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Completely agreed. I've owned a lot of laptops and other devices... There's no question at this point that the M1 MBA has become my all time favorite. The only

by kelchm 6y ago

Completely agreed. I've owned a lot of laptops and other devices... There's no question at this point that the M1 MBA has become my all time favorite. The only complaint I have is that you can't run two external monitors off of it, but I have no doubt that the next generation will address that.

aminozuur 6y ago
Using a DisplayLink adapter, you can extend a second external display. Still silly these machines they can't do it out of the box.
- agloeregrets 6y ago
  Bingo. I do this. It's a little buggy every now and then, you lose unlock with Apple Watch and there is a small performance cost on one core of the system, but they just shipped a native driver too. Compared to my coworker's 10 core i9 build with over 64GB of ram, my base model Macbook Air builds our node app in half the time.
- herpderperator 6y ago
  Just be aware that DisplayLink uses the CPU to do this, so it will increase overall CPU utilisation, and you'll notice dropped frames occasionally.
- SXX 6y ago
  I kind a like that I can run my primary display at 164Hz via dedicated Type-C to DisplayPort adapter. Too bad DisplayLink can't go beyond 60Hz on 2K screen.
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thebruce87m 6y ago
A lot of people will still prefer/need two monitors I’m sure, but if you haven’t tried an ultrawide yet I would encourage you to. I would always pick an ultrawide over two monitors.
- function_seven 6y ago
  Any recommendations on software to tile the display? One reason I like 2 screens is because things like maximizing or full-screening still leaves me with the other display for other windows. A single ultrawide would be way better, if I could count on having 2 virtual displays within.
  - theturtletalks 6y ago
    https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle works great for me!
    - mkskm 6y ago
      Alternatively, there's a Hammerspoon package that supports this. https://github.com/scottwhudson/Lunette https://github.com/scottwhudson/Lunette These bindings match Spectacle but you can map to Rectangle's instead.
  - ch4s3 6y ago
    I'm a big fan of Spectacle App https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle. * Edit* Apparently Spectacle has been discontinued.
    - trashcan 6y ago
      Rectangle I think is very similar and actively developed.
    - Jonovono 6y ago
      yep, I moved from Spectacle to https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai and it's amazing.
    - tedd4u 6y ago
      Still, it works perfectly fine on Big Sur, both Intel and M1 (in my experience).
mkskm 6y ago
There are also some frustrating bugs with USB-C / thunderbolt connections like the LG UltraFine 4K monitor that have been improved but not yet fully resolved. This isn't unique to M1, but does seem to be new to the more recent MacBook models (possibly related to the T2 chips).
Jonovono 6y ago
As far as I know that's not a M1 MBA limitation, that's a M1 limitation. As the M1 pros also are limited to 1 monitor. Or i'm wrong?

by kelchm 6y ago

aminozuur 6y ago

Using a DisplayLink adapter, you can extend a second external display. Still silly these machines they can't do it out of the box.

agloeregrets 6y ago
Bingo. I do this. It's a little buggy every now and then, you lose unlock with Apple Watch and there is a small performance cost on one core of the system, but they just shipped a native driver too. Compared to my coworker's 10 core i9 build with over 64GB of ram, my base model Macbook Air builds our node app in half the time.
herpderperator 6y ago
Just be aware that DisplayLink uses the CPU to do this, so it will increase overall CPU utilisation, and you'll notice dropped frames occasionally.
SXX 6y ago
I kind a like that I can run my primary display at 164Hz via dedicated Type-C to DisplayPort adapter. Too bad DisplayLink can't go beyond 60Hz on 2K screen.

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thebruce87m 6y ago

A lot of people will still prefer/need two monitors I’m sure, but if you haven’t tried an ultrawide yet I would encourage you to. I would always pick an ultrawide over two monitors.

function_seven 6y ago
Any recommendations on software to tile the display? One reason I like 2 screens is because things like maximizing or full-screening still leaves me with the other display for other windows. A single ultrawide would be way better, if I could count on having 2 virtual displays within.
- theturtletalks 6y ago
  https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle works great for me!
  - mkskm 6y ago
    Alternatively, there's a Hammerspoon package that supports this. https://github.com/scottwhudson/Lunette https://github.com/scottwhudson/Lunette These bindings match Spectacle but you can map to Rectangle's instead.
- ch4s3 6y ago
  I'm a big fan of Spectacle App https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle. * Edit* Apparently Spectacle has been discontinued.
  - trashcan 6y ago
    Rectangle I think is very similar and actively developed.
  - Jonovono 6y ago
    yep, I moved from Spectacle to https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai and it's amazing.
  - tedd4u 6y ago
    Still, it works perfectly fine on Big Sur, both Intel and M1 (in my experience).

mkskm 6y ago

There are also some frustrating bugs with USB-C / thunderbolt connections like the LG UltraFine 4K monitor that have been improved but not yet fully resolved. This isn't unique to M1, but does seem to be new to the more recent MacBook models (possibly related to the T2 chips).

Jonovono 6y ago

As far as I know that's not a M1 MBA limitation, that's a M1 limitation. As the M1 pros also are limited to 1 monitor. Or i'm wrong?