u/Deathandblackmetal

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MacBook Air M4 with Dell dock for 2x external monitors?

Howdy all, my job is issuing me a MacBook 13" M4 24GB. This will be my first Apple computer ever, so I'm a bit unfamiliar as I come from a Windows background.

I'm going to run this with 2x external monitors (preferably 2K/1440p monitors) for a total of 3 screens. Based on the Mac specs it seems that should be totally fine.

The dock they gave me is a Dell Pro Dock WD25 which doesn't list macOS as supported (which isn't that big of a red flag.. yet).

But what concerns me is other commentary I've read about modern Macs not 'liking' driving multiple monitors through a singular cable. I'm hoping the USB-C DisplayPort cable alone is able to drive both external monitors & charge the laptop at the same time.

Am I way off base? Do I need to get a more Apple-leaning dock instead to make this happen?

Thank you very much!

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u/Deathandblackmetal — 2 days ago