Ah, that’s fair. I suppose I’m just blessed that I always worked in Linux and Unix (back in the day) environments. Meaning, remoting is basically synonymous with ssh and terminals to me, not legacy windows servers.
The closest thing I encounter to what you are describing is the occupational lab equipment software running on ancient windows machines , but, I rarely need to remote into those as well, you kinda need to be with the equipment anyways. In the rare case I’ll need to monitor it remotely, I’d just fire up an old laptop by my side to deal with those, for me, edge cases.
With that said, I did mostly take offence to last paragraph of your post, and my reply was mostly commenting on that. As I felt you insinuated it was largely that the only reason somebody would run a high dpi monitor was to show off their wealth, as it was scaled anyways. And this, i disagreed with 🙂
That's fair. I was harsh about that. My company is all about virtual desktops and a bunch of other silly endeavors that have me easily having 5-6 RDP sessions open each day to work. Even with a 4K screen it becomes a pain quickly. Which is why I have dual QHD screens at home and at work. Everything runs native resolution and is readable.
It's disappointing that a M2 Air which I own is the only device that if I plug in my dock it can't use both displays. Saying I need to spend more money for a Pro processor is silly. My M2 air is more than capable of doing pro things including running Windows 11 ARM and Ubuntu Server in VMs but I can't have each VM up on a different screen.
All arguments aside no matter how you look at it its a choice that Apple makes. Tons of horsepower with gimped screen output. Even if I bought a 6K screen or a ultrawide I couldn't have the two VMs side by side because fullscreen is required for all input to be routed to the VM vs the host. This is a limitation of big screens when working with anything that requires full screens to fully operate and even the paid software for windows can't get around this limitation.
Every other laptop I own would handle this fine including connecting to the VMs on the M2 Air remotely and having one up on each screen. Every machine I own capable of this simple thing costs less than the price of the M2 Air.
I love my M2 and I mess with it sitting on the couch from time to time. But the fact that I can't hook it up to a Thunderbolt dock and work on a pair of screens just means it's never the computer I am reaching for to do any work.
Could I setup a completely separate desk with a big screen just for my M2 sure. But that just seems silly that every other machine works except the Apple device. And it will still be gimped from doing any of the fullscreen things I do on a daily basis.
This is one of those where the company thinks customers will change everything they do to work with us.
No different than when Google killed Nest Homekit development. Google said if you want to use Nest you will buy our hubs and Android. No. I won't. I'll replace the thermostats and cameras with Ubiquiti and Ecobee.
No different than the current news that Chamberlain has blocked all access to any plugins that let you link your Garage door to homekit. No Chamberlain I will not use your app full of ads or pay for a subscription to open and close my garage door. Anxiously waiting for my ratgdo to arrive to take my garage door back to my local network.
Apple thinks I'll buy a overkill premium laptop to have two screens. No I just will continue to use every other machine I have. Apple thinks I'll buy a giant iPad because I hate how much they gimp the iPad Mini. No I will just continue to complain that the iPad Mini is made from leftover parts.
In all these scenarios I know I'm in the minority and that's fine. The more companies say this is how you use our product the less I am inclined to do business with them. I am glad the masses are happy I guess.
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