[sdn90]

Same use case for me.

Laptops have terrible ergonomics it’s near impossible to get proper posture while traveling.

- Laptop stands help but introduce a new set of problems around the distance of the screen and keyboard height

- Hard to find adjustable office chairs anywhere

- If you’re in a city where you’re walking for hours a day, carrying a larger laptop gets tiring

[warning26]

I just wish this ran something more like macOS instead of iOS.

Like the iPad, it seems I wouldn’t be able to do anything productive on the Reality Pro due to the lack of any sort of meaningful coding tools.

[theshrike79]

On the demo video they show it connecting to a macOS laptop wirelessly.

[warning26]

Sure, but that comes with two downsides:

1. Since it's an extended display over wireless, bandwidth limitations mean you're limited to just a single 4k resolution monitor floating in space (they mentioned that it simulates a single 4k monitor in the demo)

2. You also would have to bring your laptop with you

To me, one of the major value propositions for something like the Vision Pro would be that it could replace your laptop entirely. But it doesn't seem like that will be the case, at least based on what they've announced.

[theshrike79]

I'm about 80% sure they'll come up with an USB-C -> Vision cable you can use to plug in to your Mac.

Or the power bank is an USB-C bank and you can just detach the cable from it and plug it in directly and use the laptop's battery + get a wired connection.

[fastball]

Well you can have the laptop as a single screen floating in space and then other floating screens that are running off the Vision Pro, e.g. your web browser, docs, etc.

[hollerith]

Sounds like you know that this new product weighs less than a large laptop.

[parentheses]

It's a logical assumption and the battery is not head mounted.

[fomine3]

Quest Pro weights 722g while MacBook Air 15 weights 1.5kg. How can you expect it's twice heavier than Quest? It's completely unacceptable for most people's head.

[thfuran]

The poor ergonomics of laptops are unrelated to their weight.

[fastball]

The last bullet point in GC's comment was related to weight.

[thfuran]

Hmm, I guess you could take it that way. But things that light only really get tiring if the weight is poorly distributed. It's more about the size and sort of bag it's likely to be in.