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0 pointsagloeregrets4y ago0 comments

> makes the MBA an entirely viable dev machine for many workloads.

So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure.

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zekrioca4y ago· 6 in thread

I really do not understand this. The 14" Macbook Pro (M1 Max) does support up to three external displays. What was the problem with these new Macbooks to not support at least two displays..

criddell4y ago

Maybe multi-monitor is considered a pro feature?

zekrioca4y ago

M1 Mac Mini does natively support up to two external monitors – one via the HDMI port and a second via USB-C.

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ZetaZero4y ago

The M1 Pro/Max have multiple GPUs, one in each CPU cluster.

bombcar4y ago

Whatever wizard at Apple came up with "the number of monitors" as a distinguishing difference between price levels should get a pretty big raise.

It's perfect segmentation, most people don't care, and those that do will pay.

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0xcoffee4y ago

Isn't it just based on amount of pixels needing to be pushed through? So if it can support a 6K external, it should be able to support multiple monitors as long as combined resolution doesn't exceed 6k?

zekrioca4y ago

M1 Mac Mini does natively support up to two external monitors – one via the HDMI port and a second via USB-C.

KVFinn4y ago· 2 in thread

>So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure.

Oh no, you're breaking my heart. Is there no adapter you can buy that splits that 6k thunderbolt bandwidth into two smaller external displays? Okay I just googled, and it looks like there are third party DisplayLink which sort of maybe work, but are not officially supported? But people SEEM to have dual 4k monitors working?

shinycode4y ago

I’m using a Dell D6000 hub with two 4K screens using display link and one iMac 5K with a luna dongle. So 4 screens in total with the MacBook Pro M1 with 8gb and all screens at 60hz. Everything is fluid with a web stack (node, angular and tools like Vscode, DB, slack etc). The only thing that puts it on its knees is when I share a screen with some apps. The buffers might not be done the right way. Otherwise it works surprisingly well !

WesolyKubeczek4y ago

DisplayLink is an actual USB graphics card. You also won't get any acceleration as far as I know, all you have is a dumb framebuffer there.

parkingrift4y ago

This is true, but that one display can be a 49" 5120x1440 ultra wide and it will drive that with no problems.

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11 comments · 3 top-level

zekrioca4y ago· 6 in thread

I really do not understand this. The 14" Macbook Pro (M1 Max) does support up to three external displays. What was the problem with these new Macbooks to not support at least two displays..

criddell4y ago

Maybe multi-monitor is considered a pro feature?

zekrioca4y ago

M1 Mac Mini does natively support up to two external monitors – one via the HDMI port and a second via USB-C.

3 more replies

ZetaZero4y ago

The M1 Pro/Max have multiple GPUs, one in each CPU cluster.

bombcar4y ago

Whatever wizard at Apple came up with "the number of monitors" as a distinguishing difference between price levels should get a pretty big raise.

It's perfect segmentation, most people don't care, and those that do will pay.

1 more reply

0xcoffee4y ago

zekrioca4y ago

M1 Mac Mini does natively support up to two external monitors – one via the HDMI port and a second via USB-C.

KVFinn4y ago· 2 in thread

>So this, like the M1 supports only ONE external display.. so as long as you live the lopsided big-small life, sure.

shinycode4y ago

WesolyKubeczek4y ago

DisplayLink is an actual USB graphics card. You also won't get any acceleration as far as I know, all you have is a dumb framebuffer there.

parkingrift4y ago

This is true, but that one display can be a 49" 5120x1440 ultra wide and it will drive that with no problems.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse