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The genius part about this is your two "monitors" look the same. This is literally a significant part of why I've never purchased an iMac. Now you've given me an idea...

Frustratingly this was a native iMac feature "Target Display Mode" in 2009-2014 but they dropped it from the 5K model: https://applerepairstation.co.uk/Technical%20Desk/use-your-i...



Target Display kind of sucked in that you needed a fully functional installation of MacOS running the entire time too. It’s nice that the feature was there of course, but I never found it pleasant to use.


Oh that’s silly. Would have been nice to be firmware level.


You're describing the Cinema display


The problem is the Cinema Display doesn’t look identical to the iMac. I like have monitor symmetry, but there was (maybe until the M1’s mini) a gulf in hardware between the iMacs and Minis. Especially the pros.




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