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#901944 24-Sep-2013 14:50

yes the dock can natively drive 2 monitors, up to 3840 x 2160

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3 USB2
1 USB3
Ethernet
Audio In
Audio Out
Power

So its a proper dock not just a port replicator

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#901947 24-Sep-2013 14:58

cool, thanks Nathan. Being able to drive multiple monitors is a biggie for me. Ill have to see if I can talk the boss into getting one in for "testing" purposes.

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#902012 24-Sep-2013 17:52

off topic a little but how do you get the dual monitors to connect? Is there a mini display port cable that has two connections off it?X

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#902033 24-Sep-2013 19:13

Displayport 1.2 allows daisy chaining?

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#904330 28-Sep-2013 21:42

A long shot but any chance that we will be given the option to do a trade in with the Surface Pro?

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#904332 28-Sep-2013 21:45

Surface Pro only supports 1 external monitor off the mini DisplayPort

You can use some more through the USB3 with DisplayLink adapters

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#904410 29-Sep-2013 10:12

With the surface pro 2 how do you connect 2x monitors. My monitors use DVI/HDMI/VGA and do not have display port.

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#904413 29-Sep-2013 10:18

USB DisplayLink adapter, you can have multiple of those, I've seen someone using 4 of those to drive 4 monitors off their Surface Pro

DisplayPort to DVI/HDMI/VGA converter is also available as an accessory

I will confirm Surface Pro 2 supports DisplayPort chaining or MST when I can confirm