But potentially saved me buying the wrong products.
I am trying to slim down my home office set up from the current work laptop/screen/keyboard and personal iMac/keyboard. I am going to replace my iMac with a MacBook Pro and ideally, I want to have one monitor and keyboard that I can plug the work laptop/MacBook Pro into, via USB C, depending on which I am using.
I was going to buy a 27" 4K monitor (LG/Dell/Phillips) and the Logitech MX Keys. With the plan being to run the monitor in HiDPI mode to give the equivalent of the 1920 x 1080 I have on my iMac today, but with better resolution for photos etc.
However I have since learned that this resolution may leave the user interface looking a bit "big" on a 27" display. Based on my seating position and the 21.5" iMac I have now I could do with them being slightly bigger. I have plugged my MacBook into my 24" work monitor and the user interface looks OK at 1920 x 1080, but would obviously look better at HiDPI.
I expect that a 4K 24" monitor would be my best bet, but there doesn't seem to be any available that can be a single USB C connection to a laptop. I guess my second best option would be a 5K 27" monitor, which also seems difficult to find.
Is anyone using a 4K 27" screen at HiDPI 1920 x 1080? Do you think the user interface elements are too big? Is it a size worth considering?
I have also learned that the Logitech MX Keys, and other non-Apple Bluetooth keyboards, cannot be used on the log in screen when FileVault is enabled (for me FileVault is a necessity). The other work around seems to be to use the Logitech USB dongle, however if I am having to use a USB port, I would rather use a USB keyboard and not have to deal with charging batteries etc. So I have a few questions:
I am trying to slim down my home office set up from the current work laptop/screen/keyboard and personal iMac/keyboard. I am going to replace my iMac with a MacBook Pro and ideally, I want to have one monitor and keyboard that I can plug the work laptop/MacBook Pro into, via USB C, depending on which I am using.
I was going to buy a 27" 4K monitor (LG/Dell/Phillips) and the Logitech MX Keys. With the plan being to run the monitor in HiDPI mode to give the equivalent of the 1920 x 1080 I have on my iMac today, but with better resolution for photos etc.
However I have since learned that this resolution may leave the user interface looking a bit "big" on a 27" display. Based on my seating position and the 21.5" iMac I have now I could do with them being slightly bigger. I have plugged my MacBook into my 24" work monitor and the user interface looks OK at 1920 x 1080, but would obviously look better at HiDPI.
I expect that a 4K 24" monitor would be my best bet, but there doesn't seem to be any available that can be a single USB C connection to a laptop. I guess my second best option would be a 5K 27" monitor, which also seems difficult to find.
Is anyone using a 4K 27" screen at HiDPI 1920 x 1080? Do you think the user interface elements are too big? Is it a size worth considering?
I have also learned that the Logitech MX Keys, and other non-Apple Bluetooth keyboards, cannot be used on the log in screen when FileVault is enabled (for me FileVault is a necessity). The other work around seems to be to use the Logitech USB dongle, however if I am having to use a USB port, I would rather use a USB keyboard and not have to deal with charging batteries etc. So I have a few questions:
- How is the MX Keys to use day to day with FileVault enabled? Is it a big issue?
- Can anyone recommend a wired USB keyboard that plays nicely with both Mac and PC? Does the Apple USB A1243 keyboard play nice with PCs?