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Something that most sub 1000€ laptops could do over a decade ago, requires a macbook costing well above 2000€ in 2025. I'm running multiple types of machines i
by mschild 11mo ago
Something that most sub 1000€ laptops could do over a decade ago, requires a macbook costing well above 2000€ in 2025.
I'm running multiple types of machines in my home for work and personal use but macs have been by far the worst offender for multiscreen support for a long time.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoMost $1000 laptops supported three monitors a decade ago?
- CharlieDigital 11mo agoVintage 2015? Yes. Any Dell Latitude (mid tier business line) would have supported 3 monitors and would have been in the ~$1000 range, especially picked up off of Dell Outlet. I have Dell Latitude Windows machines from 2011 that supported 3 monitors.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoUsing what ports? I had Dells back then and at most they had one VGA or HDMI port. If you’re referring to using a dongle with its own GPU like some of the modern Displaylink adapters, any Mac can do that.
- CharlieDigital 11mo agoNot dongle; docking station (old school ones with port on the bottom).
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoThat wasn’t a capability of the laptop. The docking station had its own dedicated graphics hardware that drove the extra monitors. Of course the lowest end Macs can do that. When we talk about how many monitors a certain laptop can drive, we mean plugging them in directly to the laptop in some combination of HDMI ports and USB C/Thunderbolt ports.
- bigyabai 11mo agoThis is embarrassing, just stop. You can go look up the specs of any chip and how many discrete displays the iGPU supported instead of bickering about what is or isn't a laptop feature. Citing sources isn't illegal or passe. Here is the chip in my dogshit 2015 Ultrabook I still lug around, it very clearly states that the chip supports 3 displays regardless of how IO bandwidth is distributed on the mobo: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/88192/intel-core-i76600u-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz/specifications.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/88192/i...
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoExactly how did you attached three monitors to your laptop without a docking station? I bet you the docking station had displaylink based hardware/software like most of the Dell docking stations had You didn’t give any citations on your specific model of laptop or docking station. You just admitted that you used an old school docking station - those came with GPUs. And your citation said it wasn’t available in all configurations.
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- CharlieDigital 11mo agoIt wasn't DisplayLink. Docking station only added ports. https://www.ebay.com/itm/274734034597?itmmeta=01KAWK2DRBFS5H7EGPV4RXF5TE&hash=item3ff76caea5:g:W-sAAOSw6AFgXV7y&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAAwNHOg0D50eDiCdi%2FfP0r02tmLR33viQdRZoVpXua%2FFIDQBkOs%2F8xLLEFdcZjD6ZcffJXaHA93lJ49S7FGhvqcr3C5%2FEAueDpn6UZUfMhrQOyxXMK6a34bHi4o29ziT2KjE6Gbem3nMGV72i8PnlJitrtjD9NzdW4MZhEcr0dQ5CPiGYCs5vh43l%2FFPAZkO5IksPMlBlJ%2Fn89ZUqqJrdMa7M6Sg7dGgy5YqfDh9YlvrX%2BIJkRJWO%2BrARtA0uPdqL2ag%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6rciZPXZg https://www.ebay.com/itm/274734034597?itmmeta=01KAWK2DRBFS5H...
- CharlieDigital 11mo agoThe docking station didn't have GPUs; they only had the extra ports.