I’m interested in the new 2015 MacBook (not Pro or Air), but only if it supports the ability to have two or three external monitors.
I’ve only found sources indicating that this is not possible, but I feel that there's a setup that can do it. Is there a reason that the series of adapters below would not work?
The specific flavor of USB Type-C on the Macbook has DisplayPort 1.3 as an alternate mode. There’s at least one dock out there that exposes it through a mini-displayport connector. DisplayPort 1.2 and above can support multiple monitors, and there’s at least one splitter out there that can do so using only one output cable. So, can I just plug the splitter into the dock and have two external monitors?
The secondary questions would be whether I could use DisplayPort to DVI adapters on each monitor (I don’t see why not). I know, it’s a messy hack of chained adapters, but if I could plug in one cable and be docked to a multi-monitor setup that would be pretty rad.
Best Answer
There are new products coming into the market that adds support for dual external monitors such as Marble.
It has a HDMI and Mini Display Port which specifically mentioned to support up to two additional monitors in HD.
They're on Kickstarter right now and I'm definitely backing them for this feature alone.