While waiting for your Raspberry Pi to finish booting, download and install the VNC Viewer on your laptop. This app will display the board's desktop environment on your Windows or Mac.

Some time ago, I mentioned that I didn't like the fact that VMWare management clients were Windows-based, and said I preferred to be able to use something like VNC to access the consoles remotely ...

Maybe I just dont know how to use VNC properly, but there are 2 things I don't like about it. One is that it uses your native resolution. My Mac runs at 1280x1024, but my laptop runs at 1024x768 ...