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It’s not complicated. If you benefit enough from the 2nd external monitor then you can easily afford and justify the upgrade. If you’d just like the 2nd exter
by paulcole 3y ago
It’s not complicated.
If you benefit enough from the 2nd external monitor then you can easily afford and justify the upgrade.
If you’d just like the 2nd external monitor then go nuts and spend your money on the upgrade. Or don’t and buy a different laptop.
- wilsonnb3 3y agoI agree that it isn't complicated, for completely different reasons though. Supporting multiple external monitors is such a basic feature, it is absurd that apple insists on using it to differentiate products. it's akin to making me shell out $400 extra dollars if I want the laptop to have a trackpad, or if I want both the left and right halves of the screen to work
- paulcole 3y agoIt’s not akin to that at all. A laptop has one screen. You may like having 2 extra monitors but to call it a basic feature is clearly wrong. It’s a basic feature to you. To Apple, for whatever reason, it’s a premium feature. You’d probably be better off with a different laptop if you’re looking for a budget option that meets your needs.
- goosedragons 3y agoIt is a basic feature. I dare you to find a single laptop not made by Apple with an MSRP of $1000+ that only does a single external monitor that's currently sold. If all your competitors have it, it's table stakes. Sure SOME people can tolerate it or are dumb enough to reward Apple for it, but it doesn't make a basic feature premium.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> If all your competitors have it, it's table stakes If all you do is tail the competition. Most laptop users don’t use a second monitor. This is a silly gripe.
- d3w4s9 3y agoLol "most" Go to any software company and see how many people are using dual monitors with their company issues laptops And many of those developers have dual monitor at home Same for many other people who work on data/finances/etc who need multiple, large monitors to work efficiently
- cozzyd 3y agoPresumably most people using two external monitors close the laptop lid?
- paulcole 3y agoWhat does that have to do with anything lol
- jwestbury 3y agoQuite a lot. A laptop screen + external monitor is an awkward solution. Display size and pixel density issues make it annoying to navigate the combined desktop environment. I have very little interest in doing so, personally -- if I'm using an external monitor, I'm generally never using my laptop screen.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoYou still can't use a second external monitor if you close the laptop screen on a base M1/M2/M3. So that's why they're asking how is it relevant here.
- cozzyd 3y agoRight my point was that wanting to connect two monitors isn't some niche thing like laptop screen + 2 monitors which indeed would be more niche
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- goosedragons 3y agoIt's a $1600 laptop. It's sort of excusable on a $400 one. Not $1600 or even $700. Should $2000 be the bar for 2 external monitors? The OLD 2016 13" $1500 could do 2 external monitors. The 2020 Intel i3 MBA which was $999 could do two.
- paulcole 3y ago> Should $2000 be the bar for 2 external monitors For Apple laptops the bar is whatever Apple decides it is. > The 2020 Intel i3 MBA which was $999 could do two Neat! Buy one of those.
- oblio 3y agoI have a honest question for people like you: Do you get a buzz for defending the $2tn mega-corp? Why do you do it? What's the point?
- paulcole 3y agoYes but to be fair I'm quite stupid.
- squeaky-clean 3y agoFrom your own logic it sounds like Apple decided the bar was $999.
- paulcole 3y agobars are movable
- d3w4s9 3y agoThe bar is where money is. That's why I don't give my money to Apple.
- Xiol32 3y agoMy 2015 MBP could do two external monitors.