• andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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    1 year ago

    You can plug an iPad to a MacBook via usb c and use it as an external monitor and it works really well in my experience. Kinda makes me wonder if there isn’t a patent somewhere preventing it from wider use.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah it does, but definitely not as well. I’ve had much better results with the USB connected directly.

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          1 year ago

          Huh? It works perfectly without a wire.

          It doesn’t use your wifi router, it uses a direct (peer to peer) wifi connection between your computer and the tablet, which if they’re next to each other (e.g. a laptop and a tablet), will be faster than USB.

          If it’s a tower PC under a timber desk with a crappy wifi antenna, then yeah that won’t work as well as a cable. Timber is pretty effective at blocking wifi.

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            1 year ago

            My statement is based on direct experience of janky frame drops between an iPad pro and a MacBook pro sitting next to each other on the couch. I suspected some potential interference issues so I went back to USB and it was buttery smooth again. Might not match your experience but in my environment that’s how it went down.