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Well, USB-C is specifically specced to accommodate displays over USB. A similar argument might be said about "displays over display-port" or "displays over VGA
by manarth 10y ago
Well, USB-C is specifically specced to accommodate displays over USB.
A similar argument might be said about "displays over display-port" or "displays over VGA".
If you "wouldn't wish this on anyone", would you mind sharing why? If suppliers aren't complying with the spec, or the spec is inadequate, I would like to understand why.
- X-Istence 10y agoThe user may be talking about DisplayLink USB displays (they install a secondary driver and create a virtual video buffer to draw in before sending it across USB to a device that draws it on screen)... not USB-C DisplayPort. DisplayLink is pretty awful. Especially on macOS, due to limitations of macOS, they are laggy, don't display certain apps correctly and more. There are quite a few docks out there (I know Asus had one) that use DisplayLink technology to show external displays.
- Fiahil 10y agoIndeed, I'm talking about DisplayLink. I wish I could plug my 2 screens and the ethernet cable directly into the macbook. However, since Apple decided 2 USB-C port is enough, I'm left with a pretty crappy dock that don't even send power through the port. Hell, I can't even plug a tv screen into the laptop without a dongle (no HDMI). This is absolutely infuriating. Don't buy this crap.
- sbuk 10y agoI'm running a fleet of Dell XPSs and Precision 5510s and DisplayLink is a massive PIA on them too. The problem here is DisplayLink.
- X-Istence 10y agoFind a dock that doesn't use DisplayLink. There are plenty of them out there that pass through the USB-C DisplayPort and have an ethernet port on them as well. Dell sells one that is pretty good and used by a lot of my friends.