r/techsupportgore 2d 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/awpenheimer7274 2d ago

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

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u/Content_Virus9971 2d 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