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Can Surface pro run dual external monitors?
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With the ports configuration and specs of the announced Surface Pro, can one run dual external monitors? By that I mean connecting two external monitors, one for primary display and one for extended display. Irrelevant what shows on the actual Surface screen.
This is the current configuration I have for my heavy laptop (with docking station) and want to recreate it if I swap to the cool Surface Pro.
I don't mind buying some port replicators, as long as the set-up works seamlessly once connected. I saw some other threads and no docking station is planned by Microsoft at this stage
Thanks for input
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Greetings ManlioV,
That's a great question. Because the Surface Pro is running Windows 8, you could get a USB port hub and USB video cards and the Surface Pro would be able to install the drivers so you could hook up multiple monitors that way.
Hope that helps.
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2013-04-18T16:38:05+00:00 Sure you can. RTM has HD port out and PRO has mini display port.
here is a video with more information.
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2013-04-03T19:04:39+00:00 I really think MS wanted this to be a consumer device and completely missed the boat on the Enterprise. They're obviously picking this up since they are allowing bulk purchases now but they should have seen Enterprise demand as the major support for this product.
That being said, I would not expect a dock until Surface Pro v2.
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2013-04-03T18:57:32+00:00 wasn't offended just a bit confused, I still think it would be great of Intel or MS to integrate drivers to support multiple displays for the Pro. This would make 3rd party docks much easier for average users to simply plug in and go, as opposed to having to download and install drivers to get them to work.
Even better would be if MS would just give into a groundswell of demand and create a doc for the Surface.