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Literally everyone who chooses a laptop as their main driver is doing it purely for the portability... We don't choose it because it's small, we choose it becau
by joshmanders 6y ago
Literally everyone who chooses a laptop as their main driver is doing it purely for the portability... We don't choose it because it's small, we choose it because while most of the time we're stationary, the time we do need to be portable, its easier to just undock and walk away than to make sure your laptop and desktop are synced.
- macintux 6y agoI was considering picking up a new Mini so I could drive two displays, but then I remembered another laptop advantage: TouchID. I would really miss that.
- joshmanders 6y agoI drive two 27-inch 4K displays at 3840x2160 on my 2019 16-inch MacBook pro.
- macintux 6y agoDitto, but the M1 laptops officially only can do one display. People have hacked around it but I’d rather wait.
- joshmanders 6y agoAh I didn't know that.
- threeseed 6y agoYou can use DisplayLink to get around it. I wouldn't class it as a hack since it is pretty standard in enterprise environments. Downside is that it does consume CPU which depending on your workload may/may not be noticeable.
- X-Istence 6y agoI have it driving a 49" UltraWide Curved Monitor... which replaced my two 27" monitors. Might not be for everyone, but I only need it to drive a single external monitor.
- in3d 6y agoYou can get it up to 3 4k monitors and the original laptop screen running together with this MacBook Pro. But it becomes laggy.
- st3fan 6y agoThe Mini also unlocks with your Apple Watch :-)
- macintux 6y agoGood point. I don’t think it handles all of my use cases (e.g., passwords and credit card info in Safari) but I’d forgotten that there are several instances where my finger and my watch are in competition to see who unlocks something first.
- in3d 6y agoYou can remotely access your desktop if you’re spending most of the time stationary.
- joshmanders 6y agoOr just get a laptop...
- samb1729 6y agoNo, no, no. You need a massively over-specced desktop running at all times along with the burden of maintaining two devices instead of just one. How could you be so blind to this fact?! ...