Solution for lack of hotplug capability of tb in Windows on early 2013 macbook pro?

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Hi there.

In 2013 I bought the best MBP retina I could find, along with a TB 27 display. I planned to use it with both Windows 7/8 and OSX, as we mainly use MS Office 2013 with OneDrive for Business (o365) at work, and all the rage was that MBP was the best Windows laptop around. I bought the TB 27 display because I wanted to use it as a port replicator. I soon discovered a huge drawback, though: The thunderbolt firmware and the windows bootcamp drivers are not able to use the hotplugging capabilities of TB. Since I don't like to quit everything I do and shutdown the computer every time I take it with me, this made my Windows partition useless for work (where I move around a bit to help users etc.).

Has anyone got a good workaround for this problem? I've considered maybe just ditching the TB27 and get a USB dock + HDMI, but would prefer fixing it without the hassle of selling the display etc. Would it work getting some kind of TB-HDMI adapter?

Or maybe there are software hacks that can solve my problem?

Thanks for any suggestions

Lars
 
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Suggest looking at Parallels software which enables you to go from Windows to OS X and back without the need to reboot.


http://www.parallels.com/au/
 
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Thanks for your reply. I actually used Parallells for a while, until I got fed up by having to buy a new version for every new major OS X update. I just didn't think it was worth it, and was hoping boot camp was sufficient, as I don't really need to have OSX (I just really like the mac hardware). I might have a look into Parallells again, though, since the lack of a fully functioning MS Office (some lacking OneNote functions and some OneDrive for Business problems) has made it very difficult and nonproductive to use OSX at work.
 

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