It is August 2022, is there a solution for dual monitors for the M1 2020 MacBook Pro 13 inch yet?
Looks like there is nothing recently discussed on how to hook up two external monitors for the M1 2020. Is there a solution yet or are we still SOL?
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The 2020 Apple-Silicon M1 13-in MacBook Pro and Air and 2022 Apple-Silicon M2 13-in 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 is at the Apple standard for its built-in hardware-accelerated displays, which are suitable for production/display of cinema-quality video with NO dropped frames, and NO dropouts or partial-blank scan lines due to memory under-runs or other issues.
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.
If you are not doing full-motion video or moving images, only slow-to-change information like program listings, stock quotes, or spreadsheets, there are already "fake" displays that can be added with a stunt-box.