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Matt Leaf

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Feb 5, 2012
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Sidecar has me thinking, and I'm sure along with other headless Mac fans...

I'd love to be able use my, for instance, Macbook Pro and Mac Mini together, not just as a Target Display, but as a Target Device.

For instance - lets say I have a Mac Mini. I plug in a thunderbolt cable between Mac Mini and MBP, boot up the MBP while holding a key, then I'm given the option of using the Macbook Pro to control the Mac Mini. The Macbook Pro boots up, everything functions as normal, except I'm using the Mac Mini's internals, not the Macbooks. I'd have full functionality of keyboard, trackpad, display, and ports on the laptop function as normal, all back to the Mac Mini.

Likewise apply this to a Mac Pro, or any other Mac for that matter.

Really the Mac Mini would be the Target Device, the laptop serves as a peripheral.

And hey, why not go further, let me combine both machines - use the dGPU from the MBP as an eGPU, while loving the 6/8/16/24 Core Processor from the Target Mac.

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