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yo guys Johnson here 2018 has been an amazing year protected hands-down one of my favorite releases is the 2018 iPad pro I've been working furiously on the in-depth full-length monster review which is dropping tomorrow morning so keep your eyes peeled for that but today I'm gonna give you a little taste more than likely every iPad video you've watched there's been a statement echoed throughout it's fast its powerful its overall really good but what holds it back is that you can't put Mac OS on it but what if you could so yeah this is the iPad pro being used wirelessly as a display for the 2018 Mac Mini the touchscreen works the Apple pencil works I'm not gonna lie when I saw this hit the internet this week my immediate reaction was now while this may seem like magic all this is actually happening thanks to this little guy the Luna display by Astro pad so what it is is this tiny little Compaq adapter that was initially supposed to be plugged into your MacBook Pro or your iMac and then use your iPad as a secondary display naturally they were like what if this works with the Mac Mini and oh my god it works now in addition to USB see it also comes in a DisplayPort version and I want to stress that you must use this with a native port on your computer you cannot use it with a dongle or adapter and it only works on Mac sorry PC boys without getting too technical essentially how it works is through Wi-Fi suppose the I've had Pro and Mac Mini must be connected to the same network and I will emphasize that you must have a really solid Wi-Fi connection or forget about it what I really like is the customization you can orientate it as your right screen as your left screen and I was actually surprised at how well and how smooth the software experience was so when I set this up last night my mind was actually blown and I'm not sure if I've yet recovered like I was running around spinning on chairs because I was that excited it's one thing to have your iPad as a secondary display but to have touchscreen functionality to grab that Apple pencil press so far and see it work now kind of diving back to reality for a second because as awesome as this is as well as it works honestly what surprised me most with this was the lack of lag like it's almost instantaneous but really I would say don't go out and buy an iPad pro just to use as a monitor for your Mac Mini if you happen to have both and then it makes sense because the adapter itself is relatively inexpensive now smaller details like audio from what I can tell that doesn't appear to be a way to get that to come through the iPad pro it comes through the Mac Mini what more than likely makes sense though as you're gonna use bluetooth headphones or air pods or Bluetooth speaker or in this case the home pod actually works surprisingly well what's also really awesome is you have a handful of setup options so you can go the traditional route of a keyboard a trackpad or a mouse Matthew Moniz or what's crazy cool is you can even use the iPad pro keyboard the mind-blowing just doesn't stop I do also want to mention and stress that while you're initially setting this up you need some sort of external display so again don't just buy these two together and expect them to work out of the box once you get this set up and going though you can totally use it without that display just a Mac Mini just the iPad pro but there are a couple caveats one you got to use it without a password or two you got to be really good at typing in that password without seeing what you're doing again the biggest factor in this entire thing is going to be your Wi-Fi connection if it's bad it is going to be a horrendous laggy experience but if it's good it is crazy how well it works so in a nutshell it works way better than I ever could have imagined it also kind of gives us a sneak peek of what if Mac OS came to iPad well I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen what excited me the most with this whole concept is the idea of Final Cut Pro on the iPad that is absolutely the thing I'm going to dive into next if you guys want to see a detailed video on that let me know by smashing that like button thank you guys very much for watching again the full in depth monster iPad pro review is dropping tomorrow morning this is Jonathan and I will catch you guys later my lips are frozen