$300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device::Apple is selling developers a $300 USB-C dongle to connect the Apple Vision Pro to a Mac, but in this incarnation, it turns out to be no faster than Wi-Fi.

  • thehatfox@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    So a supposedly cutting edge $3500 device plus an additional $300 dongle gets a wired connection speed from the year 2000. USB 2 is 24 years old

    Welcome to the future folks.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    $300 for a strap from Apple? That’s cheap compared to the $999 wheels. People are gonna gobble those up lickety split.

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      10 months ago

      You’re not the target for either; they’re meant to milk business customers who don’t care about price.

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    10 months ago

    Aren’t they really paying for a dev license and support? Can they develop for the apple vision without the device?

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    Nevermind. The article suggests the strap is a development “accelerator”. :/

  • Resol van Lemmy@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The future is here, and it’s ridiculously SLOW and ridiculously EXPENSIVE.

    I’d rather stay in 2012. The switch to Lightning is basically all I can handle when it comes to controversy.