[iBook] What do I need to connect iBook to 23" monitor?

[Angus Wallace]

No - not easily.

The cinema displays use a DVI connector (digital) whereas the ibook  
only has VGA (analog). You can buy a convertor, but it's a couple of  
hundred dollars, and prob isn't worth it.

Even if you did by a convertor, you would be under-utilizing the  
screen. It can do 1920 x 1200, and the video card in the ibook isn't  
really capable of this comfortably...

Perhaps consider buying an imac instead.. or a different LCD screen  
(i.e. non-Apple - *ducks* ;-) that supports VGA - these are becoming  
scarce now. If you do this, make sure it supports DVI as well, so  
that when you eventually upgrade, you can still use it.

Installing Screen spanning doctor on your ibook will not resolve  
these issues. It'll let you run the ibook in clamshell mode (i.e.  
shut), but it won't improve video performance..

HTH,
-Gus

On 20/05/2005, at 12:42 AM, M.Milligan wrote:

> I'm shopping for the apple 23" monitor. Before I commit myself, I'd  
> like to know if I can connect my 12" 1.2GHz iBook with 768 MB of  
> DDR RAM to the monitor. I'd like to run the iBook screen down.
>
> Can I do this?
>
> Is the graphics card on the iBook 1.2GHz capable of handling this?
>
> What do I need to do?
>
> Post privately if you like.Thanks very much.
>
> Murray
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