Is this finally the sign that new things aren’t for me?
The iPod came out in 2001, when I was 25. I was PUMPED. I had to have one. My first was the U2 iPod, which I remember dropping on the pavement when riding in NYC.
The iPhone came out in 2007. I was 31. Had to have one. I stood in line for one or two, I believe. I had the 3GS, 4, 5, SE, XR, and now my 12 mini.
The iPad came out in 2010. I was 34. I’ve owned three of them over the years.
Now the Vision Pro in 2023. I am 47, and I feel this isn’t for me, and that’s plenty okay.
Converge’s seminal album ‘Jane Doe’ came out in 2010, when I was 34 years old, and I can imagine there were many 47 year olds who were like, “this isn’t for me.”
There’s a lot of “modern metal” out there made by young 20 somethings that just isn’t for me. It’s still good. It’s great! But it’s not made for cranky 47 years olds, really. I like some of it, some of it I don’t. I’m not 20 anymore.
The Vision Pro will be $3,500. That’s okay.
I want the $1,500 TP-7 from Teenage Engineering.
I guess it’s the idea that I don’t know exactly what I get with a Vision Pro, other than what I watched. I can watch movies. Do some work. Look at photos. Okay.
But the TP-7, damn. I mean, I’m not really going to buy it, but I know what it does, and what it can do, without ever actually holding it in my hand.
Is the Vision Pro the future? Maybe. I’m sure if I played with one it’d be amazing, and that’s okay. Many things can be true all at once.