Bypassing DisplayLink with 14" MBP w/ M1 Pro Chip

[dbienkowski]

Hi anthemthecat,
I'm glad you chose DisplayLink technology and it meets your expectations on MacBook Air with M1 chip.

To answer your question, unfortunately it doesn't work so we can configure the station to work with DisplayLink technology or not. From what I was able to find in the specs of the docking station you indicated, it looks like only the HDMI port described as 'Monitor 3' will work as Alt-Mode. The 'Monitor 1' and 'Monitor 2' ports are driven by DisplayLink technology.

On Windows, your docking station also requires DisplayLink drivers however they are downloaded automatically from Windows Update. I think you don't have to worry about too much resource consumption, as the M1 Pro is a powerful enough chip that DisplayLink won't affect the performance of the whole system