I'm not;)
The current Intel Mac mini will do three monitors (the m1 only does two)
so I'm thinking that will become an Apple Silicon Model at some point
and perhaps retain that. I assume a Mac Pro (hefty hole in the budget
for that) will support at least three. What I'll have to do is look into
how much I should use adaptors/hubs and how much I should just also
trade up monitors to newer ones. I also have a USB 2 displaylink kit
which theoretically lets me run another monitor (so eg an iMac M1 might
support a second monitor but displaylink would give me the third). It
needs a decent CPU - running it on my work Macbook Air kills the
machine.
I don't need great monitors, it's all text, but I need a lot of room
(and my eyesight is gradually failing so I often have them at lower
resolutions than 'recommended'). Most of the time I'm writing in one,
consulting another and compiling/previewing output on the third. One
buge monitor doesn't work, I spend all my time fixing window sizes (if
only macOS could treat a large screen as two, subdivided, iPad style...)
PS one of the monitors, the one I'm reading this on, is the one I bought
from you - vintage Apple display still going strong!
Cheers,
J
On 19 Nov 2020, at 16:03, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote:
Just a thought, how are you going to connect three displays to a
MacBook Pro with 2 USB-C ports?
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On 19 Nov 2020, at 15:11, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group
<[email protected]> wrote:
As a misophone I'm fascinated at the prospect of a truly silent Mac.
John Gruber has emphasised that even the 'with-fan' Macbook Pro is
utterly silent. But I need three monitors so the M1 Mac Mini is sadly
not going to work, so am waiting for the big guns (iMac and Mac Pro)
to update.
<https://daringfireball.net/2020/11/the_m1_macs
<https://daringfireball.net/2020/11/the_m1_macs>>
"...it isn’t making even a whisper of noise.
No Intel-based laptop with vaguely comparable performance to these
machines can possibly match that silence. If you care about noise,
the game is already over."
You cannot believe how long I've waited to read that;)
cheers,
J
On 19 Nov 2020, at 10:23, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group
wrote:
Good point Tony, thanks.
On 18 Nov 2020, at 22:08, Tony Crooks <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Apart from the £300 premium you might consider that the Air has no
fan and the mini does. Therefore the mini more resistant to thermal
throttling. Depends on how important portability is for your needs.
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