Turn your iPad into a wireless second monitor

By Ben Rogerson
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Will the iPad replace the laptop? No - it'll work alongside it!
Will the iPad replace the laptop? No - it'll work alongside it!

More uses for the iPad are being found every day. Bartels Media, for example, has created a new app, MaxiVista, that enables PC users to turn it into a wireless second monitor.

This could be useful for iPad-owning laptop musicians who require more screen real estate, with Bartels claiming that "MaxiVista offers a display frame rate that, although wireless, closely matches that of a conventional monitor. Due to a special data compression, the CPU and network load stay mostly within single digits."

You can see MaxiVista in use in the video above - it costs £5.99 and is available from the iTunes Store. A Mac version is currently in development.

Ben Rogerson
Ben Rogerson

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it.