Re: MacBook Neo For IBM I Development

I just did a quick test and surprisingly my Thunderbolt monitor worked on the high-speed USB-C port.

My display link dock also works so I had both monitors running with this along with the actual laptop screen.

Another thumbs up for just-enough for many folks.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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message: 2
date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:59:18 +0000
from: Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: MacBook Neo For IBM I Development

Usually the MacBook Air can use the USB/Thunderbolt ports to directly go to a Thunderbolt capable monitor or a DisplayPort capable dock.

There are also media adapters for USB-C to HDMI and USB-A as well.

On my 2020 M1 Air I have been able to use an HDMI adapter or a DisplayPort capable dock/monitor just fine. And I also have a thunderbolt driven monitor there as well.

I?ll let you know what works once I test the Neo in a desktop, travel desktop setup since there is only 1 high speed USB-C port and a low speed USB-C and no Thunderbolt.

One video I saw mentioned that a DisplayPort dock or monitor should work just fine.

I?m thinking the Apple USB-C to HDMI adapter would work as well but we shall see.

FWIW: it ran VMware with Linux and Windows 11 respectably but that wouldn?t be a primary use case on the Neo.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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message: 2
date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:22:42 +0000
from: Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: MacBook Neo For IBM I Development

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Richard Schoen
2026-03-15 16:27
I got the MacBook Neo so you don't have to. Or will you ?
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I was looking at that but apparently there's no external video port.
Is there a Mac adapter that would allow external video?