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Solution for lack of hotplug capability of tb in Windows on early 2013 macbook pro?
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<blockquote data-quote="lars667" data-source="post: 1709438" data-attributes="member: 29066"><p>Hi there.</p><p></p><p>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.).</p><p></p><p>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?</p><p></p><p>Or maybe there are software hacks that can solve my problem? </p><p></p><p>Thanks for any suggestions</p><p></p><p>Lars</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lars667, post: 1709438, member: 29066"] 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 [/QUOTE]
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