Using external mouse an keyboard for MacBook Pro while connect to a monitor ?

[howareyoukk]

Hi guys
I am getting a monitor soon ( and it's not a apple display) I would like to connect my MacBook Pro to the monitor. However I am not sure how to connect the mouse and keyboard to the monitor . The monitor I am getting will come with a usb download stream cable , 2 usb downstream ports and 2 usb upstream ports.

Thanks in advanced

 

[maflynn]

Why not hook the keyboard and mouse up to the laptop if you don't have enough USB ports on the monitor?

Also consider a wireless keyboard and/or mouse.

 

[howareyoukk]

Why not hook the keyboard and mouse up to the laptop if you don't have enough USB ports on the monitor?

Also consider a wireless keyboard and/or mouse.

the reason I wanna connect keyboard and mouse to the monitor is because in that way I don't need to unplug them everytime I wanna disconnect my laptop.

Besides, I also wonder what the USB ports on the monitor are capable of and how I can u them.

 

[DeltaMac]

You would always have to disconnect the display anyway, and you would also have a USB connection from the MBPro to your display, even if you connected your keyboard and mouse to the built-in hub on your display. So, you would always have at least two connectors to unplug (display and USB). So, no real difference, unless you get a wireless keyboard and mouse.

 

[redmac]

You would always have to disconnect the display anyway, and you would also have a USB connection from the MBPro to your display, even if you connected your keyboard and mouse to the built-in hub on your display. So, you would always have at least two connectors to unplug (display and USB). So, no real difference, unless you get a wireless keyboard and mouse.

Using the monitor as a USB hub, he will connect 2 cables instead of 3 (video + USB to monitor vs. video + USB for mouse + USB for keyboard).

 

[paulrbeers]

Using the monitor as a USB hub, he will connect 2 cables instead of 3 (video + USB to monitor vs. video + USB for mouse + USB for keyboard).

Assuming...
A. He doesn't choose a Keyboard/Mouse package that are wireless and use the same donle
B. Or his keyboard doesn't have a built in hub to plug is mouse into.


Either way, using the monitor hub vs the plugging into his keyboard is really 6 vs one half dozen. It's not a simple single plug and go (like the thunderbolt display or using a thunderbolt docking station).

 

[esskay]

I use a wired keyboard and trackball (plus Magic Trackpad), so my set up is:

MBP
- external display
- USB hub
- power
- speakers
- gigabit Ethernet

USB Hub
- wired keyboard
- wired trackball

Trackpad connects wirelessly

So there are five things to connect/disconnect each time I dock or undock. A TBD sure would be nice!