grand palm
I need a docking station that gives me 2x external monitor support for a Apple MacBook Air M2, 2022 - A2681.
I'm finding that a lot of the docks listed say the M2 chip only supports 1x external monitors. The site I use locally to purchase is pbtech.co.nz in terms of what is available where I am.
Appreciate any help or support on this 🙂
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blazing nacelle
I need a docking station that gives me 2x external monitor support for a Apple M...
What's the budget?
grand palm
What's the budget?
No budget at the moment. its for the big boss man, so getting something that works is the priority. but probably needs to still not cost more than the mac.
blazing nacelle
No budget at the moment. its for the big boss man, so getting something that wor...
Hdmi or Displayport?
grand palm
Ok to be either, will just provide appropriate cables to convert, assuming thats ok. only experience is with Windows machines 🙂
blazing nacelle
Ok to be either, will just provide appropriate cables to convert, assuming thats...
Any idea what Monitors he uses if they are within the last year or so dp would be best
grand palm
i can confirm 🙂
blazing nacelle
i can confirm 🙂
Plug and play or is one with drivers okay?
grand palm
Samsung LC27F390F 27" Curved Monitor 1920x1080 - HDMI - VGA - AMD FreeSync - 1800R - 75x75 VESA
this will be the monitor connecting to. HDMI
it will be a at a hot desk, so would be amazing if plug and play (ideally windows machines could use aswell)
*appreciate you taking the time to help XD been trying to figure out for way to long haha
blazing nacelle
*appreciate you taking the time to help XD been trying to figure out for way to ...
Not a problem
grand palm
happy to purchase solution off amazon AUS also if needed.
blazing nacelle
happy to purchase solution off amazon AUS also if needed.
What size is the macboook?
grand palm
13"
blazing nacelle
While Apple’s MacBooks featuring the company’s own M1 or M2 Silicon chip are super speedy compared to the models sporting Intel processors, early models come with an incredible limitation: they don’t support more than one external display in Extended Mode even via their Thunderbolt 3 ports. This means that when using any docking station, M1 MacBook users cannot extend their desktop over two or more displays, and will be limited to either dual Mirrored displays or one external display—although there are software workarounds and dedicated docks that allow you to add more than one external monitor to an M1 or M2 MacBook.
Looks like since M2 chips are still new it is limited to one extended display with just plug and play anymore absolutely requires additional drivers
Although I have to see about windows its possible windows does not require additional drivers
blazing nacelle
it will be a at a hot desk, so would be amazing if plug and play (ideally window...
What Windows laptop are we talking about so I can find the specs?
grand palm
no specific windows sorry, there are like 8 diff laptop types, we usually get the dell docks as they are plug n play
would something like this work?
blazing nacelle
https://www.amazon.com/Docking-Station-Monitor-MacBook-Windows/dp/B096HMNK3K?th=...
Needs a driver called Instantview as i stated above anymore than one external display will require drivers due to chip and port limitations
grand palm
if plug and play too hard then drivers are ok
blazing nacelle
if plug and play too hard then drivers are ok
Than yes this dock will do the trick they even got a video on how to install the driver for MacOS but everything else should be plug and play for windows
grand palm
ah groovy. thanks for the info. let ya know how I go XD