3 Monitors MacBook Pro with Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock

[tompana82]

Hello,

I have a 13 Inch, Mid 2012 MacBook Pro (Non-Retina) and 3 Acer x223w monitors. I would like to hook all displays up to my MacBook Pro.

Could I do this using the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock?

I was considering connecting two of the monitors to the thunderbolt ports on the dock with a DVI to thunderbolt adapter. The third monitor could be connected to either a usb or firewire port on the MacBook or the dock, with the proper adapter.

Will this work/ does the OS and hardware support this? Apple support had no idea. No opinions please.

 

[jamesr19]

That won't work because one of the thunderbolt ports is used to connect the dock to the laptop.

1 Thunderbolt port to connect to laptop
1 Thunderbolt port to connect Thunderbolt devices (Daisy-chain up to 5 devices through one port)

You would be able to connect two USB to DVI adapters to your MBP but it would create lag across your machine. For a 3 monitor setup for non-ATD you'd want a retina MBP as they have 2 thunderbolt/mini-displayport and one HDMI ports