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"That's the same as guys going, my 1000$ Ubuntu laptop can do everything your Mac does guys" That's great if that works for you, but most people would agree that Apple just has that finishing touch that 99% of other brands do not achieve. It's all in the details. Apple is luxury tech.

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What does this even do better that has any "Apple" finishing touches? There's no games, there's some content but lots missing, what it is supposed to be able to do, it does worse than the competition and it's more than 6x the Quest's price

Apple was never about the games or content or even hard numbers. What is Apple like is: 1. incredible engineering :All very high quality fabrics, machining and optics.

2: The detail oriented software. Look how polished everything looks in Vision OS. It’s just nice to be ‘in’ there.

3: The integration of the software and hardware. Extremely nice handtracking, amazing see-through functionalities, working with a good ecosystem (keyboard, MacBook, trackpads,…)

Those experiences are what makes Apple unique. Not ‘better’ per se. That depends on what you need.

I totally agree, but I'm responding to the idea that it is way ahead of the competition and pointing out that not even the verge article was positive in all aspects (as was suggested in the few parent comments of mine).

I don't think it is ahead of the competition personally and especially when considering the 7x price I fail to see how it could land with consumers. Having said that I do anticipate Apple will finish the tech in the next few years and it will be a much better buy (both in value proposition and with a lower price) a few years from now.

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