Hi,
I am looking for some advice around creating a flexible home office setup for both laptop and desktop use.
My current setup is a single 4K monitor with a USB-C docking station. The docking station allows both my personal Lenovo Yoga C630 Chromebook and work laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad T480S) to connect to all peripherals and output to the 4K monitor.
My current plan is to move to a desktop PC setup (personal use for me and the wife) which will allow me to use 2 x 4K monitors, but I would also like hot desking functionality so I can quickly switch between the personal desktop and work laptop, or on the odd occasion use the Chromebook. I am aware that the USB-C output on the Chromebook will likely only provide me with either a single 4K output or 2 x 1080p.
To the best of my knowledge my work laptop has a thunderbolt 3 port and should be able to utilise 2 x 4K monitors.
Should I be looking at a desktop PC that has thunderbolt 3/4 output on the motherboard/GPU? This is where I am really struggling to work out what I need to put together to get this level of flexibility through a single docking cable. I have set myself a budget of £500-600 for just the PC hardware and case. The monitors, docking station, peripherals are not included in the budget. Have I missed something really obvious to give me this type of setup?
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thanks
I am looking for some advice around creating a flexible home office setup for both laptop and desktop use.
My current setup is a single 4K monitor with a USB-C docking station. The docking station allows both my personal Lenovo Yoga C630 Chromebook and work laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad T480S) to connect to all peripherals and output to the 4K monitor.
My current plan is to move to a desktop PC setup (personal use for me and the wife) which will allow me to use 2 x 4K monitors, but I would also like hot desking functionality so I can quickly switch between the personal desktop and work laptop, or on the odd occasion use the Chromebook. I am aware that the USB-C output on the Chromebook will likely only provide me with either a single 4K output or 2 x 1080p.
To the best of my knowledge my work laptop has a thunderbolt 3 port and should be able to utilise 2 x 4K monitors.
Should I be looking at a desktop PC that has thunderbolt 3/4 output on the motherboard/GPU? This is where I am really struggling to work out what I need to put together to get this level of flexibility through a single docking cable. I have set myself a budget of £500-600 for just the PC hardware and case. The monitors, docking station, peripherals are not included in the budget. Have I missed something really obvious to give me this type of setup?
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thanks
