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> Basically the problem is, in order to extend your monitor, you need to hook them from your mini displayport to the monitor. But Macbook airs only have a singl
by Zarel 14y ago
> Basically the problem is, in order to extend your monitor, you need to hook them from your mini displayport to the monitor. But Macbook airs only have a single mini-displayport and from my research, there aren’t any mini-dp hubs as you’d have with usbs (i know some exists but they sell for $300+).
Modern Macs use Thunderbolt instead of Mini-DisplayPort, which Wikipedia says can be connected to a hub or daisy chained with up to six devices. I can't find any hubs or daisy-chainable adapters online, though. :/
- wes-exp 14y agoAs you've mentioned, Thunderbolt solves the problem. However, I don't consider being limited to one monitor much of a problem anymore. Years ago dual screens made sense when we had squarer width/height ratios and the economics of two screens worked better than one large screen. But nowadays, you can get a massive, widescreen LCD cheaply that has about as much screen space as the old dual screens combined. Plus, with only one screen, you don't have to deal with applications not playing well across screens.
- huslage 14y agoYou can daisy-chain two Thunderbolt monitors together (depending on what the host machine can support).