I decided not to invest more money in iPad Pro's because of this. The only difference is no touch screen on my MacBook Air. I can live with that. Also, the possibility exists that some future version of the Vision Pro may make both the iPad Pro and MacBook obsolete. One device to rule them all.
You and me both. I keep thinking about all the things I do with my current Apple stuff, the Sonos speakers, my iPad mini, etc. and I can easily envision a future where I just have my Macs for my big projects, my wearables (including the Vision Pro) and iPhone for everything else, and that's literally it.
I don't think this first model is going to usher in a huge rush of adoption and demand yet, but I think we all know how this story plays out down the road. Apple will hit the right mix of features, price, and design with the Vision Pro and will have its watershed moment much like the iPhone 4, the Apple Watch Series 3/4, the iPad 2, etc. When that happens, I imagine the TV/monitor business is going to start suffering major losses and people are going to start actually building and designing rooms with nice open areas for AR applications and workspaces. Who knows how good AirPods will be by then, but I can also envision someday getting rid of my Sonos speakers and HomePods.
This daydream I keep having over and over and over is years away, but I'm confident some version of it is coming. This has felt like the final frontier of consumer computing for a long time, and I am counting the days until I can try it out.