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I'll assume this applies to MacBook Pro's as well: My MAJOR complaint is that I still can't hook up 2 external displays to it without resorting to some sort of

I'll assume this applies to MacBook Pro's as well: My MAJOR complaint is that I still can't hook up 2 external displays to it without resorting to some sort of ghetto USB video dongle. Just put a 2nd mini-displayport/thunderbolt on the damn thing! I also don't like the fact that the full-size wired keyboard and the laptop/bluetooth keyboards have different layouts because of the placement of the Fn button. I would much rather my MBP have a full-size Ctrl in the lower left and Fn be moved somewhere else.

brg 15y ago
We had a discussion about this in the office the other day. Exacerbated by having the windows reposition and resize when changing between an external display and the laptop display, a major complaint was that window resizing is awkward.
- stevelosh 15y ago
  This bugged me too (I use two external displays with the above mentioned USB dongle). I've tried a bunch of the "window management" apps out there and settled on a combination of Stay and Breeze. Once you spend 10 minutes configuring them the first time you're only a few keystrokes away from OCD-level window-placement perfection. http://cordlessdog.com/stay/ http://cordlessdog.com/stay/ http://www.autumnapps.com/breeze/ http://www.autumnapps.com/breeze/
  - jrsmith1279 15y ago
    Nice, thanks for these! I've been meaning to look, but I've been too lazy and just lived with having to move windows around every time I reconnect my external monitors.
pavel_lishin 15y ago
I thought the newer models allowed you to hook up two displays? I'll be in the market for a new one in a few weeks, and was really hoping to not have to use this stupid USB doodle anymore.
petedoyle 15y ago
I don't yet own a MacBook Pro because I'm also a multi (triple) monitor guy. Supposedly Thunderbolt allows for external PCI-Express devices (i.e. graphics cards). I'm keeping a close eye on the Sonnetech Echo Express (not out yet), hoping triple monitors off a MBP will be possible soon.
whackedspinach 15y ago
I just got a MBP and didn't realize that I'd have to resort to a stupid USB dongle. I've decided to just go back to two monitors, but it makes me sad.

brg 15y ago

We had a discussion about this in the office the other day. Exacerbated by having the windows reposition and resize when changing between an external display and the laptop display, a major complaint was that window resizing is awkward.

stevelosh 15y ago
This bugged me too (I use two external displays with the above mentioned USB dongle). I've tried a bunch of the "window management" apps out there and settled on a combination of Stay and Breeze. Once you spend 10 minutes configuring them the first time you're only a few keystrokes away from OCD-level window-placement perfection. http://cordlessdog.com/stay/ http://cordlessdog.com/stay/ http://www.autumnapps.com/breeze/ http://www.autumnapps.com/breeze/
- jrsmith1279 15y ago
  Nice, thanks for these! I've been meaning to look, but I've been too lazy and just lived with having to move windows around every time I reconnect my external monitors.

pavel_lishin 15y ago

I thought the newer models allowed you to hook up two displays? I'll be in the market for a new one in a few weeks, and was really hoping to not have to use this stupid USB doodle anymore.

petedoyle 15y ago

I don't yet own a MacBook Pro because I'm also a multi (triple) monitor guy. Supposedly Thunderbolt allows for external PCI-Express devices (i.e. graphics cards). I'm keeping a close eye on the Sonnetech Echo Express (not out yet), hoping triple monitors off a MBP will be possible soon.

whackedspinach 15y ago

I just got a MBP and didn't realize that I'd have to resort to a stupid USB dongle. I've decided to just go back to two monitors, but it makes me sad.