Connecting Dual Monitors to Work Laptop

[mr2mike]

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I've shopped for these since I got an awesome one at work and I was blown away at how expensive they are.

Sounds like someone's company needs to cut their G&A back.
Dell 24" 2005 vintage or bust!

[Chester]

Hai guys, I use this with two monitors

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/accesso...r/p/4X91D96881

Edit: 1 x HDMI plugged into laptop, 1 x HDMI plugged into adapter.

[cyra1ax]

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While that one is cheaper. It doesn’t have a power supply so you need to add that on.

He might already have a USB-C charger that came with his laptop that he could use for power?
Otherwise though, you're right.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

If I could find a D3000 for < $200, I'd pull the trigger.

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Hai guys, I use this with two monitors

https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/accesso...r/p/4X91D96881

Edit: 1 x HDMI plugged into laptop, 1 x HDMI plugged into adapter.

That's not a dock. It's just an HDMI dongle. I'm in the same boat as ES. Single USB-C into my laptop, hooks up to two monitors, external mouse, keyboard, webcam, external mic, etc etc.

[ExtraSlow]

There's a big difference between "some method of getting 2 monitors to work" and a "full feature, single connection dock".

Both have thier applications.


Anyway, I've de-prioritized this for myself. Wife's stupid surface 6 pro makes it even harder.

[rage2]

Most of these docks come with a short as fuck cable, which means the ugly ass dock has to sit on your desk. A longer 6ft active thunderbolt cable that can drive all that and hide the dock somewhere else ain’t cheap either haha.

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

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Most of these docks come with a short as fuck cable, which means the ugly ass dock has to sit on your desk. A longer 6ft active thunderbolt cable that can drive all that and hide the dock somewhere else ain’t cheap either haha.

I double-sided taped my dock to the bottom of my desk. The issue I'm running into is that I hot swap my M1 personal mac, and my intel work mac. The M1 mac can only drive multiple monitors on a displaylink dock, which works fine, but my intel mac can't run the displaylink dock with the lid closed, so I need to keep the lid propped open, and have my primary monitor mirror the mac screen.

Also, it doesn't charge, so I have to plug in 2 usb-c cables every time.

[rage2]

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I double-sided taped my dock to the bottom of my desk. The issue I'm running into is that I hot swap my M1 personal mac, and my intel work mac. The M1 mac can only drive multiple monitors on a displaylink dock, which works fine, but my intel mac can't run the displaylink dock with the lid closed, so I need to keep the lid propped open, and have my primary monitor mirror the mac screen.

Also, it doesn't charge, so I have to plug in 2 usb-c cables every time.

Swapping between macs and windows suck even if the Mac supports multiple monitors. You have windows using MST for multi displays, while Macs (because of macOS) only supporting thunderbolt daisy chaining so each setup is wired to the dock differently haha. All the TB docks, even the ones from Apple store, are built for MST on the HDMI/DP outputs. So you can only plug monitor into 1 of the HDMI/DP outputs, then use an USB-C to HDMI/DP adapter on the daisy chained TB port for the second monitor.

I'm surprised nobody has hacked MST support into MacOS video drivers. It's not a hardware limitation, purely software. Intel MBP's with Bootcamp Windows supports MST just fine.

[killramos]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t...ign=4c6a0996#/

This is pretty cool

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/t...ign=4c6a0996#/

This is pretty cool

The "1 left" on the 16" option made me fomo into it. Thanks for the link. Maybe I can actually use all 3 of my monitors.

[killramos]

Let me know how it works!

[LilDrunkenSmurf]

I was sold by the fact that it works for both M1 and Intel macs, since I hot swap between them. And the price was right, assuming it's even remotely close to what it promises. I've had mixed luck on kickstarter/indiegogo. I was burned by the Superbook a few years back.

[jwslam]

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I was burned by the Superbook a few years back.

+1

[navdeep]

i use this for my 2020 MacBook with 2 4k monitors and it works perfectly.

also works with my work windows laptop


https://www.apple.com/ca/shop/produc...e969418b6c4e5b

[tonytiger55]

Cross post from my other thread:
https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/415...Recommendation

I ended up getting three curved 27" Samsungs in the black Friday sales. All within my budget(& a 1080p webcam). I was impressed by the size and they were cheap.
I was going to buy two, but I was curious to see if I could get three working at some point.

So ive got two connected as before. I have no HDMI port to connect the 3rd.

On the laptop.
USB: Wireless Keyboard
USB: Wireless Mouse
HDMI: Monitor 1
USB C: Docking station:

Docking station
HDMI: to Monitor 2
USB: Webcam
USB: Spare
USB: Spare
Cat5 Port: Hardwire Internet

Am I looking at the USB to HDMI route then?

[jwslam]

Most USB-C docks have two video-outs... there's probably a VGA or Displayport you can tap off of with an adapter to whatever your monitor takes.
If you need another USB 3.0 video out, those are usually tough to find.

[rx7boi]

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[JfuckinC]

you guys need to get workstation laptops with DP or mini DP lol, i just have a 3 way splitter Mini DP to HDMI and it works marvelously.

[killramos]

2021 and everyone expects their laptops to be able to drive quad 4K monitors lol

[ThePenIsMightier]

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2021 and everyone expects their laptops to be able to drive quad 4K monitors lol

I'm no Billy Gates, but that's kind of what I was thinking...