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They realized? This new “basic” “pro” has only two thunderbolt 3 ports but “pro” “pro” has four thunderbolt 4 ports. Basic Pro even supports only one external

• CharlesW 3y ago
  > This new “basic” “pro” has only two thunderbolt 3 ports but “pro” “pro” has four thunderbolt 4 ports. My understanding is that it can't be branded Thunderbolt 4 because it only supports one external monitor, but that it's effectively Thunderbolt 4 in every other respect. The technical explanation for the limitation of the built-in display support is that the base SoCs have one Thunderbolt bus that supports 2 display outputs, one of which is used by the integrated display. Still, there are workarounds: https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-o...