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> It didn’t become widely known until after the M1s had shipped This is nonsense. For every product Apple sells they list the technical specs on the website a

> It didn’t become widely known until after the M1s had shipped This is nonsense. For every product Apple sells they list the technical specs on the website at the same time it is on sale. And it clearly states for the iMac that it supports a single display.

Forgeties79 5y ago
I get what you are saying, but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in 2021/2022, so it’s very unlikely they would glance at that in the specs. Hell my 2016 MBPro can push at least 4 external monitors. Maybe more I honestly don’t know, it’s not like I ever needed that information. It’s like a more extreme version of buying a phone and finding out it doesn’t come with a charger. Sure, it’s probably somewhere on the box, but who wouldn’t be surprised?
- ChuckNorris89 5y ago
  >but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in 2021/2022 And yet Apple has shipped just that. Apple is notorious for removing features that have been standard for years so they can sell you the "solution" at an extra cost (a.k.a the Apple tax), so, if you just impulsively buy the latest 'shiny' without reeding the spec sheet, then sorry, but that's 100% on you. It's the basics of leveraging market segmentation, a tactic which Apple is perfect at. They determined that whoever buys a MacBook Air probably has no need for more than one external monitor, so they removed that feature that was a given on Intel based systems to save cost, and assumed that people who run multi monitor setups are more likely to be businesses and professionals who can pony up the extra cash for a more expensive M1 Pro/Max model. It's how Apple, and others, squeezes more money out of their customer base, and now with their own silicon, they can now charge you extra for what was standard on basic Intel chips 8 years ago. Enjoy ;) I also don't like this practice, which is why I don't own any Apple HW, but I can't blame Apple here when it's their customer base at fault for buying their products without reading the spec sheet where Apple was transparent about the limitations of the basic M1 chip.
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    I guess we just aren’t going to agree here. While yes, you are correct people should check that stuff in general, again I can’t blame people for not doing so. It’s just such a basic thing we’ve assumed computers can do for - as you pointed out - roughly a decade.
- threeseed 5y ago
  > but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in But we are talking about the iMac here i.e. it already is an external monitor. Is there much of a market for 3 displays ?
  - Forgeties79 5y ago
    As a video editor most definitely. And yes there are more professional machines but frankly their low to mid-tier models have a ton of firepower and work great for me these days. I used to drop $2500-$3000 on my Macs to edit but I can do great with $1350-$1800 now, especially since I don't need After Effects/Motion much

Forgeties79 5y ago

I get what you are saying, but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in 2021/2022, so it’s very unlikely they would glance at that in the specs. Hell my 2016 MBPro can push at least 4 external monitors. Maybe more I honestly don’t know, it’s not like I ever needed that information. It’s like a more extreme version of buying a phone and finding out it doesn’t come with a charger. Sure, it’s probably somewhere on the box, but who wouldn’t be surprised?

ChuckNorris89 5y ago
>but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in 2021/2022 And yet Apple has shipped just that. Apple is notorious for removing features that have been standard for years so they can sell you the "solution" at an extra cost (a.k.a the Apple tax), so, if you just impulsively buy the latest 'shiny' without reeding the spec sheet, then sorry, but that's 100% on you. It's the basics of leveraging market segmentation, a tactic which Apple is perfect at. They determined that whoever buys a MacBook Air probably has no need for more than one external monitor, so they removed that feature that was a given on Intel based systems to save cost, and assumed that people who run multi monitor setups are more likely to be businesses and professionals who can pony up the extra cash for a more expensive M1 Pro/Max model. It's how Apple, and others, squeezes more money out of their customer base, and now with their own silicon, they can now charge you extra for what was standard on basic Intel chips 8 years ago. Enjoy ;) I also don't like this practice, which is why I don't own any Apple HW, but I can't blame Apple here when it's their customer base at fault for buying their products without reading the spec sheet where Apple was transparent about the limitations of the basic M1 chip.
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  I guess we just aren’t going to agree here. While yes, you are correct people should check that stuff in general, again I can’t blame people for not doing so. It’s just such a basic thing we’ve assumed computers can do for - as you pointed out - roughly a decade.
threeseed 5y ago
> but most people don’t question if a computer can support 2 external monitors in But we are talking about the iMac here i.e. it already is an external monitor. Is there much of a market for 3 displays ?
- Forgeties79 5y ago
  As a video editor most definitely. And yes there are more professional machines but frankly their low to mid-tier models have a ton of firepower and work great for me these days. I used to drop $2500-$3000 on my Macs to edit but I can do great with $1350-$1800 now, especially since I don't need After Effects/Motion much