# Macbook Air M1 with two external monitors?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399 "2021-08-11T07:19:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Szpoti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/szpoti/32/272837_2.png) [@Szpoti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Szpoti)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399/1 "2021-08-11T07:19:38Z")

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Is anyone successfully running two external displays?

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**Author:** ![Pouncer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pouncer/32/383840_2.png) [@Pouncer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pouncer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399/2 "2021-08-12T01:04:33Z")

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The M1 MBA only supports one external display. The Mac Mini is the only M1 Mac to support two external displays (because it has no internal display).

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**Author:** ![Szpoti](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/szpoti/32/272837_2.png) [@Szpoti](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Szpoti)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399/3 "2021-08-12T01:30:40Z")

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Docking station is your friend 😉

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**Author:** ![Pouncer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/pouncer/32/383840_2.png) [@Pouncer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Pouncer)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399/4 "2021-08-12T05:20:33Z")

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It’s a limitation with the M1 SOC, not the number of ports you have. Most docking stations won’t help. The only thing that does is DisplayLink, which is proprietary hardware with a software hack that lets you use multiple monitors. Many people recommend against using it for gaming or other demanding applications, but I don’t recall why (probably something related to lag or refresh rate).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/macbook-air-m1-with-two-external-monitors/323399/5 "2021-11-10T05:21:07Z")

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