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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by rickbutton on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:34PM (#25066109)
why would it be only 1 external display? Can you not plug into a thunderbolt dock and use multiple external displays? I do exactly that with my 2012 MacBook Pro.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by eli on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:37PM (#25066136)
It's a limitation of the M1 chip apparently

https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/11/11/how-apple-silicon...

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by dawnerd on Thursday November 12, 2020 @03:39PM (#25074660)
That’s merely speculation as to why.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by rorykoehler on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:49PM (#25066214)
You can use sidecar with an ipad for a second external display.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by Fnoord on Thursday November 12, 2020 @04:58AM (#25068254)
With some iPads. Not all. I was thinking of using an older iPad for this purpose, but alas. Won't work. Too old.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by kalleboo on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @11:28PM (#25066448)
The embedded GPU doesn't support it
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