Apple will eventually support it, but to expect them to support every single 1% (or less) use case with their very first product release is nuts. I'd be willing to bet that a setup with more than one external monitor falls into the less than 1% category. So saying that not running a third display is akin to not supporting a BT mouse/keyboard is ridiculous. If you count the display it already has, then it does support a second one. Where are you getting that the MBP doesn't support a second display?Įnabling the Mac Mini to drive two monitors, and the MacBooks to handle one external screen alongside the built-in display Not really sure what they were thinking in that regard. It would be like saying it doesn’t support a Bluetooth keyboard or a different mouse other than the trackpad. For example, with 4K RED 11:1 footage the iMac Pro 14-core went from 24FPS to 6FPS without any effects being applied to the footage. I can buy cheap ass PCs for a couple of hundred dollars that support a second display. We found that using Metal with a Mac is a bad idea for playback performance and found a 20-30 drop in FPS with most of our test media, and a massive drop in FPS with RED footage when using Metal on the Mac system. Frankly, I’m shocked that Apple released a device they called a “pro” device that does not natively support a second display. But, does it allow you to add a second display to a MacBook Pro? Well then yes, it’s probably worth it. Well I don’t think that was really the point, nobody’s going to run six displays in real life.
