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I Created a Headless MacBook Pro, and I’m Digging It
This is a whole new approach to “spatial computing.”
This is the first article I’m writing with a “headless” MacBook Pro. I first saw this concept when I bought a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses a few months ago. A company had created a laptop computer that had no screen. Instead of a screen, they used a pair of AR glasses. The user could then use their computer in complete privacy, and the computer had the necessary ports to connect it to a screen. It seemed like a neat concept, so I decided to look into it further.
As it turns out, there is an entire online community of users who like to take the (mostly broken) screens off their laptops and continue to use them. Since I have a pair of AR glasses, and I’ve been meaning to find a way to not disturb my wife while she sleeps, and I have some writing to do before sleep… I thought it would be a good idea to find a cheap MacBook and “decapitate” it.
My budget was $300, so I didn’t expect to find the latest and greatest MacBook. Maybe I would find an…
