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Old 12-21-2014, 09:05 PM   #9
dwonger
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Default Alternative for 3 monitor Mac Mini

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Originally Posted by fhall1 View Post
The new Mac Mini will only support two monitors natively....any more have to be via USB adapter
I was also looking at the mac mini 2014 to support 3 monitors - it doesn't so the best alternative is to get an Apple TV and you can extend your desktop as a third monitor. I used to use the display link usb devices, but there's just too many issues and bugs with the display link devices. I know they are trying to fix it, but after the Mavericks disaster and they still trying to get Yosemite to work, I just gave up and picked something that just works.

Apple TV is supported by Apple and it's good enough to watch videos without any tearing on the screen. I use it at 1080p resolution and it looks fine when playing streaming video from the internet or videos from iTunes or VLC. The only bad thing is that you need to manually change the audio from Apple TV to the Mac Mini once it connects. It's probably not what you want for playing games, but you probably didn't buy the Mac Mini thinking it can play games well.
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