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		ffgjgf1 on March 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip > It’s not on Apple to make sure their cheapest consumer-targeted computer is good enough for enterprise use. Except they crippled it on purpose as a form of market segmentation. Claiming anything else is beyond absurd.

dangus on March 5, 2024 [–]

We really don’t know. Personally I’m not surprised that a chip that came from a smartphone has difficulty with multiple monitors. I’m guessing that the Pro and Max chips need a much larger die area dedicated to that functionality.

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