Mac Mini

[STK91]

Hi All,

 

Can anyone tell me if I buy one of the latest Mac Mini's can I use 3 monitors on it?

 

2 on the thunderbolt ports and 1 on the HDMI without mirroring one another?

 

Thanks.

[Arthur]

According to Intel, the GPUs that Apple use in their Late 2014 Mac mini do support three independent displays.

 

[Norphy]

http://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/

 

According to that, it'll drive two displays. I know that the GPU can drive three but it seems the mac mini can't

[Arthur]

According to that, it'll drive two displays.

I thought that too, but the max. resolution of the HDMI port (1920x1080 @ 60Hz) is listed separately from the max. resolution of the two Thunderbolt ports (2560x1600) .

 

 

Edit. Apparently only two displays. It must be an Apple limitation.

 

http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/155100

 

I've tried it with 3 displays, but no go. Any combination of 2 displays work, but not 3 at the same time.

Edited January 16, 2015 by Arthur

[Arthur]

The rMBP supports three displays if you include the screen of the Mac itself.

 

www.apple.com/uk/macbook-pro/specs-retina/

[JasonNVSD]

Apparently only two displays. It must be an Apple limitation.

A workaround for this is to use a USB video card for the third display (an example). It will have poor performance for games or 3D work, but otherwise are generally okay.