to have different product names for fungible products that are at least as good as the previous one.

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Re:Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024 by karmakaze on Wednesday October 23, 2024 @01:50PM (#41927506)
Acura dealerships started as fungible copies of Honda products via a loophole to add more dealerships while 'honoring' previous Honda agreements.
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Re:Apple may stop producing Vision Pro by the end of 2024 by omikun on Thursday October 24, 2024 @02:16PM (#41938076)
Do you mean the 12" MacBook? That was discontinued. Or do you mean the MacBook Air with Intel? Or the wedge shape MBA? Hard to define what makes a product a product when parts and design shift with each generation.
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