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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: Joel won't, so I will (was Re: Bungling Apple Lost the Plot on
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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:34:29 -0500
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On 12/4/24 12:44 AM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-12-03 19:43, Joel wrote:
>> Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The $600 Mac Mini supports 3 displays out of the box.
>>>
>>> 'M4
>>> Simultaneously supports up to three displays:
>>> Up to three displays: Two displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over
>>> Thunderbolt and one display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz over
>>> Thunderbolt or 4K resolution at 60Hz over HDMI
>>> Up to two displays: One display with up to 5K resolution at 60Hz over
>>> Thunderbolt and one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K
>>> resolution at 240Hz over Thunderbolt or HDMI'
>>>
>>> <https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/>
>>>
>>> Kind of blows your "elite" system away.
>>
>> Don't need big video by today's standards, so my card seems "elite".
> 
> So it was "a fairly nice [feature] to have support for four 4K monitors, 
> but too expensive...
> 
> ...and now suddenly your card is "elite" for being able to do one?

Seems that Joel's 'high end/elite' scale is a sliding one which 
myopically only considers his personal situation, not the state of the 
PC Industry.

And even prior to 4K, dual display support has been quite common for 
years:  I had it on my 'daily driver' work setup since ~2010.

-hh