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yeah it is indefensible to me at this point that the base chips are still limited to one external display. I was willing to cut them some slack with the origin

yeah it is indefensible to me at this point that the base chips are still limited to one external display. I was willing to cut them some slack with the original M1 chip, thinking there might be a decent technical reason for it with their first generation of laptop/desktop chips, but three years later it is absurd

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
> it is indefensible to me at this point that the base chips are still limited to one external display They’re the base chip for a reason. Why would you add a feature a small fraction of that chip’s users would use when you can use that space for something else?
- wilsonnb3 3y ago
  > Why would you add a feature a small fraction of that chip’s users would use when you can use that space for something else? Because it is a basic feature! I am not asking for the moon here, I have no idea why the idea that a laptop should support more than one external monitor is controversial on this site.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > Because it is a basic feature Not according to Apple. And, frankly, not according to me. Most laptop users will never hook up an external monitor. They don't need to. That's a fair base case.
    - goosedragons 3y ago
      Most users will never hook up a thunderbolt device so why not just have USB?
      - d3w4s9 3y ago
        ...Great counterargument. Also for SD card. I bet that many Macbook users who don't regularly work on photos/videos (e.g. developers) has very little use for SD card reader. And indeed it doesn't exist on MacBook Air. Somehow that is deemed essential on Macbook Pro. But for $1,599 you must be really deep into Apple's shoe to say 8GB and one external monitor is ok.