Work Monitor for MacbookPro: Dell U2724DE or Dell U2723QE
Hello,
I'm new to this community and I would like to say hi to everyone and hope I can get some support to clarify a decision I have to make regarding an external monitor.
I'm working from home for a few days per week and I need to buy an external monitor that should work best with Apple MacBook Pro 16" M3 Pro laptop from work.
After some research I've ended up with 2 models from Dell:
- Dell U2723QE
- Dell U2724DE
Both seem great on paper and have their +/-.
The monitor will be used mainly for work, but I want to set it up so I can use my personal laptop also (the same MacBook model, just with the M3 Max, thus I want the monitor to have the following:
- Good image/display quality (4k ideally, even with upscaling/downscalling; it can also be 2k (native) but I'm worried it is not as crisp as on 4k)
- KVM integrated (for dual laptop usage)
- Hub - I need to connect multiple devices to it and I would like to avoid getting separate hubs that are inestetic or they cost half the price of the monitor
- Single monitor usage (for now it will be used as a single monitor, but would be great to support daisy chain for adding a second one in the future if needed - now using the work laptop on a stand)
- At least 60Hz refresh rate (ideally 120Hz to match the laptop, but don't think there are many at least keeping the same budget)
- Display can be glossy or matte (does not matter that much as it will be used in a somewhat darker office room and I don't have many reflections)
- High pixel density (as it will be used with an MacBook Pro laptop side-by-side, at least for now, it would be good to have an higher ppi)
- Thin bezels (personal preference, but I don't like big bezels on monitor although some are functional, like for camera)
- Upstream power 90W (ideally enough to charge the laptop also thus having a single cable to the laptop connected)
- IPS panel (will be used for coding mainly, thus this panel would be the best fit - ideally OLED, but that is too expensive with the rest of the features)
- No gaming, only for work and personal usage
What do you guys recommend or what do you use as a 27" monitor ? Any other recommendations beside those 2 models?
Was also thinking to go with 32"/34" model, but it could be too big for my desktop and it is almost double in price.
PS: I'm based in Romania and I would prefer to buy it from here in case I have issues with it to be easy to return it.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.6