The Lemon Fool

Further to my earlier thread 'the black screen of death', where my 2016 MacBook Pro developed a screen problem which makes it unusable but the laptop itself is working as I found out when I hooked it up to the tv and it still gets all the security updates. The battery is wearing out but it works fine when attached to the mains. I thought about getting it serviced, get the screen fixed, maybe get a new battery but not keen on throwing much more money at the thing when it cost so much in the first place. I thought a cheaper way to proceed is to get a new monitor to plug it into and use it as a desktop in the office at home as well as a backup for the new laptop.

Does that sound sensible? Any suggestions for an inexpensive small/medium sized monitor? This one looks reasonable. Cheaper would be even better. I have a USB-C to HDMI cable if it doesn't come with any.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Monitor-ARZOPA-1920×1080-Screen/dp/B093GCL18V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=D63V9F8W6DI4&keywords=macbook+pro+2016+external+monitor&qid=1694779076&sprefix=macbook+pro+2016+external+monitor%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-3

Don't Macs output displayport natively?

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=5 ... Y&dpr=1.65

DP to HDMI isn't an issue - it can be done passively (not the other way around which requires active cables with chips).

Swings and roundabouts I guess...

It sounds like it's at the stage where I might be tempted to replace it for normal use but leave it on the network to access remotely (if there are jobs you can leave it doing)

Fluke wrote:Further to my earlier thread 'the black screen of death', where my 2016 MacBook Pro developed a screen problem which makes it unusable but the laptop itself is working as I found out when I hooked it up to the tv and it still gets all the security updates. The battery is wearing out but it works fine when attached to the mains. I thought about getting it serviced, get the screen fixed, maybe get a new battery but not keen on throwing much more money at the thing when it cost so much in the first place. I thought a cheaper way to proceed is to get a new monitor to plug it into and use it as a desktop in the office at home as well as a backup for the new laptop.

Does that sound sensible? Any suggestions for an inexpensive small/medium sized monitor? This one looks reasonable. Cheaper would be even better. I have a USB-C to HDMI cable if it doesn't come with any.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Portable-Monitor-ARZOPA-1920×1080-Screen/dp/B093GCL18V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=D63V9F8W6DI4&keywords=macbook+pro+2016+external+monitor&qid=1694779076&sprefix=macbook+pro+2016+external+monitor%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-3

Do you live close to any charity shops? Used moniters seem to be ubiquitous in most of the charity shops I go into and £10 is not an untypical asking price.