decryptionMar 4
because the macbook neo has an A18 Pro SoC & 8GB of RAM in it, apple should let me plug an iPhone Pro with the A19 Pro SoC and 12GB of RAM into a USB-C/Thunderbolt monitor and use it as a Mac - charge me a $200 Mac enablement fee if you have to
Show threadmccMar 5

@decryption i have been wanting "the powerbook duo, but it's a phone" as long as there have been smartphones.

for awhile Samsung has been shipping something like this called "DeX" and it's legit great (but i'm afraid to use Samsung hardware as they've got kinda AI brained. and their TVs show advertisements on the HDMI-input-switch screen now)

Show threaddecryptionMar 5
@mcc same here - apple could really do it well if they cared but they seem not to
Show threadmcc
@decryption I had initially assumed this was where apple was going with Catalyst— not necessarily "pay a bit extra to make your iphone a mac" but maybe "mac just goes away, and you pay extra / plug into a dock to make your iphone do some of the things a mac used to be able to do". But they haven't moved in that direction as quickly as I'd have expected if that was really the plan.
Mar 5 at 2:16amWeb
Show threadVicomte Folmer af HelvedeMar 5

@mcc @decryption

I'm guessing you all remember the Ubuntu Edge concept that unfortunately didn't make the crowdfunding target?

Built-in desktop mode, would've been powerful for the time.
https://youtu.be/eQLe3iIMN7k

And yes, it's pretty wild you can't do anything like that on Apple devices. It's definitely possible

Ubuntu Edge: introducing the hardware

YouTube