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Re:M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through the... by MagerValp on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:25AM (#25673009)
You can buy a 27" iMac together with an M1 Air for the same price as a 16" MacBook Pro and an eGPU.

I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops.

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Re:M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through the... by war1025 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:59AM (#25673582)
> I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops.

I finally bought a desktop again over Thanksgiving after a decade of having a laptop that functioned as a desktop. It's been a great experience.

I don't do anything taxing, so I just got a little Intel NUC i5 with a 24" monitor. Having an actual desktop setup is just head and shoulders better than the "laptop as desktop" I'd been living with.

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Re:M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through the... by vb6sp6 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @01:56PM (#25675491)
I remote into a desktop from a laptop so the power is always there and I can be portable if i need to. Also has the benefit that I can work on any device that has an rdp client (android, ios, rpi, etc)

The laptop only needs to drive the display(s) so anything made in last few years should suffice. Currently using a surface go.

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Re:M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through the... by gumby on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:33PM (#25674211)
> I don't understand why people insist on trying to convert laptops into desktops.

They want to have just one computer without worrying about synching or other coordination.

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