With that said you could try getting an external thunderbolt external chassis. Ive voted to reopen this question as its not a duplicate. Portal 2 smash tv achievement guide contains spoilers youtube. I have a 24 inch apple led cinema display that i use with my mbp, and my mother gave me her old dell moniter with a vga output, how can i hook them both up with my mbp, so that i have both displays and my mbp screen. If you have no desire to get a separate mac desktop computer, but want to either supersize your laptops screen for gaming or need to get additional screen real estate while you work, then connecting your macbook, macbook air, or macbook pro to an external display is the right call. Ive now counted 16 monitors in chapter 8, but you can ignore the first 5, so you need to break all the monitors from the one found in the test chamber numbered 119, up to the start of chapter 9. Portal 2 cheats for pc xbox 360 macintosh playstation 3 linux.
If you have the newer air, you could then buy an apple tv, hdmi to dvi cable and connect the apple tv to the second monitor. Ive got the on dual thunderbolt displays as i type but my 11 cant do the same, hopefully well be getting better gpus on the next air refresh. How to connect an external display or monitor to your macbook, macbook air, or macbook pro. Portal 2 is divided into chapters, which are divided into test chambers and other. Im making a standup desk as a secondary workstation and id like my 20 macbook air there to drive an external monitor. The specs on apples website are quite good but lack information wether we can drive other 5k. So, you want to run 3 external monitors on your macbook air piece of cake. How to use 3 or more external monitors on macbook pro 2015.
My macbook pro running two external monitors ricardo bueno. Go to arrangement tab and arrange monitors according to their position on your desk. Break 11 test chamber monitors worth 75 gamerscore. The gorgeous 12inch macbook comes with at least one rude surprise. I plug the minidvi adapter end into the open macbook slot. Thinking of having one output to hdmi, while my other usb c would give usb a, as to be able to.
Just want to get more transparency on which and how many monitors the new mbps can drive. When i unplug the thinkpad and go to the macbook i connect the vga end into a vga adapter to minidvi. To connect my macbook air, i simply plug in power and lightning cable. Today, lgs 27md5kab 27inch 5k led monitor remains one of the top monitors around, and one of the only ones with a 5k display. Your limited on one external monitor that can go upto 2560x1600.
The 11 monitors you can destroy in chapter 8 are those that broadcast wheatley in the 10 puzzles. Can i connect 2 external monitors to my 12 retina macbook. The portal soundtrack contains the music pieces used in portal. In the last two months, apple has refreshed the inch macbook air, the inch macbook pro, and the 12. I want to play portal 2 with my longdistance girlfriend. Note that the 4k lgs builtin hub only supports usb 2 speed. While you may know lg for its notchless android phones or massive smart tvs, it also makes some of the first monitors tailormade for macbook pro. Something like this macbook pro unibody late 2011. Place a portal on the wall and the other one on the wall opposite of the wheatleys monitor. But the movement in these keys is still paltry compared to what i. Lg monitors for mac users by jose antunes provideo coalition. The 27inch ultrafine 5k monitor was designed and optimized for the new macbook pro with thunderbolt 3 running macos 10. Portal 2 video game 2011 stephen merchant as wheatley imdb. I am wanting to buy a macbook pro retina but am currently really nervous about doing so.
You can easily transfer details between 4k ultra hd tv and 4k monitors. It can also rarely be heard in the ps3 port when interacting with the buttons next to the vitrified test chamber doors. Theres unused ui screens also present in the game files. Monitors stories august 30, 2017 samsungs massive 49inch curved widescreen monitor has hdr, 144hz refresh, more michael potuck aug. Portal 2 bevat in ieder geval ruim voldoende puzzels om je hersens mee te pijnigen en dat is misschien het belangrijkste. The perpetual testing initiative has been expanded to allow you to design coop puzzles. Ive had the aluminum imac for a while in the home office and recently upgraded to the aluminum macbook 2. There are 11 monitors inside test chambers that you must break to get this achievementtrophy theres. How to connect two monitors to my macbook pro 2017 jump.
This product includees a lightning cable, so dont buy an extra one. The game still only gives you a playable screen half the width of each monitor to look at. You can use your body, lazers, turrets, explosions and hard projectiles. Portal 2 video game 2011 stephen merchant as wheatley. The apple macbook pro, imac and mac mini all mid 2011 model can support a maximum of two thunderbolt displays. Ive read that everything seems to run well on the retina and is usable as long as you have the latest graphics drivers and you bump the font to 150%.
It really depends on the model macbook pro you are using. With vsync triple buffering enabled, portal 2 maintained a stable framerate of 59 fps almost the entire time i played it across a number of official and communitycreated test. I leave my external hard disk for time machine, two monitors, and keyboard plugged into the hub all the time. The questions are about two different computers and the answers are different. The 2011 macbook pro can drive 2 thunderbolt displays only the and 11 air cant. So far, ive noticed a very small lag again, barely noticeable on the monitor thats connected via usb. I gifted it to her to play on her 2104 15 macbook pro. Before i go on, she has expressed interest in pc gaming, more on that below.
The new usb typec ports are a promise of better connections in the future, and both monitors already offer, each, three downstream usb typec ports for additional connectivity and power with compatible accessories. The apple thunderbolt 27 inch display was designed to work with the current generation of macbook pro and macbook air models, all of which have thunderbolt ports. And of course, apples updated support document note that the new 2016 macbook pro models are compatible with the lg ultrafine 5k display that. What you could do is buy a thunderbolt to dvi cable to power 1 monitor. It has one of the largest displays youll find, with a 5,120 x.
Needless to say, macbook air owners who really want to add two external monitors are left hanging in the air. Complete course 4 with neither you nor your coop partner dying, still alive. Monitor 1 connected with the minidisplay port to dvi. She tries running portal 2 but she says its glitchy and slow. This is great for editing videos because you have so much extra. Finally managed to connect two nonmirrored monitors to my macbook pro 2017. New macbooks can manage many, many monitors 2012 air supports two external displays.
How to connect an external display to your macbook. How to connect two vga monitors to my macbook pro for. Startechs dualmonitor thunderbolt 2 docking station. Two monitors and a hub with my early 2015 macbook air. Connect multiple monitors to macbook pro gadgetguruhd. Multi displays macbook pro mid 2012 by joshkailawrie aug 24, 20 3. Hp monitor compatability with macbook july 2008 forums. How to connect two external monitors to macbook pro. The fact that macbook air doesnt support dual monitor output can be frustrating. The point i am making is skip the dock and find that adapter and run your dual monitors.
Solved multiple monitors with macbook air 11 spiceworks. Its keys offer more travel than you get with recent iterations of apples 12inch macbook or the macbook pros released in 2016. For the retina macbook pro sold between 2012 and 2016 there are three video out ports. I am planning to connect my macbook pro 20, retina display to dual monitors and was wondering if the video card will support rotation one of the monitors to a portrait orientation. In my day job as a designer and developer, multitasking is a must, and being able to run the adobe suite across multiple monitors on a slick machine like my macbook air really is. Ive received a ton of questions and comments about my previous article and video demonstrating how to connect multiple monitors to the macbook pro and macbook air so ive decided to create an updated one using a 4k monitor, displayport, and hdmi rather than than vga. This seemed to be the way to unlock that resolution. By default, you can only connect a macbook air to 1 external displaymonitor. Open display preferences f4system preferences display. New macbooks can manage many, many monitors ars technica. Portal 2 doesnt have any cake, but theres plenty of space to move around and find unused things in.
This question is about a 12 retina macbook early2015 with only intel hd graphics 5300 on board. Songs to test by collectors edition on apple music. You can see this when ordering a macbook air or macbook pro from the apple online store. Monitor 2 is problematic as i understand the graphic card on the.
There, simply click and drag your monitors in the order youd like them to function. How do you connect multiple monitors to a macbook pro. The other question is about a 15 macbook pro with a nvidia geforce gt 650m 1024 mb graphics card installed. If you want your usb 3 backup drive to work at its native speed, youd have to plug it directly into your 12 macbook. Being able to connect additional displays to a macbook, macbook pro, or macbook air sounds fantastic, but it still is important to be aware of the limitations of the technology. Using synergy or similar products comes with a significant performance hit particularly on graphics, since the remote computer has to send a description of the display to the mac over the network. Macbook pro retina running bootcamp with 2 external 27.
Adding dual external monitor to macbook air 2011 2012. I have mine setup with my macbook pro in the center and one monitor to the left and right. Simply connect vga adapters to two of them of your choice and then conne. Sadly, your model has an intel hd graphics 3000 graphics processor so you are limited on what you can push directly by the system. I think of myself as relatively savvy and pluggedin when it comes to laptops.
The bandwidth provided by usb is insufficient to fully support opengl 3d hardware acceleration, and as a result, there is a lag time. Portal 2 windows, mac os x, linux the cutting room floor. With the new retina display models you can use the built in hdmi port for one monitor, and then buy an adapter or two to use with your thunderbolt ports. This let me set portal 2s resolution to 3840x1080 and when i did splitscreen coop each player had their own monitor to play on.
Basically, you can use the macbook as a terminal or remote access device, but not as a simple screen. I have tried using the usbhdmi dongle but found it worked terribly and crashed my mac a lot. I am trying to find a setup that works with 2 monitors on a macbook air the air was purchased recently. New macbook pro late 2016 monitor compatibility list. Is it possible to use a macbook as a second monitor for. How well will a 20 macbook air drive a 27 2560 x 1440. Ive been running on this setup stable for about 10 months. In my case ive setup a retina display ipad running airdisplay and a 24.