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I'm waiting for the day where I can plug my iphone into my screen and have a full os show up. Apple seems like the perfect company to build that.

sanjayio 5y ago
It feels like we’re a long way from that but headed in that direction with everything being on the same architecture now. This was much harder to see with intel in the picture.
Someone 5y ago
I don’t think we’ll ever see that. Without the plug, maybe, but with one? I don’t see that happen.
smoldesu 5y ago
Apple is diametrically opposed to cannibalizing their own hardware market. If such a product ever does exist, it will likely exist in the form of an arbitrary $600 accessory.
- stephen_g 5y ago
  If that were true as a general rule, they’d still be trying to sell iPods and you wouldn’t be able to play music from an iPhone…
  - deleted 5y ago
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- unfocussed_mike 5y ago
  The confusing, overlapping MacBook lineup at various times is at odds with this assessment, I'd have thought.
wodenokoto 5y ago
You can with at many android phones. The only big brand I know of is Samsung, but I use an iPhone, so I haven't bothered to look into how widely this is among Android devices.
pmx 5y ago
Samsung have Dex which is basically this but for android devices obviously. It's "ok" but its still android underneath.
- exhilaration 5y ago
  Had Dex, it was discontinued last month: https://androidcommunity.com/samsung-to-discontinue-dex-for-pc-mac-by-january-2022-20211115/ https://androidcommunity.com/samsung-to-discontinue-dex-for-...
  - diffeomorphism 5y ago
    No, that is not at all what your link says. The article is talking about a specific software named "DeX for PC, Mac", DeX itself is not discontinued.
    - exhilaration 5y ago
      Whoops! I appreciate the correction; I'll leave the comment there in case someone else thinks the same thing.
  - frosted-flakes 5y ago
    Looks like they only discontinued pre-Windows 10 and MacOS support. Windows 10+ still seems to be supported.

sanjayio 5y ago

It feels like we’re a long way from that but headed in that direction with everything being on the same architecture now. This was much harder to see with intel in the picture.

Someone 5y ago

I don’t think we’ll ever see that. Without the plug, maybe, but with one? I don’t see that happen.

smoldesu 5y ago

Apple is diametrically opposed to cannibalizing their own hardware market. If such a product ever does exist, it will likely exist in the form of an arbitrary $600 accessory.

stephen_g 5y ago
If that were true as a general rule, they’d still be trying to sell iPods and you wouldn’t be able to play music from an iPhone…
- deleted 5y ago
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unfocussed_mike 5y ago
The confusing, overlapping MacBook lineup at various times is at odds with this assessment, I'd have thought.

wodenokoto 5y ago

You can with at many android phones. The only big brand I know of is Samsung, but I use an iPhone, so I haven't bothered to look into how widely this is among Android devices.

pmx 5y ago

Samsung have Dex which is basically this but for android devices obviously. It's "ok" but its still android underneath.

exhilaration 5y ago
Had Dex, it was discontinued last month: https://androidcommunity.com/samsung-to-discontinue-dex-for-pc-mac-by-january-2022-20211115/ https://androidcommunity.com/samsung-to-discontinue-dex-for-...
- diffeomorphism 5y ago
  No, that is not at all what your link says. The article is talking about a specific software named "DeX for PC, Mac", DeX itself is not discontinued.
  - exhilaration 5y ago
    Whoops! I appreciate the correction; I'll leave the comment there in case someone else thinks the same thing.
- frosted-flakes 5y ago
  Looks like they only discontinued pre-Windows 10 and MacOS support. Windows 10+ still seems to be supported.