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I’m extremely surprised that there hasn’t been any mid-range work done on this for laptops with either USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt. I know from personal and work exp
by sudont 15y ago
I’m extremely surprised that there hasn’t been any mid-range work done on this for laptops with either USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt. I know from personal and work experience that a dual-out box that can push the GUI around better than the DualHead2Go would be fantastic, similar to a USB-based video card but with a less bandwidth-constrained environment. Right now, there’s only certain Dell laptops using an E-port that do anything similar.
Seems like the manufacturers are doing really high-end stuff, like Magma’s 3-port 220w beast, which is overkill and over-priced ($700 for the enclosure) for pushing two externals.
- klausa 15y agoSony VAIO Z [1] does exactly this - it uses Thunderbolt-over-USB-plug to connect external Radeon 6650M and Blu-Ray Burner. But I'm also waiting for cheap ($200 max) Apple-compatible PCIe enclosure, so I could play newer games on my 13" MBP. I don't really want bigger screen and more weight and don't really need more power that 15" gives, but playing some game from time to time would be nice. [1] http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/29/sony-vaio-z-review-2011/ http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/29/sony-vaio-z-review-2011/
- iFire 15y agoHow many with macbooks are up with paying $500 dollars for everything (including the thunderbolt cable?) and $300 for normal people with expresscard slotted laptops (mpcie is tricky, but same price)?