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Only 1-monitor support seems like a market segmentation decision, not a lack of capability.

(Much like how the iPhone Pro has faster USB-C data transfer speeds vs base iPhone)

I agree but the iPhone is a bad example. They used the previous year chip in the non-pro phone (or a binned version IIRC) which didn’t have the USB3 speed support. I guess we will see if next year’s base iPhone has the faster data speed support or not.

Give me a "pro" which is thinner than and without a fan.

Give me an "air" with two external monitors and 64GB ram.

The pros are clunky and heavy. I'm on an air, and will stay there for a long time because if this

Aren't the pros and the airs very close to the same weight? the 15" air is 3.3 lbs and the MacBook 14" with the m3 is 3.4lbs. The heaviest 16" with the m3Max is 4.4.

15 air significantly heavier than 13

Yeah, you can actually use these dongles to connect more monitors.

https://m1displays.com/

A DisplayLink is not a real dock. It's basically compressing the display output using the CPU and decompressing it using an external GPU in a box to output it to more displays. The performance is terrible, you get weird artifacts, there's lag, you can't use it for gaming, etc.

Sure, don't use it for gaming, but I wouldn't call it terrible. See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38131364

The regular iPhone 15 has last-year's Pro chip, the A16, and the 15 Pro has the new A17, so it's not simply a matter of binning or disabling features.

Yeah it absolutely is and that’s why they sniff farts. Two monitors is such a strange thing to segment but it’s a smart business decision. It just sniffs farts

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