My $2.2k laptop can't drive two screens
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My $2.2k laptop can't drive two screens
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#2Vote with your wallet
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#3could not use the HDMI and USB-C port at the same time
the “base” M3 chip is essentially an overclocked iPad chip put into a computer, and it does not have two display controllers.
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#4The workaround that works very well for me: use DisplayLink.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38149233
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#5Apple gives you two weeks to return hardware with no questions asked.
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#6The workaround that works very well for me: use DisplayLink. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38149233
This works perfect. Until you want to see Netflix or other DRM protected stuff.
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#7I don’t think it’s that Apple is so good but that the competition is so garbage that it makes anything halfway decent seem amazing.
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#8Meanwhile my Intel i5 Macbook Pro 13" from Early 2020 which was around 1.8K when bought new in 2020 CAN DO IT! So it has been better in the past!
Apple downsized in regards to multi-monitor support so that you were forced to buy an M1...M3 Pro CPU which costs substantially more for only being able to drive more than one monitor.
A shame that they did not fix the clamshell mode on the basic M3 Macbook Pro yet.
Hopefully Apple wakes up with Qualcomm X Elite chips soon flooding the Windows laptop market (and they can all drive at least 3 external monitors).
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#9A) the device in question was provisioned by his employer, so it's not his laptop, ergo, the price is irrelevant. If he's not able to complete his work tasks on the device, then it's on him to communicate with his manager to procure a device that allows him to do so.
B) if the device was purchased by him, then the onus is on him to have researched the device's full functionality prior to the spending any amount in any currency.
C) "What Apple is doing is trying to squeeze even more profit out of all users who didn’t read the fine print."
Sounds a bit to me like the author of this blog is feeling a little guilty and self conscious about being apart of this subset of 'non-fine-print-readers'.
Re: My $2.2k laptop can't drive two screens
#10I have the same laptop. I am able to run two monitors plus my internal screen without display link. The trick is to use ALT mode on one. This is dependent on at least one of the monitors supporting ALT mode.