![]() That depends on what you have, what you want to do and what your budget is. HDMI, DisplayPort, Thunderbolt or USB-C: which is best for you? Our monitor puts out 90W, which is more than enough for our laptop, our USB hub and the various devices connected to it. ![]() If that matters to you, make sure the monitor is powerful enough: while the spec allows for power delivery at up to 100W, there is huge variety in the amount of power different manufacturers decide to provide – and if you have other things connected to your computer, how much power you need. That means we can connect our laptop to our monitor with a single cable and not just drive the display but recharge the battery at the same time. ![]() ![]() The other big advantage of USB-C is power delivery, or USB-PD for short. Alt Mode enables devices such as the M1 MacBook Air and Pro to have USB-C ports that are USB4/Thunderbolt 3/DisplayPort 1.4, although in the case of those Macs they only officially support one external display rather than multiple ones. And that’s because USB-C has been designed as a universal connector with an Alt Mode that enables it to carry non-USB technologies such as DisplayPort and Thunderbolt. We’re writing this on a 4K display connected to a laptop with no obvious HDMI or DisplayPort sockets, just two USB-C connectors.
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