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External monitor for MB Pro M1 & mid 2015 Intel

Update: today I casually walked into an electronics store, looked at the Apple table... and they had their last MBP at 30% off. It was the demo unit with 22 cycles on the battery and official warranty expired, but not a blemish and at that price it was a steal. Could I have passed on it and go home to my dying 2013? Of course I could... but I didn't. So, now I'm a proud owner of a base 14" M1 MBP.
I immediately tried it with my 4k monitor and I can't tell any difference in speed with or without scaling.The old one did stutter a bit, even before the High Sierra disaster, but again I can't recall much of a different with different scalings.

Edit: the internal display was not scaled by default, I changed it :D
 
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biffuz said:
Update: today I casually walked into an electronics store, looked at the Apple table... and they had their last MBP at 30% off. It was the demo unit with 22 cycles on the battery and official warranty expired, but not a blemish and at that price it was a steal. Could I have passed on it and go home to my dying 2013? Of course I could... but I didn't. So, now I'm a proud owner of a base 14" M1 MBP.
I immediately tried it with my 4k monitor and I can't tell any difference in speed with or without scaling. In fact I didn't realize the internal display was scaled by default! The old one did stutter a bit, even before the High Sierra disaster, but again I can't recall much of a different with different scalings.
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I know the M1 Pro handles scaling perfectly but I will still be working on my 2015 MB Pro a lot as well for the next 18 months and I'm afraid that one won't do as well...
 
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