VIDEO: SOME GENIUS TURNED A MACBOOK PRO INTO A SAMSUNG DEX LAPTOP!

It might not be a nice laptop to look at, but this modded 2008 MacBook Pro is definitely the nicest laptop running DeX; Samsung's portable desktop software, which is not actually meant to run on a laptop. 

Kris Henriksen – who also appears to be the co-founder of a Bitcoin payment startup – cracked open an old MacBook, replaced some of the guts with parts that allow it to run on DeX off of a phone. Henriksen replaced the laptop's battery, installed a new LCD controller, and made the keyboard and trackpad work via USB. All of that — and some other tweaks, like getting the laptop’s fan to work — allowed him to plug in a Galaxy S8 and boot into DeX.

Samsung’s DeX software lets Galaxy S8, S8 Plus, and Note 8 owners plug their phone into a monitor and have it boot into a desktop environment.

While DeX isn’t the best desktop experience, it’s definitely workable and since there’s no portable solution for it yet, Henriksen’s creation is the best (and only) option for someone who wants to turn their phone into a desktop on the go. Perhaps Samsung should take this as a sign that it’s time to make a real laptop dock...

Have a look at the video to see the MacBook Pro and Samsung mash-up!!