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Intel has supported three external displays on integrated graphics since Ivy Bridge in 2012.
by timschmidt 3y ago
Intel has supported three external displays on integrated graphics since Ivy Bridge in 2012.
- stouset 3y agoI’m not sure what that has to do with it being a niche use-case or not.
- timschmidt 3y agoNiche or not, being more than a decade behind the competition is gauche.
- stouset 3y agoOn one somewhat niche feature, on the lowest SKU in that particular product lineup. I can pick areas where Apple is beating Intel. Different products have different feature matrices, news at 11.
- bee_rider 3y agoThey also don’t show any signs of catching up to the Raspberry Pi’s on GPIO capabilities.
- timschmidt 3y agoThey did with https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/79047/intel-quark-soc.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/... but sadly seem to have killed off that product line.
- bee_rider 3y agoThat was Intel, not Apple. It does seem like a shame, though—Intel’s IOT department seems to try lots of things, but not get many hits.
- reactordev 3y agoApple does not compete on checkboxes. If they deemed is necessary to remove, there’s a reason. Not saying I agree, just that’s how they operate. If there isn’t a need to support 3 displays then they won’t, regardless if the “competition” did it years prior.
- fsckboy 3y ago>there’s a reason they operate 100% on profitability, not what's technically feasible. They are extremely focused on making money. Yes, there is a reason after all.
- reactordev 3y agoExactly my point. It’s technically feasible to do many things. Apple will do what Apple does. Try to upsell you into the higher tier hardware.
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- ffgjgf1 3y ago> there’s a reason. Not saying I agree, just that’s how they operate. Almost always it’s maximizing profit margins rather than anything else.
- d3w4s9 3y agoIf that were true Apple would have stopped bragging about battery life.
- nerdbert 3y agoThe longer battery life is genuinely useful to a wide range of people in a way that being able to connect 38 external monitors is not. I recently went on a 5-day trip and forgot to bring the charger for my M2. The first day I thought I'd have to rush around and find one. By the fourth day I still had 8% and then finally realized I could charge it via USB-C instead of magsafe.
- d3w4s9 3y agoIt has nothing to do with niche use-case or not. This is a regression compared to their own Intel Macbooks.