[turnsout]

They only got a second crack at it because they were floating on sales of the Apple II. If the Lisa had been their first product, we'd be saying "Apple who?"

The Vision is a whole different universe… with their cash and position they could (and may) take 10 cracks at it.

[Damogran6]

Doesn't make the tactic any more or less relevant...let the people with money and motivation become the first real-world usability testers, then optimize for the rest of the population.