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The Apple Vision Pro’s eBay prices are making me sad
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Financing something like this. Holy fuck this person is an absolute moron.
That’s not a smart choice to finance. First release is almost always overpriced and going to rapidly devalue. There’s a ton of R&D overhead to cover with initial launch of a new product line. The next iteration will be less expensive, or at least have multiple models with tiered pricing.
Remember this next time you are cringing at something dumb you did in the past. You will never be as stupid as Wes Davis.
Excuse my ignorance but who is wes Davis and why is he so stupid?
He wrote the article
Wow I feel a little stupid, thanks friend.
Don't, he's much more stupid. Davis, that is.
Lol no I get it from the way I said that it probably sounded like somebody famous
First release aside the vast majority of electronics depreciate steeply . Financing it in a time of high interest rates is... ridiculous.
Apple almost never lowers prices, they give the illusion of giving you more the next refresh round.
Eh, Apple offers essentially zero cost financing.
If you actually have the cash and budget for this, it’s better to invest that $4k.
Why? I financed an AVP too and use it extensively for my business. Maybe they’re doing the same? Especially with the Apple Card, it’s 0% interest. Why wouldn’t you do that instead of paying for the whole thing outright? Anyone who paid for the whole thing outright seems like a moron to me.
How do you use it at work? Do you think it has paid for itself? Does it enable anything that was impossible before?
You get to write off your masterbation aid as a business expense. Is that not what everyone does?
It’d be even better if they let you work from home.
I use it at work to both film and preview Spatial Video while we’re capturing footage. I don’t think it has paid for itself yet (although I could make the argument that having a 4K 3D TV on the go is worth it too for when I’m not working) but I can see that point rapidly approaching. It definitely enables things that weren’t possible before and, for whatever reason, my brain works better with the concept of spatial computing and being able to separate what I’m doing by actual physical location with the added ability that I can prioritize and position what I’m working on in 3D space. I attempted this before with the Quest and even with the Valve Index and various virtual desktop tools but none work as well as the AVP combined with my MacBook and the iPhones we use.
Genuinely curious what business case exists for the vision pro that couldn't be handled by a modern iPhone (for AR) or laptop (for getting real work done)
Tech review companies.
Well, my business case is pretty specific but, to answer your question directly, it’s not meant as a replacement for either of those things. I use it in conjunction with my laptop and several iPhones. We film everything in Spatial Video so that we have LIDAR/depth info for the project we’re working on. The Vision Pro lets me record and preview the video immediately.
Outside of that, I use the screen mirroring on my MacBook pretty religiously and I love being able to have my various workspaces all around me. For whatever reason, my mind works better when I can separate things spatially and have certain apps open in one room. I’m a pacer so I like to think about what I’m doing while pacing and looking using the Vision Pro and then, when I’m ready, I sit down at my desk, mirror the display, and finish what I’m working on.
It’s really cool. It’s definitely the worst version of the product it’s ever going to be so the amount of use I get out of it right now just makes me more excited for what’s to come in the future. As long as I’m getting use out of it now, though, I see no issues with the cost because it’s literally something I can’t do with any other device (and I own all the other VR headsets, including the Quest and Index).
quite honestly:
any type of work which requires multiple Monitors.
Unless you're doing graphical work where you need absolute high-end monitors (that cost multiple times the AVP), the Display of the AVP is probably good enough.
And Virtual Desktop Software is slowly getting better.
Why not just get multiple monitors.
Price. The AVP can be multiple monitors in one.
How many monitors?
And how much do you think monitors cost? Spoiler: They are very cheap compared to the Vision Pro
yeah, but if you are like me (4k TV for a Monitor, looking to upgrade to a Beamer) it can actually make sense.
If MacOS wasn't giving me endless headaches i would probably actually buy one just for that.
I wish I had a trust fund.
Me too. Sucks that I don’t.