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I'm still incredulous that the M1 only supports one external monitor. Pro and Max support two, but still, in this day and age, supporting only one external is

I'm still incredulous that the M1 only supports one external monitor. Pro and Max support two, but still, in this day and age, supporting only one external is ridiculous.

tempnow987 5y ago
Ridiculous for their entry level product?
- penjelly 5y ago
  their previous entry level models did
d3nj4l 5y ago
The Max supports three external monitors!
- saagarjha 5y ago
  Four displays, actually, with the last being limited to 4K60.
orhmeh09 5y ago
The M1 Mac Mini can drive two monitors.
Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago
M1 Mac Mini in my office has 2 external monitors, one connected with HDMI and another one with thunderbolt (usb c).
- whatch 5y ago
  Right, m1 supports up to 2 displays, including built-in one.
  - penjelly 5y ago
    the commenter is referring to the m1 mac mini which is a desktop device last i checked. which does support 2 external monitors
whatch 5y ago
M1 computers work with >1 external displays almost flawlessly with DisplayLink-capable dock-station/adapter. Dock stations are shit though. I use dell d6000 and do not recommend it. It's hot and USB ports on it stopped working. Charging and display outputs still work. And it's expensive.
- cosmotic 5y ago
  So it's flawless and shit? Am I missing something?
  - jffry 5y ago
    My reading: Dock display output was flawless, other aspects of the dock (overheating, USB port reliability) were shit
crims0n 5y ago
Not to take away from your point, but Max supports 4 displays.
penjelly 5y ago
i had one and returned it because of this i KVM between devices and like using the same setup so it broke the deal for me. seems m1 is still highly praised though so maybe i should reconsider..
gnicholas 5y ago
Apparently the M1 can support an external plugged monitor and an iPad via SideCar. Not a big monitor, to be sure, but it's not nothing. [1] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pBL2fMux0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pBL2fMux0
- gimboland 5y ago
  Yeah, I do this; 2020 M1 13" MBP; 4K external monitor and iPad Pro on Sidecar, plus I keep the laptop open so I have three screens. I find Sidecar a bit flaky (it disconnects or freezes a bit too often to be breezily accepted), but with a big iPad (mine is basically A4 paper sized) and SwitchResX in play, it's not bad at all. Edit: ... and having said all that, I'm looking forward to upgrading some time in the next year and going back to two "proper" external monitors. I'll still love using the Sidecar'ed iPad Pro as a second screen when working in cafes, though...
shepherdjerred 5y ago
Have you used an M1? It does suck, but the incredible speed made the tradeoff worth it for me.
lamontcg 5y ago
I've got a displaylink adapter and run 3 monitors on my M1 mini. I don't do anything intensive on the 2 of the monitors though, so I don't know how it would do if you were doing some crazy 3 monitor gaming. Works fine for software dev though.
- smoldesu 5y ago
  > so I don't know how it would do if you were doing some crazy 3 monitor gaming Let's hear it for all the Mac gamers! stock cricket chirping sound effect
Tagbert 5y ago
Remember that the M1s are intended a the consumer line. Very few customers at that level are using multiple external displays. It is a testament to the performance of the M1 that professionals are using them and would want more displays. I hope that they add another display controller so that the M2s can handle more screens.

I'm still incredulous that the M1 only supports one external monitor. Pro and Max support two, but still, in this day and age, supporting only one external is ridiculous.

tempnow987 5y ago

Ridiculous for their entry level product?

penjelly 5y ago
their previous entry level models did

d3nj4l 5y ago

The Max supports three external monitors!

saagarjha 5y ago
Four displays, actually, with the last being limited to 4K60.

orhmeh09 5y ago

The M1 Mac Mini can drive two monitors.

Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago

M1 Mac Mini in my office has 2 external monitors, one connected with HDMI and another one with thunderbolt (usb c).

whatch 5y ago
Right, m1 supports up to 2 displays, including built-in one.
- penjelly 5y ago
  the commenter is referring to the m1 mac mini which is a desktop device last i checked. which does support 2 external monitors

whatch 5y ago

M1 computers work with >1 external displays almost flawlessly with DisplayLink-capable dock-station/adapter. Dock stations are shit though. I use dell d6000 and do not recommend it. It's hot and USB ports on it stopped working. Charging and display outputs still work. And it's expensive.

cosmotic 5y ago
So it's flawless and shit? Am I missing something?
- jffry 5y ago
  My reading: Dock display output was flawless, other aspects of the dock (overheating, USB port reliability) were shit

crims0n 5y ago

Not to take away from your point, but Max supports 4 displays.

penjelly 5y ago

i had one and returned it because of this i KVM between devices and like using the same setup so it broke the deal for me. seems m1 is still highly praised though so maybe i should reconsider..

gnicholas 5y ago

Apparently the M1 can support an external plugged monitor and an iPad via SideCar. Not a big monitor, to be sure, but it's not nothing. [1] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pBL2fMux0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_pBL2fMux0

gimboland 5y ago
Yeah, I do this; 2020 M1 13" MBP; 4K external monitor and iPad Pro on Sidecar, plus I keep the laptop open so I have three screens. I find Sidecar a bit flaky (it disconnects or freezes a bit too often to be breezily accepted), but with a big iPad (mine is basically A4 paper sized) and SwitchResX in play, it's not bad at all. Edit: ... and having said all that, I'm looking forward to upgrading some time in the next year and going back to two "proper" external monitors. I'll still love using the Sidecar'ed iPad Pro as a second screen when working in cafes, though...

shepherdjerred 5y ago

Have you used an M1? It does suck, but the incredible speed made the tradeoff worth it for me.

lamontcg 5y ago

I've got a displaylink adapter and run 3 monitors on my M1 mini. I don't do anything intensive on the 2 of the monitors though, so I don't know how it would do if you were doing some crazy 3 monitor gaming. Works fine for software dev though.

smoldesu 5y ago
> so I don't know how it would do if you were doing some crazy 3 monitor gaming Let's hear it for all the Mac gamers! stock cricket chirping sound effect

Tagbert 5y ago

Remember that the M1s are intended a the consumer line. Very few customers at that level are using multiple external displays. It is a testament to the performance of the M1 that professionals are using them and would want more displays. I hope that they add another display controller so that the M2s can handle more screens.