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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by danieldk on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:16AM (#36253983)
It seems that they nailed the hardware. Sure, the battery life can be improved, the price can be reduced through mass production. It is now mostly a question of people will accept/like carrying a head set.

I am mildly optimistic, even the initial Vision Pro won't be much more expensive than a well-spec'ed MacBook Air plus 5k display. So at least I think Vision is attractive to pro Mac users as a very portable workstation with a lot off screen estate.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by pzo on Friday June 09, 2023 @02:58AM (#36254287)
The only things missing for Pro users (especially Devs) are tools - ipad is useless for Software Dev as main machine. They can't force other companies to port Intellij or VSCode to iOS/iPadOS but you would expect they provided Xcode to iPad by now.

Even if IDE is there then how about Python and Nodejs modules in such restricted environment.

I Hope Meta will switch to Linus and Valve will stick with Linux where you can run any legacy software currently available including many Pro tools.

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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by golergka on Friday June 09, 2023 @06:44AM (#36255914)
You connect it to a MacBook and use IDE with a physical keyboard, while keeping browser windows with Jira and Slack open on the sides.
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Re:Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Apple’s Vision P... by pzo on Friday June 09, 2023 @11:58AM (#36259822)
Sure but this looses appeal for me. I still need macbook nearby and both devices need to be charged. If I'm in plane i dont want to remove my laptop from hand luggage or draining both batteries.

This is just slightly better than someone connecting ipad to external monitor and logging with remote desktop to cloud computer and pretending ipad is good for software development.

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