What your Mac can do

Apple’s new MacBook Pros can drive two 5K displays. Along with its own Retina display, that’s a lot of pixels! However, before you splash out on a new display, be aware this capability in part comes from Thunderbolt 3 ports, delivering staggering bandwidth. So, you need to find out what your own Mac’s capable of – and the older your Mac, the more restricted your choice will be.

If you can settle for a low pixel-density panel, even a 2010 MacBook Pro is capable of driving an external 23-inch screen. To see what your Mac can handle, note its details from

> About This Mac, then visit everymac. com. Find your Mac listing and read the “2nd Display Support” section under tech specs to see what connections you can use and the maximum supported resolution of each.