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    [–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    Wait... can a Mac run multiple monitors? It must be able to, but the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor. Clean desks and a minimalist aesthetic, but never multiple monitors.

    [–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

    the only pictures I see Mac people posting of their desktops only ever have a single monitor

    That's because their monitors cost $2k

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago

    They are computers. So yes.

    [–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    The M1 macbooks only support 1 external monitor natively lmao

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    There are issues with Macs and multiple monitors, but one thing they do great is that they can easily support multiple monitors with different dpi settings and refresh rates (including variable refresh rates), which turns into a big pain in the ass to get right in Linux.

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Look at this guy, never used wayland before

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

    Wayland on Nvidia is finally getting to that "bit quirky but overall awesome" point, and it feels like my PC just got a major upgrade without switching any hardware. Absolutely buttery smooth 144hz and I love it. Plus no more having to block compositing to use my creative stuff like Blender and Krita smoothly! :D. Ride, hardware, ride!!!! HIYAH!!

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    The M1/2/3 Pro, Max, & Ultra chips all support multiple displays. It’s just the base model chip that doesn’t.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

    M3 MacBook Air supports two external screens if you close the lid.

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    If you get one big monitor (extra wide) that’s all you need

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

    Macs are used in a lot of "creative" industries and professionals tend to benefit from multiple monitors. Every editor I've known cuts on a Mac with at least two monitors.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

    It’s like the same meme about developers.

    In this format there’s usually a single column that is the core and everything else is an assumption.

    In the developers meme designers are children eating paint because the column of truth is for software devs.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

    ...macintoshes have featured native multihead support since at least 1987...

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

    I'm using 3 on my M1, so... * shrug *

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    I’m the weirdo who regularly uses all three. I think a lot of Mac people use one screen because MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS, especially if you’re using a trackpad. I personally use two screens but have used as many as three.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

    MacOS has better desktop switching than the other two OS

    Can you elaborate on this? As a tiling WM user, I feel as if I can confidently challenge this assertion.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

    I have three monitors in addition to my main iMac screen, coupling that with their extremely clean desktop switching has me by the balls until Wayland is fully working with Nvidia(if it’s not already, I admittedly am not paying attention until I stop getting OS updates)