[bdavid21wnec]

Really interested if this can become a laptop replacement while at home. Not sure I would carry it to the local coffee shop, but I’m thinking with a Bluetooth keyboard I might be able to replace my aging MacBook Pro while at home. Considering all the tech it has seems like a cheaper alt than buying another MacBook Pro

[ryandvm]

I dunno. I'm in my 40s and I can't even begin to imagine the neck strain you'd have after strapping goggles to your face for 8 hours a day. Even counter-balanced, it's going to be hard on your neck.

We'll probably see chiropractors giving these things out for free to drum up business...

[Ancapistani]

I'm 40, and have been doing just that for the past six months, while gaming.

You get used to the weight very quickly, and weight in general isn't an issue so much as balance is. Using a rigid attachment and adding more weight to offset in the back helps a lot.

For what it's worth, I'm using a Pimax Crystal QLED. Without going through the trouble of looking it up, I believe it's about 2.5-3x the overall weight of the AVP.

I'm looking forward to using it (or the AVP) for productivity as well. The only thing stopping me at the moment is that my favorite app for that purpose - and by a long shot - is Immersed. It's not available for Pimax. They do plan to support AVP, and I'll likely get one for that purpose alone.

[paxys]

It may be a monitor replacement, but isn't intended to compete with your MacBook.

[_ph_]

It runs apps on its own. So many things you might want to do on an iPad could run just on the Vision Pro itself. While I can't live without a full computer, a lot of people are happy with an iPad only. Many of those might also be happy just with a Vision Pro.

[paxys]

The coversation is about a MacBook Pro, not an iPad. Users of the two have very different expectations in terms of CPU, memory, storage, battery life and more.

[_ph_]

Depends on what the original poster uses his MB Pro for and how much computer power is required. That is why I compared it to an iPad. A M2 is quite a powerful processor on its own. Any "power" user won't use the VP for computing, I guess, but it could well hold its own against an aging MB Pro, as long as the kind of software used it supported at all.

My M2 Air runs circles around my Intel MB Pro I am using for work. So the VP would certainly be faster, but probably not run the software I need. But then, maybe there will be an Emacs optimized for the VP :)

[text0404]

you can get 1TB storage with an M2 chip. if you're ok with being plugged in, then this can be a developer machine.

[dwighttk]

This gen, maybe not, but it will if it survives to future generations