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In terms of KVMs, I'm a fan of IOGear because they seem to have KVM design nailed down. You can't run a PCIe peripheral through a USB controller. That's also why external GPU enclosures require Thunderbolt rather than regular USB-C. The reason you're only finding Thunderbolt to PCIe enclosures rather than USB-C to PCIe enclosures is because regular USB-C does not support carrying PCIe traffic. There are no workarounds here, kludge-y or otherwise.

Either the display and KVM have to change, or you need to get a Thunderbolt-capable system. That is a majorly limiting factor because the vast majority of KVMs don't support Thunderbolt output for a display, and the ones that do would have to be receiving a Thunderbolt signal from the source system in order to make that work, which you can't achieve with a Latitude 7490 that wasn't ordered with Thunderbolt 3. I did some research and confirmed what I suspected, which is that the Apple Thunderbolt Display will not accept a garden variety DisplayPort signal. But of course that's a fairly expensive the Thunderbolt Display is the killer here. And then both of the displays he's using have DisplayPort inputs, so that part is easy.

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On the PC side, he just runs two DisplayPort cables and a USB cable. On the MacBook side, he connects to a CalDigit TS3+ docking station to maintain single cable connectivity (including power) and then connects the dock's video outputs and one of its USB ports to one side of the KVM.

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On the Latitude 7490 side, use either a breakout adapter like the DA300 or a USB-C to DisplayPort cable plus a USB cable.ДЄ friend of mine has the IOGear GCS1942 for his MacBook Pro and a desktop PC. On the MacBook Air side, use either a Thunderbolt 2 to video+USB breakout dongle or a Mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort cable plus a USB cable, assuming the Air has a regular USB port. Your only option would be to get a different KVM that had traditional USB and video inputs and then: The bottom line is that if your KVM only accepts a Thunderbolt 2 connection from the source device, there's no way to get your non-Thunderbolt Latitude 7490 working with it.

For another, those adapters would have USB-A ports as found on host devices such as laptops, not USB-B ports as found on peripheral devices (like printers and the USB inputs on traditional KVMs). For one thing, those dongles are only designed to support video output from a Thunderbolt 2 source device, not video input from some other device into a Thunderbolt 2 device. That said, are you considering plugging some sort of Thunderbolt 2 to video+USB breakout dongle into one of the Thunderbolt 2 inputs on your KVM and running separate video and USB cables from your Latitude into that dongle? If so, that's not going to work either.

Compatibility (macOS): Requires Thunderbolt 3 and High Sierra 10.13.Adapters that can convert a DisplayPort signal to HDMI are quite rare, but USB-C/DisplayPort to HDMI adapters and cables are quite common, and devices that will take a USB-C port and give you both video output connectors and USB ports are fairly common too.

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Razer synapse 3 software not available on macOS

Compatibility (Windows): Requires Thunderbolt 3 external graphics (eGFX) support with RS45 or later and compatible NVIDIA or AMD graphics cards.

Built-in power supply: Includes a 700W ATX PSU with 100W laptop charging via Thunderbolt 3 GPU max power support up to 500W.

Desktop-grade performance: Boosts Thunderbolt 3 laptop performance with support for up to 3 slot-wide PCIe full-sized desktop graphics cards (sold separately).

Powerful 650W ATX power supply and 100W laptop charging.

Support for full-length, up to 3 slot-wide PCIe desktop graphics cards.

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Windows 10 systems require external graphics (eGFX) support and RS1 or later and compatible NVIDIA or AMD graphics card.

Macs require macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 or later and compatible AMD graphics card.

Thunderbolt 3 connection to systems for fast speeds up to 40 Gbps.

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Product Description Razer Core X External GPU Enclosure (eGPU): Compatible with Windows & Mac Thunderbolt 3 Laptops вЂ“ NVIDIA /AMD PCIe Support вЂ“ 650W PSU.