I bought a laptop stand and use my 17" macbook pro with a wireless keyboard and mouse. No complaints here. 17" is plenty big enough for hacking out CF etc. It would be nice to have a 20+ inch widescreen but, honestly who needs dual monitors with a desktop manager?
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Howard Fore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes but the dual monitor support on most non-Apple laptops comes through a > docking station. At least that's how I've done it on the last three Windows > laptops I've used (Dell, HP, IBM). The docking station had both VGA and DVI > and the video chipset would support driving both (although not the built-in > screen as well :-( ). In the Mac world Bo0okEndz is the only docking station > I know of. They do have both VGA and DVI on their docks but the manual is > mum on whether or not you can drive two monitors with it. > Honestly I don't miss it at home though. I've got a 20 widescreen Dell > 2005FPW and the 17 inch display in the PowerBook (still rockin' the OG > PowerPC) and have my PowerBook setup so that it's at roughly the same > viewing height when it's on the desk (which isn't really that often). At > work (Windows-world) the two monitors are non-widescreen 17 inchers. > > Howard > > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:42 AM, Derrick Peavy < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hmmmmm. > > Ok, I see. Wasn't thinking that way. Yes, the laptops can mirror to any > > size display, but there is only one video out port, so you would have to > > split. Isn't that the case with --most-- laptops? Looks like the thread has > > some good info about how the hardware works and what is does/does not do. My > > bad. > > > > > -- > Howard Fore, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don't push it." - Jeff Atwood > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Annual Sponsor - Figleaf Software <http://www.figleaf.com> > > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Steven Ross web application & interface developer http://blog.stevensross.com [mobile] 404-488-4364 [fax] (404) 592-6885 [ AIM / Yahoo! : zeriumsteven ] [googleTalk : nowhiding ] ------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Sponsor FigLeaf Software - http://www.figleaf.com To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
