<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Matt:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have had good experience using a large external LCD with my iBook G4/1.2GHz/14" system.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It is true that a standard iBook G4 can only mirror the built-in 1024 x 768 display on an external monitor.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However, if you download and install the "Screen Spanning Doctor" utility found at:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><<A href="http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html">http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html</A>></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>you may find that your system can support larger external resolutions and screen spanning. My posting on this topic in the forum from August 2005 reads:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 6.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Verdana; min-height: 16.0px"><BR></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">My iBook 14"/1.2Ghz/ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 using SSD works very well driving an external Dell 2005FPW 20.1" display at 1680 x 1050 @ 60Hz over the iBook's standard VGA adapter.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">The iBook's LCD simultaneously displays 1024 x 768. Both provide full 32-bit color. Quartz Extreme is fully supported, but Core Image is not supported.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><BR></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;">Subjectively, driving the Dell display using the analog VGA interface is not quite as sharp as driving it using a DVI interface, but (for me) it is perfectly fine for the web surfing/email/MS Office/Omni apps that I use.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Verdana; min-height: 15px; "></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><DIV>Best regards,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jim</DIV></BODY></HTML>