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Does anyone have a non-mac laptop that truly handles 2 monitors? I had an old Dell with both HDMI and Mini-DisplayPort ports, it drove two monitors well. But new laptops only have HDMI and rely on USB or Thunderbolt for additional monitor ports. My second monitor (connected via a USB-C hub with HDMI port) works, but it flickers and is not as bright as the first monitor connected directly to HDMI.

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I use a ThinkPad P14s running Ubuntu, runs two monitors fine: HDMI on one and USB-C to DP cable for the other. Had another ThinkPad previously with same port config also fine.

I used to use an HP elitebook. It drove 3 1600x1200 monitors from on display port using daisy chaining. Pretty well built laptop.

The daisy chaining is built into the monitors, correct? If every monitor was set up like this it would be great, but very few are, thus the need for 2 HDMI/DP in the laptop itself.

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