M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through their Thunderbolt 3 ports
Meanwhile Intel Macs can't support external displays without using the discrete GPU and thermal throttling under moderate workloads.<p>They are completely unsuited for multi-monitor workloads without an eGPU.<p>More specifically, the draw 30W of additional power that has to go somewhere. You can turn down the refresh rate, to say 10Hz or something, but it still has to use the discrete GPU. The cooling solution simply isn't handled to deal with it, as they have crammed as much processing power they can into the ultra-light chassis.<p>Meanwhile you can play World of Warcraft whilst drawing just 25W of power TOTAL on the M1 (estimate, I don't play WoW anymore). This is while the Intel Mac is drawing 70-100 Watts from the socket for just rendering a window to the secondary display.<p>It's got to the stage that I prefer to use my 13 inch M1 over a top of the line 16 inch provided by work. When M1 finally supports docker, I might even consider not using the 16 inch at all. It crashes due to thermals about twice a week due to the constant high temperature and eats through batteries!<p>If anyone has a solution to this, I'm all ears, but it feels like every nay-sayer of the M1 is dismissing just how many compromises Intel based laptops (not just Macs) have. I had just as many issues with the Dell XPS, where even basic video games would become unplayable after 15 minutes due to CPU throttling down to 0.8 Ghz.<p>The M1 has been the first laptop I have been truly happy with as a desktop user.