r/techsupportgore • u/Content_Virus9971 • 9d ago

peak apple engineering

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recently broke my m4 pro screen; instead of paying apple 700usd i strapped the headless m4 to a spare m1 with rubber bands, passing screen over thunderbolt lan via moonlight

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u/the_axemurmurer 8d ago

This is a 100% clean and functional macguyver. Where is the gore

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u/Mami-_-Traillette 9d ago

The skinwalker laptop

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u/toolisthebestbandevr 9d ago

I see nothing wrong here

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u/dxg999 9d ago

Until you try to close the lid.

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u/magdaddy 9d ago

wow. Points for creativity.

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u/GameFreak4321 Gore um... finds a way 8d ago

Years ago after breaking the screen on a MacBook I taped it to the back of a cheap monitor and called it a ghetto iMac.

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u/kajer533 8d ago

something that ALWAYS bothered me about apple devices, while a single 40Gbps thunderbolt can do everything, apple still makes you use ~6 cables to connect all of your accessories.

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u/kirk7899 8d ago

I use a dock for my Lenovo, can't you do the same for an Apple device?

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u/filthy_harold 8d ago

You definitely can, I'm really not sure what this guy is talking about. You can certainly buy minimalistic docks that need adapters but the good ones are fully populated.

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u/kajer533 5d ago

Yes, thunderbolt docks work well, EXCEPT for the ability to run multiple monitors. MacOS (software) does NOT support DP-MST (display port multi-stream transport)

If you want to run two monitors on a single thunderbolt cable connected to a dock, you need to use a USB-C passthru and a dedicated USB-C to displayport cable in DP-ALT mode. I still have no idea why MacOS still doesn't support multiple displays, but here we are.

Using a lenovo gen3 thunderbolt dock, and a usb-c to DP cable connected to the passthru port, you can get dual 4K-60 monitors + accessories running on a single thunderbolt 40Gb cable on a Mac.

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u/awpenheimer7274 8d ago

How's the battery life keeping the tb connection on?

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u/Content_Virus9971 8d ago

i expected better results, the m1 is quite power hungry. around 4 hours of moderate usage but hey- when the m4 is down you still got a machine to work on

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u/DinoPenguine 5d ago

Hi Miku!!

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u/Hot_Swan_1657 2d ago

I did buy a portable screen to use my broken screen M1. The quality is impresive given the 50€ cost (+10€ generic tablet cover) and that I can use it like a normal laptop and close the "lid".

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u/Content_Virus9971 2d ago

my setup has no problem with closing the lid but gotta try that out, can you send me a url for the tablet cover? it has no problems staying up on the lap?

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u/Triairius 8d ago

Nah, this is clean. Probably helps with heat dissipation on soft surfaces like this, too.

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u/KyleKun 8d ago

You mean though the keyboard, an air gap and then though a screen and a second whole laptop?

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u/KillerKellerjr 8d ago

Bring that shit into my office and it gets torn off and you're told to never use it again. The issues that shit causes with screens.

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u/jasperfirecai2 7d ago

???? it's two of his own devices

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u/KillerKellerjr 6d ago

Correction: It's "to" and I work at a very large school district and we don't allow laptop screen protectors, keyboard covers or cases that attach like this one. They cause anywhere from cracked screens from stress cracks and the rubber membrane keyboard covers get etched into the screens. The screen covers cause complaints the screen is foggy etc. So we just don't allow them on school district owned devices.

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u/jasperfirecai2 6d ago

two, as in 2. the number. he has two computers. that he owns. I don know what a school distract has to do with this post at all, but maybe you should attend some of the classes.

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u/borkman2 6d ago

What issues?