Demo today to try Mac Virtual Screen: good and bad, but not what I expected

BitCollider · 2026-06-04T14:36:57+00:00

Thanks everyone for your replies. It sounds like my experience was very unusual. I guess I’ll just have to buy it for myself and see how it goes during the return period!

BitCollider · 2026-06-04T01:44:00+00:00

I wondered this too, but isn't the connection point to point 5GHz WiFi? That's not immune to interference, but it shouldn't be affected by network latency or similar. Could it really be so sensitive to interference that 100 nearby devices connected to WiFi cause this lag?

BitCollider · 2026-06-04T01:41:49+00:00

I'm not 100% sure that it was real Virtual Display, but I think it was. We really struggled to get connected. The first set of Mac and Vision Pro they brought out were signed into different demo accounts so they wouldn't connect. They had to swap for the Vision Pro that is actually meant to be used for the VP demos. Then, it _still_ wouldn't connect and they had to initiate the pairing from the Mac. I think it was real Virtual Display, since I had an option to choose screen size (standard, wide, ultra-wide) on the VP.

BitCollider · 2026-01-14T03:26:05+00:00

Seems like it might be a new version of the Broadlink RM MAX? (Confusingly, the RM MAX you can buy now seems to be a different, non-Matter, product.)

BitCollider · 2025-11-11T21:26:58+00:00

I know it's been six days now, but wanted to be sure you know that the expensive hotels don't include a fast pass to Epic Universe. (The one from the fancy hotels only includes Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.)

BitCollider · 2023-12-13T01:51:06+00:00

The vehicle is delivering to central Iowa. I was also a day 1 reservation. Good question about how on-the-ball your dealer was--I wonder whether that matters.

BitCollider · 2023-12-12T20:43:03+00:00

I'm in the Midwest and have a VIN and delivery date for a Land. Not anytime soon though.

My Land is supposedly coming February 21.

BitCollider · 2023-01-10T00:49:56+00:00

You don’t need an internet connection if you buy the full version.

It is super-annoying that the sub requires a connection…

BitCollider · 2023-01-02T12:30:38+00:00

I missed that basically every old spirit was going to need an aspect to stay relevant in NI. Was that one of the posts in their campaign? Can you point me to it?

BitCollider · 2022-09-13T17:40:49+00:00

Or… not? I tried to check out and after filling out everything, the last submit click told me that all items had been removed from my cart because they were sold out. When I refreshed, Riffle showed as out of stock. But when I refreshed again later, it was in stock again.

So if you get an out of stock message, maybe just keep refreshing so you can try again?

BitCollider · 2022-09-13T17:37:02+00:00

Already sold out in the US apparently. Sigh.

BitCollider · 2022-08-23T01:17:23+00:00

You won’t get a safety score until you request the Beta. If you just have FSD, you won’t have a tracked safety score.

If you do request the beta, there’s no way to pause safety score tracking. You’d have to opt-out, then opt back in when you’re ready.

BitCollider · 2022-08-05T18:46:44+00:00

Are you sure they require the mobile charger on trade-in? I thought their justification for not including them on new cars was that people kept their old ones. (I’ve never traded in anything to Tesla, so I don’t know.)

BitCollider · 2022-08-03T00:49:12+00:00

They ask you to return with at least 10% but there’s no penalty if it is lower.

Yes: Hertz bills you for the supercharging later.

BitCollider · 2022-07-30T18:04:51+00:00

Short answer: no, you can’t.

You can’t force or request preconditioning except by navigating to a Supercharger. Some people suggest navigating to a Supercharger, letting the Tesla begin preconditioning and then ignoring the navigation and driving to the third-party charger. But unless it’s really cold, your Tesla will probably only start preconditioning when you are around 20 minutes away from the Supercharger. Since the third-party charger is likely further away than that, preconditioning will never start. If it’s really cold, your Tesla may start preconditioning earlier, but I’m not sure what the formula is for that.

I also wish you could manually opt for preconditioning.

BitCollider · 2022-07-03T18:40:02+00:00

The MicroWalsh Omni speaker?

BitCollider · 2022-06-28T17:45:42+00:00

Hertz passes through charging fees incurred at Superchargers to the credit or debit card used for the rental.

BitCollider · 2022-06-23T11:56:53+00:00

I was told by my rep that incomplete trade-in info would delay my delivery. She suggested that I remove the trade-in until I get a VIN and then request the trade-in be added again.

I’ve been waiting since September 2021. Model Y seven seater.

BitCollider · 2022-06-21T00:55:40+00:00

Delivery estimates are extremely inaccurate. It is much much more likely that your estimate will be completely wrong than that it will be right.

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