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Authored by: micdego on Nov 01, '03 12:54:31PM

i probably missed most people who were posting here but i'm really posting this for the unfortunate soul who stumbles across the original post. why not use both displays? in short, because video ram is finite. like rmac said when he has both displays active he doesn't have the same resolution options. this is because when you use two displays the powerbook splits the available video ram between the two displays, as they should. the amount of video ram available dictates a number of things about the quality of the display. so if you're sitting there with a 23" hd cinema display and a powerbook, disable your powerbook's display, the extra realestate isn't worth it.



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