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eightzero said:

fastasleep said:

eightzero said:

What I was trying to write, and didn't, was for a desktop experience, maybe we are at a stage where a MacBook (yes thats a mac and my bad for being particularly bad about implying otherwise) can feed a nice desktop sized display...or maybe a iPad or even iPhone will do that. I'm reminded of my very first Mac, the PowerBook Duo 230 with a docking station. But still...the macOS (and iOS and PadOS) need help being much simpler. I think that was what I was trying to express, but didn't.

What on earth are you talking about? Are you somehow unaware you can use a desktop display with a MacBook or iPad, and now the iPhone with USB-C?

What do you mean they "need help being much simpler"? For whom? I don't see many people struggling to use these devices, do you?

I do. The macOS in particular needs a "moron mode" or similar to turn off all the "features" that are of limited use to a basic user. And stuff needs to work intuitively. Example: the macOS now has a "send later" feature in Apple Mail. It just...doesn't work. And why can't I make Messages show a HUGE font for people who can't see very well? And let's not talk about how to set up a print, a network connection, or good lord even a simple POP email address. Mission Control? Launch Pad? Shared Photos? Sure, this stuff works...but let me introduce you to the people I know that want to send and receive email, print out store coupons for their weekly shopping trip, and be able to take texts from others who don't use the telephone. And. Nothing. Else. Just try to sell them on a mac these days. 

God help you if you put an iPad in their hand, and they erroneously make a hand gesture that makes things "disappear" or "vanish off the screen." I opened someone's browser they had been using on an iPad, and it had dozens of tabbed windows,,,because they had no idea how to close or use them. Yes, they lack knowledge. But they just wanted to read a news article, not learn the intricacies of how to run a display. Yes, maybe tech is not for them, but the alternatives just aren't there for many people. 

Yes, I do know you can plug a MacBook and iPad into an external monitor. But Apple doesn't make it easy like they did with the duo docking station.