Dual Monitors on the M1

No one will know until Apple announces new models. You can follow some of the Apple fan sites for any possible rumours, but keep in mind they are just rumours until Apple makes an official announcement. Currently if you want an Apple laptop which supports more than one external display you will need to purchase the Intel version.

Apple does not say anything until the product is officially launched. When Apple officially launches a product Apple updates the Apple Store with the relevant information. So far Apple has not yet made any announcements about any new computer models this Fall. Typically some new models are released in the Fall, but it is also possible that any major changes to the M1 Macs will take much longer to implement so maybe there will be no new models for a while. If you want rumours, then visit one of several Apple fan sites since Apple does not allow posts regarding rumours or product speculation on these forums.

Hi and thanks!

But i don't know any forums about this topic, ¿can you send me one?

And do you think, apple solve this problem? i have a new macbook M1 pro, and i need connect 2 screens more, like my old macbook, but i cant waste more money in adapters....

https://www.macrumors.com/

https://appleinsider.com/

https://9to5mac.com/

I'm sure Apple will need to allow for multiple external displays at some point if Apple wants to stop making Intel based Macs, but who knows. The current standard is for using USB-C connectors for the ports on the current line-up of Apple laptops since 2016 so I expect this trend to continue until a new standard is introduced.

The Apple-Silicon M1 MacBook Pro and Air are extremely-capable entry-level computers. They can support the internal display AND an External display up to the previously unheard of size of the Apple 6K display at billions of colors. But only ONE in addition to the internal display.

This may not match the way older computers forced you to work, since older computers were not able to support a really large external display. But it is NOT a defect. The spec was available long before you could purchase the computer.

Fetching screen data is done by rasterizer/display-generator Hardware in the graphics subsystem. Once set up, data are fetched at that same interval again and again without additional intervention. The entire screen data MUST be completed within each screen refresh interval (often 1/60th second) or the screen will go partially or completely blank without the late or missing data. In addition, each one-pixel-tall Row must be fetched on a much tighter schedule within one row-time, or part of the row will be blank.

The MacBook Pro M1 memory features a "unified" memory design. Everything comes from that one memory array, with one memory access logic. Many devices are competing for access to the memory access logic, and screen refresh is especially urgent. In this M1 entry-level design, there is no more additional memory bandwidth to support more than the built-in display and one external display up to 6K in size. No additional rasterizer/display-generators can work correctly, because memory bandwidth is limited.

For many higher-than-entry-level Macs, including most with Discrete Graphics chips, a faster "private" display RAM is used. This allows those systems to support additional displays, because that display RAM is fast and is mainly used for fetching display data.

Executive summary: additional Hardware-accelerated display support can NOT be added to the entry-level M1 systems.

Hi!

But You know if apple did official communicate if they wil fix that?

thanks

You paid dearly for the built-in display, are you using that at the same time as the External display?

What sort of data are you working with that needs a second external display?