W530 external monitors without dock? TripleHead2go?

It looks like the topic of external monitors has been discussed extensively using the minidock. However, I'm curious as to what can be hooked up without the minidock; DisplayPort seems to have a lot of options in driving muliple monitors and using splitters.
It looks like the maximum supported resolution of the graphics card (Nvidia Quadro K1000M) is 3840 x 2160. Would I be able to use something like this to drive 4 monitors @ 1920x1080:
http://www.amazon.com/Xtrempro-DPS14-4-Port-DisplayPort-splitter/dp/B00HIVUE7I
Right now I've got a matrox triplehead2go; this will support 3840 x 1024 (3 @ 1280 x 1024). I can sell it if something else will work better. The triplehead2go will only use a little less than half the available resolution, though it'll be over 3 monitors.

The TripleHead2go is an active device with a separate power connection from one of the USB ports. By default, it tries to drive my 2 OLD monitors at 85Hz which they cannot handle - I have to lower the refresh rate every time I change a setting.
It seems like in theory, a splitter could split the output into 4 monitors @ 1920 x 1080, though they might behave as a single monitor.
Ideally, I would want 4 independant monitors @ 1920x1080, driven off the mini displayport, that I could arrange how I wish. I have a feeling if I called Lenovo tech support, they would just try to sell me the lenovo splitter that supports 2 monitors and leave it at that.

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Hi, didn't find this one in google or at this forum...
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Is it possible to use two external monitors with my T440p (20AW-A08500) with Intel HD Graphics withou having to buy a dock? I normally use my laptop at home with the lid shut and two monitors attached.
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Just an FYI update:
I bought a Lenovo Pro Dock after reading the specs on the Lenovo website.
However, it turns out you cant connect two digital monitors at the same time.
When it says:
1x DisplayPort 1.2 (Exclusive use with DVI-D)
1x DVI-D (Exclusive use with DisplayPort)
It actually means mutually exclusive with each other - ie only one can be used at one time.
Very disappointed in this - just glad I did not pay the full RRP of £150 - otherwise I would be gutted that Lenovo have knobbled the port in this way.
My current workaround is to just use one monitor on the dock VGA Port. and one into the DVI I could plug one into the laptop MiniDP but then I would just cause wear and tear on the laptop port through the plugging and unplugging. For some reason in my head the MiniDP does not look as solid as say a VGA or DVI port.
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Serious, serious limitations on the part on Lenovo. I have a cheap Dell laptop from work and the dock allows me to connect in every possible scenario / adaptor / conversion situation without any issues.
I think Lenovo are seriously looking to lose loyal customers. When we first migrated to Dell equipment (from IBM) at work I was really disappointed as the initial batch of Dell laptops were pretty naff. How times have changed, my current work laptop is a Dell Latitude E6220 and I have to admit is a suprisingly reliable, efficient and usable laptop. The spares and accesories are much cheaper too. I am now considering a Dell as my next home laptop. A year ago this would have been unthinkable and almost considered heresy for this Thinkpad diehard!

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I just got my new T530, loaded all my applications and data from my T61. The T530 is connected to the 4338 docking station.
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Hi Paul930,
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As per the query we understood that you are issue with external monitor on your ThinkPad W530.
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T430s for dual monitor without dock

Hi, I have a T430s with HD4000 and core i7 CPU.
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Yes you can have both the onboard VGA and MiniDP driving external LCD provided the internal LCD is off.
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This is a user-to-user discussion forum so your frustration needs to be directed at Apple. Unfortunately, there's no word from Apple directly as to why they do not offer multiple monitor support (on their website that I could find).
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I have an external monitor (much bigger than my tiny MacBook Air screen), and I'd like the dock over there. That's it - very simple request (or so I thought).
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People tell me that in prior versions of OS X, the two would always move in tandem. Is this a new bug in Lion, or do I have it wrong?
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If the dock is on the bottom or left, it will move with the menubar in System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement tab. If it's on the left then it doesn't move and stays on the left of a extended desktop. (This assumes your external monitor is defined as on the right). If the monitor is on the left and the dock defined on the right, it stays there as well.
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I asked this question about a month ago and it seems to have been deleted for some reason.
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Hello howoriginal
Let me see
1) OK sounds like the Sony is working for you in mirroring.
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Do you have mirroring selected?
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