Comments on: Multiple Monitor Solutions For The MacBook Pro

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:27:26 +0000

I used the Kensington dongle no problem .. works like a charm – and despite other people’s complaints about the lag time with the video, it works just fine and is actually able to handle full screen video on my system. See here:

http://tumblr.somethinginteractive.com/post/3239853385

By: Shrey

Shrey — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:28:05 +0000

Hey there, i have to purchase a laptop, and ive selected the Dell XPS 15 Laptop, which is with the Core i7 Processor and 2 GB Graphics Card. The thing is that i want to extend the display on 4 more lcd’s for my stock monitoring business, so that i can monitor different programs all at once, but im confused to go with which product to make this possibe. Please suggest me which product i need to get.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:51:35 +0000

Lenovo makes a laptop with an extra screen that slides out from the body! It’s called the W series and it’s not toooooo pricey. Here’s the link (select the W series when you get to the page): http://shop.lenovo.com/us/products/professional-grade/thinkpad/index.html

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:27:48 +0000

For Windows a good software to control multiple monitors is available at http://www.murgee.com/MurGeeMon/

By: Terry Gold

Terry Gold — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:55:55 +0000

All – I went on the search. If you are wanting to do more than 2 external monitors DO NOT waste money on Matrox. Yes it will extend to multiple monitors, but leaves the limitations of your graphics card in place. Meaning that anything above 2 monitors it splits youre native resolution (divide by # of monitors) and this makes it pretty much unasable.

I prefer mac, but for business am forced to use windows. I have an imac for personal. For the windows machine i found an ideal solution that addresses all of this. A product that i came across from Sewell, takes DVI to USB in an adaptor that has a graphics card. You get native high res for each monitor with each adaptor dedicated. Wokrs perfectly. I got a cheap software program from Digitaltigers that extends options for how to handle the behavior of multiple windows beyond native controls. I am in heaven at $350 for all of it.

Now onto Mac. The displayport drivers apparently support mac. My monitor the Sammy 2370 LED (yes, they ROCK if you are thinking about them), so in theory, all of this should work as long as you have enough input on your Mac. This is what i need to explore next. If anyone tries it, or has guidance (I am a mac newbeee) it would be welcome. By the way, like i said this works the way you want it to with no sacrefice (up to 6 external)… you can email me direct if you have comments or suggestions..thank you teegold420@yahoo.com. Terry

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:56:44 +0000

Im using 3 screens at the moment with my macbook pro, late 2009 version, if u look up duel mini display cable ull find it, nd it will work, im using 2 tvs tho, duel mini display to HDMI

By: Rory

Rory — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:03:15 +0000

Good post! I've tried a few of these solutions and written up a review on my blog here.

By: Charley Stivers

Charley Stivers — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:37:10 +0000

I have the same issue as Steve O’neill. I have two different Macs that run separately by my office partner and me, a late MacBook and a MacBook Pro both running on Snow Leopard. Do the Matrox products function properly with Snow Leopard?

By: Steve O'neill

Steve O'neill — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:56:03 +0000

Ok this seems like an incredibley informative page for dual screens and so forth the best ive found so far so I would be extremley greatful if someone could give me a shopping list in it’s simplist form. I have the latest macbook pro 13″ laptop running snow leopard arrived jan 10th 2010looks even better than my white 13″ ive upgraded from. Im interested in running it as the centre of my software based music studio so im not fussed about amazing graphics or gaming at all hence i have 2 x CIBOX 22″ monitors as there cheap and do the job I require them to do. They have a vga and dvi sockets on them but i understand dvi would be better. I have no plans to run more than 2 screens and wish to shut my laptop and just use the two extermal monitors seperatley as i have a seperate mouse and keyboard, your help would be much appreiciated as ive spent in the region of 6k on the setup and dont have the money to splash around getting the wrong kit from countries afar taking 3 weeks to arrive …..much love steve o ( mac for life ) !!!!

By: Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:30:41 +0000

Not for three monitors. If I went to two, I think it can drive higher resolutions. There’s a giant complicated list that explains:

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/compatibility/gxm/resolutions/

If you run in triple mode, 1024 is the best you can do (1050 in some cases). So a lot of resolution is wasted on my monitors that go to 1200. Worse, it think they’re all one screen of the same size — so the widescreen in the middle gets all stretched.

The dual head would be a way to go with two monitors. I could lose my widescreen and shove the two square ones next to each other. Or get another widescreen.

But honestly, a Windows desktop might just be easier if I really want multiple monitor support. In that, it’s easier to move windows around from screen to screen, and you have a taskbar for each window.