Jump Desktop would be a more affordable option and if one has an intel Mac it would be possible to use both Mac and Windows plus native iOS without the need of a dongle.
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Luna Display 5.0 Turns an iPad Into a Second Screen for a Windows PC
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Good for them. They need to branch out to Windows anyway because Apple has sherlocked their primary market.
I use it quite regularly.
One monitor on my desk is used on USB-C to Mac mini, DisplayPort to a Windows PC and HDMI to a streaming device. My main use is the Mac mini. I find it is easier to use RDP when I want to jump to Windows than switch monitor input.
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Meant to say, when using RDP, other than when I move my mouse pointer to the extreme top of screen, I often can't tell it is RDP rather than a direct session from monitor switching.
I used to do some computer support and one customer used iMacs with RDP sessions onto their Windows server (which was a virtual machine in the cloud). I would often remote connect from my PC at work to their iMac at their work, then RDP across to the Windows server. As a double-hop remote, I still found it impressive. Occasionally I even remotely connected from my own home PC into my work PC and then onwards... Was still amazingly good despite three internet links being interposed.
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I've used AstroPad with Apple products before and it works quite well. I don't recall any noticeable lag.
I don't know how it would perform with Windows; mostly because I don't like Windows and have no desire to run it.
A non-dongled version of this is how I thought Microsoft should have progressed the Surface Book line. Instead of having underpowered ultra low voltage components inside the removable screen/tablet keep all the horsepower inside the base unit on full power and screen mirror with two way communication for the detachable screen.
You could, but it wouldn't be a 264 ppi display with touch support, nor would it be as portable.
Personally, I'd rather work on a 24" screen than a 10/11/12.9" screen. A typical 1080p 24" screen looks fine.
The selling feature here is Apple Pencil support. You can buy a cheap external display with a lousy color gamut for $130, but you can’t buy a Wacom Cintiq for that price.
True, if that's the case and one has a use for that, but the article is titled "Luna Display 5.0 Turns an iPad Into a Second Screen for a Windows PC". The article says nothing about touch/pen support.
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Did you read the article? The 2nd sentence says "The Luna Display is a little dongle that's designed to allow an iPad or a Mac to be used as a secondary display for a main Mac machine."
Not sure what your point is. This article is not about Macs. Read the headline. It also supports Macs, yes, but that's not what we're discussing.
I don't know if they support touch gestures in Windows, but I assume as much. They do support touch: "Luna turns your iPad into a complete extension of your computer — with full support for external keyboards, Apple Pencil, and touch interactions."
Sidecar already did this to them, which is why they transitioned to offering Windows support.
My point is, people saying the main selling point is touch support. Not only is that NOT what the headline says, but touch support isn't mentioned anywhere in the article.
The headline and story is about adding a 2nd monitor to a Windows PC. I simply said I can do that for $130 and get a bigger display.
It would be useful to tally up what each one of these apps does. Touch, wired, wifi, keyboard, etc.
After I read this article I immediately tried Luna as I had the dongle lying around and became curious. Then people posted about Splashtop and Duet which I have tried with Macs but not Windows. These also appear to work with Windows and iPads, with at least a wired connection, which is my preferred method anyway.
The problem with Luna may be twofold: Cost and that dongle. Then again, I'm not sure exactly what you're paying for.
Btw, I immediately noticed was how good the Ipad mini LED screen is when I saw Windows 11 on it. These new Macbook Pros might just be something I'm going to want. I have a Parallels license, hence Windows native!, save some money! (yeah right
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After I read this article I immediately tried Luna as I had the dongle lying around and became curious. Then people posted about Splashtop and Duet which I have tried with Macs but not Windows. These also appear to work with Windows and iPads, with at least a wired connection, which is my preferred method anyway.
The problem with Luna may be twofold: Cost and that dongle. Then again, I'm not sure exactly what you're paying for.
Btw, I immediately noticed was how good the Ipad mini LED screen is when I saw Windows 11 on it. These new Macbook Pros might just be something I'm going to want. I have a Parallels license, hence Windows native!, save some money! (yeah right
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That isn't what I said. I said you're not gonna find this kind of display for $130.
Indeed, you can.
Do you also respond "I can use Gmail" to an article about Outlook?
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The fact that this works perfectly is great news.
My current setup is iPad Pro for home use and that same (work-issued) ThinkPad in the screenshot.
Now I can increase productivity while traveling without increasing the carry-on footprint.
Sweet.
My current setup is iPad Pro for home use and that same (work-issued) ThinkPad in the screenshot.
Now I can increase productivity while traveling without increasing the carry-on footprint.
Sweet.
This is a WiFi/Ethernet solution. It never use your thunderbolt port.
The dongle is just a fake EDID dongle to fool the GPU to believe there's a real display on it.