Update

I described to an AI that the problem couldn’t be with my email address or phone number because I received the verification codes.

The AI agreed.

That’s why I ditched this email address and created a new one. Everything worked on the first try today. But I can’t tell you if changing the email address was the solution or waiting another day. Apple’s error messages are just not helpful.

He probably thinks his AI is a god because it knows how many Bs are in blueberry.

Yup, and Linux probably boots faster.

Someone once wrote something that compiled the Linux kernel on bootup with TinyC. Even this would be faster.

I suspect the majority (not all!) of potential Mac Pro users want it for the form factor. Not because of specific requirements in performance or hardware, but because it looks professional.

A Mac Mini or Mac Studio could handle everything they can throw at it, but for some people, they look like toys. (Cue to the “THIS is a computer!” scene of “Iron Sky.”)

$1000 is still less expensive than my next PC I would need to buy after Windows 10 ends.

If it can run the Epic Games Launcher, too, I would use the Steam Machine for gaming, some cheap laptop with Windows 11 for my tax software and everything else that forces you to use Windows, and a Mac for work.

Well, my kind of humor.