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Can I connect my Dell external monitor
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1412606" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>There are several products that allow attachment of another monitor. I reviewed one for ATPM a while ago. In essence I had one monitor connected to the video port on my MacBook Pro and one monitor attached through this external device to the usb port. worked nicely with only a few limitations. <a href="http://www.atpm.com/15.08/owc-usb-display-adapter.shtml" target="_blank">ATPM 15.08 - Review: OWC USB 2.0 Display Adapter</a>.</p><p></p><p>There are several of these devices available now. Including one that I think lets you attach two external monitors with the one device. If you are thinking about one of these devices do your homework. They may not all have the limitation this one did at the time. It wasn't a big issue for me and may not be for you. </p><p></p><p>Note that in the review when I had two screens attached one was by VGA. That was because of the gear I had available not because of a limitation of the device.</p><p></p><p>EDIT I got curious about whether you could run both externals off of Thunderbolt (you can't). In the process of searching I ran across <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/13/use-two-or-three-external-displays-with-macbook-air-or-any-mac/" target="_blank">Use Two or Three External Displays with the MacBook Air (or any Mac)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1412606, member: 131855"] There are several products that allow attachment of another monitor. I reviewed one for ATPM a while ago. In essence I had one monitor connected to the video port on my MacBook Pro and one monitor attached through this external device to the usb port. worked nicely with only a few limitations. [url=http://www.atpm.com/15.08/owc-usb-display-adapter.shtml]ATPM 15.08 - Review: OWC USB 2.0 Display Adapter[/url]. There are several of these devices available now. Including one that I think lets you attach two external monitors with the one device. If you are thinking about one of these devices do your homework. They may not all have the limitation this one did at the time. It wasn't a big issue for me and may not be for you. Note that in the review when I had two screens attached one was by VGA. That was because of the gear I had available not because of a limitation of the device. EDIT I got curious about whether you could run both externals off of Thunderbolt (you can't). In the process of searching I ran across [url=http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/13/use-two-or-three-external-displays-with-macbook-air-or-any-mac/]Use Two or Three External Displays with the MacBook Air (or any Mac)[/url] [/QUOTE]
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