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		jcynix on March 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip Lid closed? Depends on the exact Macbook version ... The lid of my MacBook Pro (M1 pro, 16-inch, 2021) is open and actively displays stuff and additionally two external LG 4K monitors are directly connected to it via USB-C. The third USB-C port is in use for external disks, but maybe I should try sometime to connect a third monitor ...? But nevertheless, Apple's hardware strategy sucks ...

bahmboo on March 4, 2024 | [–]

I was referring to the new M3 MacBook Airs. Other models are different as you point out.

dataworm on March 4, 2024 | [–]

The 2 display limitation is for the base model Mx. The Mx Pro supports 3 displays and the Max 5. All three numbers are for internal+external displays.

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