I was considering upgrading my 2016 MBP to a mac with M1/M2 chips...but holy crap - I can't connect to multiple external displays? What was Apple thinking!?
MacBook Pro
Apple wasn't thinking anything. The base entry level M1 and M2 chips do not have the GPU power to run more than one external screen. They are the cheaper base models. With base model GPUs. Some limitations are to be expected as the hardware is not powerful enough.
Apple made the more powerful M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra options that do support multiple external screens.
Link-> MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch - Apple
One can assume similar options for the M2 chip will be coming in the future.
That's like asking why your cheap entry level car with no option packages doesn't have Leather seats.
Apple wasn't thinking anything. The base entry level M1 and M2 chips do not have the GPU power to run more than one external screen. They are the cheaper base models. With base model GPUs. Some limitations are to be expected as the hardware is not powerful enough.
Apple made the more powerful M1 Pro, M1 Max and M1 Ultra options that do support multiple external screens.
Link-> MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch - Apple
One can assume similar options for the M2 chip will be coming in the future.
That's like asking why your cheap entry level car with no option packages doesn't have Leather seats.
They have a solution. Get the M1 (Pro or Max) chip. Each supports more than one external display. If you buy the basic configuration you get the basic functionality.
The 2020 Apple-Silicon M1 13-in MacBook Pro and Air and 2022 Apple-Silicon M2 13-in MacBook Pro and Air are extremely-capable entry-level computers. They can support the internal display AND an External display up to the previously unheard of size of the Apple 6K display at billions of colors. But only ONE in addition to the internal display.
This may not match the way older computers forced you to work, since older computers were not able to support a really large external display. But it is NOT a defect.
They were thinking of providing a basic model for the many millions of users who want a nice machine that does all the simple things they want to do .... and looks darn good doing them.
Not all user want to buy all the bells and whistles. In fact most people I know have no interest in multiple monitors.
Ok all, i got it, nothing in the works on this.
We disagree on whether or not this should have been included - not going to get into a debate about that.
Thank you for your responses.
What do you mean nothing in the works?
There's options that support multiple monitors. Why won't you entertain one of those options?
Why must the basic entry level versions support them? You need extra monitors pay for the support for extra monitors.
No software update is going to make entry level hardware magically have features of more advanced and powerful hardware configurations.
maxemoose wrote:
Ok all, i got it, nothing in the works on this.
We disagree on whether or not this should have been included - not going to get into a debate about that.
Thank you for your responses.
Sorry but it is hard for me to understand your issue. If you need a car that has 4 doors, you don't buy a 2 door car then complain that the manufacturer does not provide 4 doors for the model/version car you bought. If you need a 4 door car you buy a 4 door car. If you need a computer that supports additional external monitors, you buy a model that supports more than 1 external monitor.
Why not just buy what you need and move on?
Two applicable terms: caveat emptor and due diligence.
Is Apple working on a solution to allow multiple external monitors to connect to the M1/M2 models?
