Simple. Because if you need a Mac Mini, a Mac Mini + third party 32" external monitor is still half the rumored headset price.
I don't think that makes much sense, I'd much rather have both devices, but I'm not really the demographic that would jump on something like VR/AR. (he says as there's 4 computers in arm's reach)
I think the Phone has helped Apple by increasing their share of the home desktop/laptop market, even as that market has shrunk as a whole.
But for a person who has already decided to get a headset, it would save them $500 if they also want a Mac. But this is purely theoretical. Apple hasn’t made a DeX-like mode for their iPhone or iPad, and they aren’t going to start with the Reality Pro.
Sure, but I'm talking about giving people a reason to buy the headset, not value adds for people who have already decided to buy it. And yes, Apple hasn't done anything similar with the iPhone, so there's really no reason to believe they'll start with the headset.
Definitely, which suggests that people aren't buying iPhones/iPads instead of Macs, but in addition to Macs...which takes us back to the suggestion that the headset might replace other devices. Apple doesn't want you to do that. They want you to buy an iPhone and a Mac and a headset.
Agreed. There's also a lot of friction around taking goggles on and off. When the headset is a lightweight pair of AR glasses, it's a different story. For now, though, I see taking goggles on and off as a big problem when it comes to the headset replacing other devices. If the rumors are true about a hip-worn battery pack, that makes things even clunkier. I don't imagine anyone wants to wear VR goggles all day and experience his or her reality through cameras and a screen either.
I think you are completely wrong here. I guess we’ll see in a week.
Obviously Apple could make it completely standalone, but they don’t think the user experience would be as good. If Apple's $3000 Reality Pro needs an iPhone for the best experience for configuration, there is something very wrong with the Reality Pro.
No, it means that if an iPhone user wants a device with a desktop OS, they are more incentivized to get a Mac than a Windows machine. But the availability of very strong phone/tablet devices has made desktop/laptop less necessary. My sister replaced her Windows laptop with an iPad. She doesn’t have any device with a desktop OS. If she didn’t have the iPad as an option, she’d probably have got another cheap Windows laptop instead. If her income was higher, maybe a MacBook Air.
It seems likely that it will use a USB-C port to connect the battery pack so you probably could plugin into a power supply though depending on what you are doing that might be uncomfortable or a tripping hazard. We wont know for sure for about another week, though.
In the US, Mac has gained market share compared to Windows over the past 15 years, while the overall size of the desktop/laptop market has been stagnant, and maybe slightly declining.
