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> FWIW, I don't get the 'Apple computers just refuse to work' issue with any of my L1T KVMs.

My work intel macbook worked great on it for like a year once I got a high quality usb-c -> displayport cable, but an os update borked it... though it's definitely the mac that's the problem as it also has problems sometimes with just strait to the monitor too (on the other hand 49" ultrawide is pushing the bandwidth near it's limits).

My personal arm macbook has always worked great on it with even a crappy usb-c -> displayport

my windows desktop also always worked great on it.



> on the other hand 49" ultrawide is pushing the bandwidth near it's limits

One of the things I've learned too late is that using DisplayPort (and maybe HDMI, idk) anywhere near its bandwidth limits is not worth it for me. Having to think about cable run lengths as well as cable quality and peripheral quirks and internal Thunderbolt dock bandwidth allocation and so on and so on just fucking sucks.

It'll probably take until the next/latest (2.1) generation of DisplayPort propagates before using multiple monitors with specs similar to my current ones (high refresh rate and HDR, but not even HiDPI) isn't painful, cumbersome, and finicky.

I probably won't be able to use them by then anyway. Ugh.




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