I would like to connect two of these screens with daisy chain. I use the workstation with Windows, my wife with an old Macbook with x68 processor. Will this work and if we buy a newer Macbook, are there Macbooks that can handle daisy chain? According to Dell, the two monitors for Macbook require a daisy chain connection with an active Thunderbolt 4 cable. What is meant by this?

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To connect two Dell UltraSharp U2724DE monitors via daisy chain, here are some important points to note:

## Compatibility and connection
- The Dell UltraSharp U2724DE monitors support daisy chaining via DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 4. You need to select a master and a slave monitor and connect them accordingly by connecting a DisplayPort cable from the master monitor to the slave monitor and a USB-C cable from the master monitor to your device.

## Use with Windows and old MacBook
- For a Windows workstation, the daisy chain connection should work fine, provided you follow the correct steps and use the appropriate cables.
- For an old MacBook with x86 processor and without Thunderbolt 4, it might be more difficult to use the full functionality of the daisy chain connection. You might have to use alternative connections like Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort to connect the monitors.

## Use with newer MacBooks
- If you buy a newer MacBook with Thunderbolt 4, these monitors can be connected via Thunderbolt 4 with daisy chain. An active Thunderbolt 4 cable is required to utilise the full bandwidth and functionality of the connection. This cable allows the monitors to be connected to the MacBook via a single connection without the need for Multi-Stream Transport (MST), which is not supported by Apple.

Overall, the daisy chain connection works best with the Dell UltraSharp U2724DE monitors if you use the right cables and compatible hardware, especially if you have a newer MacBook with Thunderbolt 4.

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