How to Turn Your Laptop Into a Desktop
Laptops are fantastic for portable computing on the go, letting you move from the home to the office, or from the study to the bedroom, or from planes to trains with ease. They’ve got a lot of advantages, but if you’re going to be stuck in one place for an extended period of time (sound familiar?), the disadvantages of laptops compared to desktop computers start to become a lot more obvious.
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Laptops usually don’t give you as much screen space as desktops; they cost more money for the same level of performance very often; you don’t get as many ports and connection options; and you’ll typically have to put up with a smaller keyboard, too. Perhaps most importantly, they can be bad for your posture, because if you actually use one in your lap, you’ll be staring downward rather than sitting back and looking straight ahead.
The Switch’s 6.2-inch screen is fine for playing by yourself, but despite what Nintendo claims, it’s not great for multiplayer when you’re not near a TV. The Genki ShadowCast solves this by turning another portable device you probably travel with, your laptop, into a larger screen for any almost any device with HDMI.
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Human Things isn’t exactly a household name just yet, but the company has been hitting it out of the park with accessories designed to fill some huge holes in the Nintendo Switch’s functionality. The Genki Bluetooth Audio was a tiny dongle that made the Switch work with wireless headphones, while the Genki Covert Dock dramatically reduced the size of the Switch’s cumbersome TV dock. The company’s third creation is its smallest yet, but the tiny dongle makes the console even easier to travel with while not limiting gameplay to its 6.2-inch screen.