We've been receiving a steady stream of information about the Apple Vision Pro ahead of the headset's February 2 release date (with pre-orders starting January 19), and we now have an idea of what kind of specs it will include. .
As MacRumors reports, references found in sent to developers to test their applications). ) came, as revealed in a report last year.
Interestingly, that previous report (from well-known Apple leaker Mark Gurman) claimed that the development kits also came with 1TB of storage, and while Apple has announced that the Vision Pro comes with a 256GB SSD to start, it's very There will likely be configuration options for up to 1TB of storage.
The problem with Apple specifications
Assuming the Vision Pro comes with 16GB of memory and up to 1TB of storage, those specs, along with the M2 chip and the new R1 chip that will handle all the data from the headset's 12 cameras, five sensors, and six microphones, show that Apple is serious when it says the Vision Pro is a spatial computing device, rather than just a VR or AR headset (in fact, Apple has explicitly told developers creating Vision Pro apps not to refer to virtual reality or augmented reality).
It's clear that Apple sees the Vision Pro not as an evolution of virtual reality headsets like the Meta Quest 3, but as an evolution of computers.
It's a bold ambition, although I'm not entirely convinced at the moment (although that might change when I try the Vision Pro). However, while Apple packing the Vision Pro with plenty of attractive specs will please people who plan to buy the headphones, it could leave Mac and MacBook owners a little upset.
This is because Apple continues to sell Mac devices that have base models with 8 GB of memory and 256 GB of storage, an increasingly outdated set of specifications for laptops in 2024. However, Apple has gone on the defensive, stating that the 8 GB of unified. The memory that comes in the $1,599 MacBook Pro with M3 chip could be compared to the 16 GB of memory in a Windows PC.
That suggestion, made by Bob Borchers, Apple's head of global product marketing, in an interview, rang pretty hollow at the time, and if Apple doesn't think 8GB is enough for the Vision Pro now, does that also mean it's changed? of opinion on whether it is enough? for the new Macs and MacBooks? Considering how deliberately difficult it is for users to upgrade even the best Macs and MacBooks they own, I certainly hope so.
