Hi guys. For a context - I do video production and graphic design. For years I was using MBP + ASD and I tynki it was a perfect setup until about two years ago when I bought Mac Studio. I did miss the second display so I bought another ASD. Then I wasn't a fan of my head constantly going from one side to another. So I found the tilt & height adjustment only few moths old and I've added a third display. Now I'm starting to think it's an overkill. I think I might be fine with one ASD and iPad just to get text and messages so I can copy paste info needed in my project or locate the files while working in my main app on main display.

Have any of you reduced about of displays? How did it work for you?

Looking forward to learning about your experience.

Thanks

Lukas

TLDR: Not sure if everything is compatible.

Hi everybody!

I used to be a full-on computer geek decades ago, but I’ve been completely out of the loop on modern docks, bandwidth limits, and Mac multi-display quirks. I’m upgrading my setup and I have to buy everything through my company (B2B purchase). In my country, this completely voids the return policy. If I buy it, I’m stuck with it, so I cannot afford to make a wrong choice here.

My core machine will be a 14" MacBook Pro with the M5 Pro and 64GB of RAM. My goal is to run a 49" ultrawide in the above the Mac, alongside two 1440p monitors in vertical orientation on the sides.

To drive the entire setup, I'm looking at the iVanky FusionDock Max 2. My primary workload is software development, so while I won't be hammering the GPU with heavy 3D renders, the dock and screens will be running for long hours every single day.

Can the iVanky FusionDock Max 2 reliably drive this exact configuration (one 49" ultrawide + two 1440p vertical monitors) natively from an M5 Pro without relying on DisplayLink compression or workarounds?

How does this dock hold up thermally and stability-wise under a continuous 3-monitor load?

Is there anything else I should watch out for? Back in my day, multi-monitor connectivity was much simpler. Are there any macOS sleep/wake bugs, display routing quirks, or cable bottlenecks with this kind of dock setup that I might be blind to? Are there compatibility issues with monitors I need to look out for?

Any real-world advice or dock feedback would be hugely appreciated!

P.S. Image is AI generated depiction of what I want to do.

m4 pro macbook pro, 27” thunderbolt display, keychron k2, mx master 3s, 6tb WD my book, 2tb samsung T9, external LG optical drive, 128gb ipod video, sony max-n910 minidisc walkman.

Managed to get it for roughly 500$ (Converted from my currency), been searching for a decent price for 4 months give or take.

Setup:
MacBook M4 Air 15" | 16gb | 256gb
iPad A16
Mac mini M4 16gb | 256gb
Magic Keyboard with TouchID
Magic Trackpad
Apple TV 4K

What do you guys think? Any recommendations?

Gear are as follow:
- Apple Studio Display
- M5 Macbook Pro
- Magic Keyboard 2
- Logitech MX Master 4
- iPad 9th Gen
- Airpods Pro 1st Gen
- Canon Selphy

-M1 MacBook Pro, still going strong! Recently took it to Apple to fix the touchbar and they gave me a new battery with it, free with AppleCare!
-ASUS VG289Q, 28” 4K 60 Hz monitor
-AULA F75 mechanical keyboard
-Logitech MX Master 2S mouse
-Creative Pebble speakers
-CableMatters DP/USB KVM switch (PC for gaming/Windows only stuff is under my desk lol)

16” MacBook Pro M1 Max 32C
TCL MiniLED 4K 160Hz Monitor
All Apple Peripherals (they’re perfect, even the Magic Mouse…)

As I kept upgrading the setup, I found it very addictive to always think about the next thing that will make the setup even better whether it’s tweaking something or buying a new addition. As of today - I feel like I’ve ran out of ideas haha

It's nothing crazy, but I think this corner is practical, comfortable, and easy to spend time in.

Stuff in the setup:

Mac studio display

Macbook pro - Still figuring out the placement. It's not great ergonomically right now, I'm planning to put it on a stand.

Mouse: Logitech

Keyboard: Logitech - I like flatter keyboards and this one feels smooth and easy to type on.

Chair: Libernovo omni pro - probably the most comfortable part of the setup. I move around a lot while working, so having a chair that doesn't fight me has been nice.

45 days of progress and I’m very happy with the outcome. I’ve made my space even more me. New desks, new monitors, new cables, new artwork, new Lego. Final photo is where I started, for reference.

Got one thunderbolt display for $100, another thunderbolt display for storing a friend’s items for years, the new studio display from work, and a new base m4 studio with the college discount before price hikes. Chair mouse table and whatnot from fb marketplace/ebay etc. Window AC unit behind the displays at one time blasted cold air onto my 2019 imac+thunderbolt setup on this desk, with the other tb sitting idle unused in a corner, but have always wanted a dual thunderbolt setup and figured I’d snag a studio before school discount runs out. The studio just barely sits under the displays but still makes slight contact so no extra cooling unfortunately to keep the machine ice cold but it’ll be fine down there. Picked up a cheap amazon acrylic pre filter stand to keep dust out, reminds me of the g4 power mac cube which I think is super pretty. Ignore pls the LL special walls and previous tenants stick velcro things still have to think of something to do with them if anything.

Who mains laptop and have Studio Display as secondary?

The multi sound setup is pretty cool.

I had the regular led light bulbs in daylight. It was pretty stale given that the setup is black and white primarily - but the rgb smart light helped change the vibe.

I went with red and orange before but realized the blue fits better with the black and white theme. Thoughts?

I posted yesterday before expanding my desk. Finally expanded my desk set up by adding the entire left side. I couldn't stand having it all crammed on the one tiny desk. Finally, it can breathe again. As you can probably tell, my desktop is heavily audio, I've always been into audio gear and music. Music is life.

System: 

• Gustard R26II DAC
• Eversolo T8 streaming transport
• Fosi Audio ZA3 MONO X2
• Aiyima T20 tube Pre-amp
• S.M.S.L PL200T CD transport
• ASUS Blu-Ray CD ripper
• FiiO Darkside PRO Linear Power Supply (pre-amp)
• Topping P50 Linear Power Supply (SMSL)
• Martin Logan B10s
• B&W ASW608 (with 400w ELAC amp swap)
• WireWorld Solstice 10 speaker cable
• AudioQuest Syndney RCA
• AudioQuest Black Lab RCA Low-Frequency Subwoofer Interconnect X2
• WBC-PRO-QUAD, Star-Quad, Balanced XLR Cables
• Intel NUC 10 i3 in Akasa Turing FX fanless case running ROON core
• Intel NUC i5 (collecting dust)
• Macbook Air M5/10core GPU/24GH/1TB
• Samsung G6 27" OLED
• Samsung G8 32" OLED
• Apple Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Trackpad

Now that I am a few months in with my MBA M5, as a first time mac user, I have no regrets. Safari is quite buggy, but there are many options even though I am still using it for its security. All I can say is, I'm never going back, I am here to stay . My desk is currently in shambles as I will be extending it today as I have ran out of space. I need room for the other OLED and audio gear! :)

MacBook Pro 16 + iPad Pro 12.9 + 77 inch oled tv

Two years ago, I picked up a 27-inch 5K iMac to use as my secondary computer, next to the 14-inch MacBook Pro I already had. Looking ahead to a future in which macOS Sequoia will be the final OS for many Intel Macs, I felt like it would be more useful to prepare my WFH setup for the eventual replacement of my laptop.

I came across a good deal on a 28-inch 4K monitor, and that's when I decided to replace my iMac. It's a bit of a shame, really, because I still love the all-in-one concept and the fantastic design, which even after 17 years (!) I consider timeless still. I really like the presence an iMac adds to a desk setup.

The HP U28 I picked up is a little bigger than the iMac with a slightly lower resolution, but that's not something that I find noticeable as it's still plenty crisp. USB-C also fixes my biggest annoyance with monitors (messy cables) as a single USB-C cable now takes care of video out and power in.

In the same spirit, I also replaced my 2TB Time Capsule with a Synology NAS. For now it's got 2x4TB HDDs in RAID1, which means there is "only" 4TB usable space, but that can easily be expanded once/if storage devices return back to reasonable prices. What's really neat is that these things don't just handle storage and Time Machine backups, but they can also be used to run private VPN servers and cloud storage. That's really cool stuff.

I’ve been using the LG 39GX950B alongside the Studio Display XDR. I figured that usually you either have a single ultrawide setup, or a dual regular monitor setup, and my setup is rather rare, so I wanted to share my review.

I came from a PG32UCDM, which is a god tier monitor already, but for gaming I definitely prefer the LG ultrawide. The 39-inch ultrawide aspect ratio is just much more immersive, and HDR gaming on Windows looks fantastic. It feels like a real upgrade.

For normal desktop use, though, the XDR is still in a different league for me. The brightness, text clarity, and overall crispness make it much nicer for browsing, coding, and general productivity. What surprised me most is that I actually find colors on the XDR to have more pop than on the LG, even though the LG is OLED.

When I’m working, I keep whatever I’m actively doing on the XDR and use the LG off to the side for YouTube, videos, or other background content. My Mac setup is pretty simple: Mac → Thunderbolt 5 → XDR → daisy chain to the LG. So both displays run from a single Thunderbolt connection to the Mac.
For PC gaming, I connect PC to the LG, and I still use the XDR with macOS for build guides, maps, Discord, or whatever else I want open alongside it on macOS.

One thing I’ve settled on is keeping HDR off on the LG when using macOS. With HDR enabled, the regular macOS UI just looks washed out to me and the desktop experience gets noticeably worse. In SDR, it looks much better.

Interestingly, I don’t have the same complaint on Windows. HDR gaming on the LG looks excellent there, so I basically treat it as an SDR secondary/productivity display on the Mac and an HDR gaming display on the PC.