It must be your monitor. I have mine hooked up to a ~3yr old 19" Optiquest and it looks just as good as my beige g3 MT did. Paul On 7/22/03 9:32 AM, "Signhelpers" <mike at signhelpers.com> wrote: > I just hooked up an external monitor to my iBook. It's a used Gateway > 17" EV700. > > Problem: It's just not that sharp. Is this a function of the Gateway > unit being old and ugly or is the video output from the iBook less > than optimal. > > I would consider getting a new monitor, but if it doesn't get any > better than this I'll save my money for a G5. I've always been > fascinated with those LaCie 19" and 22" monitors with the light > shields. Any first hand experiences with them?