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Re:Apple Mac Studio by johnmaguire on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:28PM (#30608140)
Isn't this what a dock is for? Are you treating your monitor itself as the dock? I still don't see why the monitor itself needs USB-C support.

I use a Lenovo Thunderbolt dock for both my M1 16" MBP and a Lenovo laptop running Linux. It runs 2 x DisplayPort monitors, mouse, keyboard, and webcam.

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Re:Apple Mac Studio by sofixa on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @03:35AM (#30612210)
> Isn't this what a dock is for? Are you treating your monitor itself as the dock

Yep. There are monitors with Type-C, power delivery, usb hub, so they avoid you the need of having a dock. Usually they're priced at around monitor+fancy dock, so it doesn't even cost more for more practicality.

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Re:Apple Mac Studio by johnmaguire on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:05PM (#30616949)
Interesting. I think I still prefer having them separate - this way my monitor isn't obsolete as new ports are added. I only need to replace the dock.
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Re:Apple Mac Studio by paulmd on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:49PM (#30608381)
yes, basically the idea is with a USB-C display the monitor can be your dock
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