USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness - Dennis Schubert - eviltoast
A short story of me trying out different USB-C hubs, taking them apart, and slowly descending into madness.

I was looking for a new USB-c hub and came across this article. It’s an interesting write-up of what is on the inside of some popular options

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Their Docks with dual display out for Mac either use two USB-C ports to the device or use DisplayLink, which is a whole other story. While it’s true that the normal M1/M2 only support one external display, the Pro variants support two, and the Max variants up to four (which is impossible via a single cable though).

    And that’s alright, as (single) USB-C 3.x docks can’t support two independent DisplayPort streams. Proper Thunderbolt 4 docks could very well though.

    Also, docks for Mac or not, if it’s USB, it’s probably the same Realtek Ethernet chip the guy in the article linked by OP is talking about. And that has its own host of issues.

    • asap@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      That’s very interesting. I have been contemplating switching to Mac recently, and it’s a bit surprising to hear something that Windows can apparently do better. Thanks for the info.