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Q: How to get 4 video outputs Mac Mini

The mac i am buying is below:

Mini Mac

2.6 GHz Dual Core Intel Core i5

8GB 1600MHz

1TB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400rpm

 

I am wanting 4 video outputs

either HDMI or VGA

I don't want to use usb to vga as the software i will be using doesn't support these

 

I know the mini mac has 2 thunderbolt & 1 HDMI so i can do 3 but how would i get the forth?

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Apr 11, 2016 3:04 PM

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  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Apr 11, 2016 3:38 PM in response to damobarrowafc
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    Apr 11, 2016 3:38 PM in response to damobarrowafc

    You said "

    I know the mini mac has 2 thunderbolt & 1 HDMI so i can do 3 but how would i get the forth?

    It is not true that a 2014 Mac Mini can natively run three monitors. Even with three ports the 2014 Mini can only run two monitors.

    Since yo do not want to use a USB video adopter you need either:

    - One triple head adopter

    http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/digital_se/

    or

    - Two dual head adopters

    http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/digital_me/

                   

    "

  • by damobarrowafc,

    damobarrowafc damobarrowafc Apr 11, 2016 3:41 PM in response to lllaass
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    Apr 11, 2016 3:41 PM in response to lllaass

    I have looked at these

     

    this would solve one issue as 2 screens are the same resolution

     

    but i would still need 2 other outputs as the other 2 are of different resolutions and matrox does not support this

     

    And which mac mini is it that can support 2 thunderbolt and 1 HDMI out? as displays

     

    as all i can find on google is that it does support it

     

    Regards

  • by lllaass,

    lllaass lllaass Apr 11, 2016 3:58 PM in response to damobarrowafc
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    Apr 11, 2016 3:58 PM in response to damobarrowafc

    What says the 2-14 Min can natively support three monitors?

  • by Lanny,

    Lanny Lanny Apr 11, 2016 5:01 PM in response to damobarrowafc
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    Apr 11, 2016 5:01 PM in response to damobarrowafc

    How to get 4 video outputs Mac Mini

    By not buying it, and buying a Mac Pro instead.

     

    When the cost of your displays exceeds the cost of your computer, your expectations can't be too optimistic.

  • by John Lockwood,

    John Lockwood John Lockwood Apr 12, 2016 1:59 AM in response to Lanny
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    Apr 12, 2016 1:59 AM in response to Lanny

    Lanny wrote:

     

    How to get 4 video outputs Mac Mini

    By not buying it, and buying a Mac Pro instead.

     

    When the cost of your displays exceeds the cost of your computer, your expectations can't be too optimistic.

    I totally agree with you Lanny. There has been a recent spurt of requests from people trying to connect absurd numbers of monitors to a tiny, cheap, lowest of the low model Mac.

     

    There is a reason the Mac Pro exists and this is exactly it. They can always look at getting either a refurbished or secondhand Mac Pro. I would also expect prices of secondhand ones i.e. secondhand 'new' Mac Pros to start dropping a fair bit because everyone is now expecting a replacement model to come out this year.