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External Display for PB 12"
Authored by: zpjet on Dec 21, '05 09:42:35AM
  1. i am a happy user of new apple cinema 20" together with pb 15". it was costy but it feels very good. but as i looked into apple-history.com, your powerbook has mini-vga, right? the same as on iBooks. so your choice is limited only to VGA (analog connection) displays (apple displays have only digital connection - DVI). there's many displays to choose from and some of them are very cheap, still maintaining good colors and sharpness (dvi displays are sharp naturally - their pixels exactly reflects contents of vireo RAM). the best is to go to a big retail shop and have a look. i recommend to check upon controls, too: if it has AUTO settings which makes the picture look the best. also, i find a bit strange that 19" displays still have resolution only 1280x1024, as 17" do. maybe you could look for some wide screen display, they have more pixels. you could also think about future and get the model with both interface - DVI and VGA. btw, if you want to be serious about colors, the only way is calibrator - which can make almost every display look right.
  2. yes it is. the screen will come with its cable but you will need that small adapter to hook it up, hope you still have it or it is $20. it will immediately display either mirrored display or extend your desktop- this could be controlled by a key F7 (not sure about this PB) or, together with position of the second screen, in Arrangements in Displays in System Preferences.
  3. the best way is to close the lid of PB to sleep it, plug the display, wake it up with a USB device. but i hope you will appreciate more pixels and less neck pain by using BOTH displays in unmirrored mode. also getting an external keyboard and mouse is great, especially if you're going to do graphics. i work with adobe creative suite, and work on my documents on the big display, while keeping all the palettes or source documents on powerbook's display.


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