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It's quite overkill for even intensive video editing. There are a number of YouTube videos of people downgrading from a m1 max to pro because the max was a waste of money and battery life.

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I just wish the M1 Pro could drive 3 external monitors. It’s the main thing keeping me from dropping down to a Pro on my next machine. On my 2019 16” I drive triple portrait 24s, but I would need a Max to do that on a 2022.

Here’s hoping the M2 architecture has HDMI 2.1 support and the gpu can do triple monitors from the beginning.

While I wouldn't be in the business of using 3 24" displays, I think not being able to have two external displays would be a deal breaker. I typically use my mac's screen and a 30" external at 2560x1600

My M1pro drives the laptop, a 4K, a 2k, and a fourth display by wirelessly air playing to a Roku, though I could completely understand that’s not an idea solution, depending on what you’re sending to each screen. The Roku connection was easily capable of running full screen video.

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