Nadim Kobeissi: Using the Apple Studio Display on a Windows Computer

I recently switched back to Windows from macOS. My work desk’s display has been an Apple Studio Display for a while. Despite the product’s lukewarm popularity, I personally really like it, and it’s the best display I’ve ever used:

The built-in microphone array and webcam are mediocre, but in general, it’s a fantastic display, and I didn’t want to have to replace it just because I switched back to Windows.

However, getting the thing to work on Windows computers is complicated for two reasons: connectivity and drivers. I’m writing this post to help other people who may have run into this same situation, so that I can share my solution to the problem of using the Apple Studio Display on almost any Windows computer.

The Apple Studio Display only connects via Thunderbolt 3. If you want to use all of its features, you have a very strict set of ways with which you can connect it to your computer:

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