USB Thunderbolt Dock for MAC and Windows with special requirements

[ebnerjoh]

Hi,

I am new to MAC, I will receive my Macbook Air M1 in a couple of days.

My current Setup is the following:

1) HP X360 Windows 10 Notebook
2) Cisco DeskPro Video System with touchscreen (27inch 4K) connected via USB-C to the Notebook. I can remote Control the Windows Screen with Touch Redirect
3) Dell Monitor 24inch FullHD connected via HDMI to an older HP Docking Station. Dell has also USB-C connector but I am currently not using it.
4) HP Dock is connected to the Notebook with USB-C
5) Peripheral is connected to the HP Dock

So currently I always need to plug/unplug 2 USB-C connectors to the notebook.

My Question:
Is there a Dock available for MAC and PC where I can connect my both USB-C monitors to the Dock and have only the need to connect 1 USB-C cable to the PC (Win or MAC) without loosing the Touch Redirect?

Best Regards,
Johannes Ebner

 

[IngoX]

There are many Thunderbolt and USB-C docks that manage two simultaneous 4k-channels.

But in your case you are limited by the fact that the 2020 M1 MacBook Pro and Air only supports ONE external display natively, no matter if you use one or two cables. (the 2021 MBP-models support many)

There are workarounds though with software drivers and specific adapters and docks.

How to connect two or more external displays to an M1, M2, M3 or M4 MacBook

Get around Apple's annoying M1/M2/M3 Mac single-display limitation via software and adapters

www.macworld.co.uk

 

[joevt]

Thunderbolt 4 hubs/docks support two USB-C or Thunderbolt displays (or any kind of display with appropriate adapter). They require a Mac with Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 ports running Big Sur. For PCs, they require the PC to have Thunderbolt 4 ports.

The HP Thunderbolt Dock G2 is a Thunderbolt 3 dock that has a USB-C port and a Thunderbolt port for two USB-C displays. It will work with Mac or PC with Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4.

Some PC's only support one display from Thunderbolt. The HP Thunderbolt Dock G2 has an MST Hub that can be used by Windows to split the bandwidth of a single DisplayPort connection between multiple displays.

Original M1 Macs only support one display from Thunderbolt. M1 Pro/Max supports two from the same Thunderbolt port. M1 Pro supports two total displays from one or two Thunderbolt ports. M1 Max supports three total from two or three Thunderbolt ports.

There are ways to connect USB-C displays to non-USB-C DisplayPort ports.
https://egpu.io/forums/gpu-monitor-...sb-c-to-displayport-cable/paged/4/#post-79127

There exists HDMI 2.0 to USB-C adapters (just remember HDMI has less bandwidth than DisplayPort) such as the CAC-1332 (only for 4 lanes of DisplayPort with USB 2.0 - same as some of the solutions in the above link).