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> Just Buy M1 if you'd like to have a low-power, long-lasting, quiet, and performant dev machine. I would absolutely love to buy the M1 MacBook Air (and I almo
by cpascal 6y ago
> Just Buy M1 if you'd like to have a low-power, long-lasting, quiet, and performant dev machine.
I would absolutely love to buy the M1 MacBook Air (and I almost did), the performance is just too good. It’s nearly impossible to justify spending money on any other laptop. Unfortunately, I just can’t get past the single external display limitation. I did see there is a DisplayLink workaround to get multiple external displays working, but the performance of DisplayLink is not great and requires purchasing a dock.
It’s frustrating because I want to buy a M1 laptop, and the display support is a complete dealbreaker.
Assuming Apple addresses the display support in the M2 laptops, they’ll be an insta-buy for me.
- kzrdude 6y agoCan't you configure it with two external displays (and the internal display blank)?
- cpascal 6y agoI don't think so, but I would love to hear otherwise. My research indicates it can only support one external display up to 6K@60Hz.
- macintux 6y agoOfficially just 1 external display. People have run more using DisplayLink.
- rimliu 6y agoOr SideCar, if you are willing to count iPad as a display.
- andrepew 6y agoThis is my dealbreaker too. When at my desk, I refuse to give up my 2x 4K displays, it is just such a productivity booster. I'm not willing to do the DisplayLink hack to get it.
- nona 6y agoIt's got Thunderbolt 3, so maybe with an external graphics card…? Drivers might be an issue though.
- rsynnott 6y agoThis seems practically certain to be addressed with the next generation; it's fairly clearly a limitation inherited from the iPad, and Apple have long made a big deal about how many monitors you could attach to their high-end MBPs.