Hi Don,
Your details below are most helpful - and as you say I will spend
some time
figuring out where and how to buy the monitor and what I need - you've
given
me a headstart :) I've answered some ofyour questions below and the only
bit
I didn't follow was the need for a video card and where it goes?
Thanks,
Bea
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>>Chris and Don,
>
>Hi Bea;
>
>Sorry for delayed response. You'll see why it took a
>bit though. Apologies to list for a very long mail.
>
>> I've been thinking of buying a monitor to place in my office and use
>>my laptop in another room - but I have no experience of them and am not
>>sure what will suit my need.
>
>Could you clarify your context.
The purpose is simply to have a) a larger screen area and b) to
display more
pages/text. My laptop screen looks smaller every day!
>
>Two monitors showing the same info on them? (Mirroring)
>
>Two monitors showing different info on them? (normal
> multimonitor configuration)
>
>Are the office, both monitors, and computer all in same
>house? I've never had to do one remotely so it might
>be better for someone else to chime in on that item if
>that's what you're doing...though I'd suspect that
>RemoteMonitor isn't too hard either once you do whatever
>minor little yummy stuff they want to configure it.
It is in the same house (the monitor would have to be in my office)
but I generally
work with my laptop in another room. For this purpose (i.e. to work on
the remote monitor, I would have to be in my office).
I do have an additional problem - that is my wireless (Airport)
connection. In the
office it would generally work because the modem and router are in there
- but in the other room I frequently have outages and messages saying it
can't connect because the signal is too weak at this point.
I am thinking of buying another router - but don't know the best to
buy that would perhaps give me a stronger signal!
>
>A few years ago, Timbuktu had a computer online sitting
>there with the software hooked up so you could see a
>Remote Machine connection working. Essentially it showed
>a window on your machine that showed the apple menu and
>hard drive of the remote machine as if the window was the
>other machines monitor in 'miniature'. You could 'move'
>their hard drive icon and go exploring the info on the hard
>drive as if it was your own machine and hard drive. They
>had write permission turned off for obvious reasons but it
>demonstrated that the connection was actually working.
>
>IIRC, it was as simple as starting the software, entering
>the remote location, logging in, and voila... connected.
>
>>In preparing an academic paper I want to
>>see more pages on the screen,
>>and use a larger area than I have on my 15" (?) laptop.
>
>>So would I use a
>>vertical or horizontal monitor?
>
>Vertical ... if that's what you really want.
Well I liked the idea that I could use either way.
>
>My normal 19" seems happy to show a full page on it
>without doing anything unusual. With a large monitor
>(that will serve you well in other ways), maybe its not
>necessary to go vertical. Besides, vertical only
>means you have to slip into a tight dress as far as
>horizontal space is concerned. A normal larger monitor
>means you have your cake and eat it too. Setting the
>screen resolution to 870 x 1156 or higher helps too.
So what size would the larger one be? 19"?
>
>>Also the one I saw at the Apple store was VERY expensive.
>
>Apple store = highest price for new perfect factory
> equipment. Fine if that's what you want.
>
>A used regular monitor is often far cheaper and generally
>I've had good results with that method.
>
>Swaplist and finding a local auction Mac guru are the best
>two kinds of sources I prefer. Nobody knows everything,
>so its always good to have a few different people available
>to bounce stuff off.
>
>If you don't have to have it shipped that's the ultimate
>in cheap monitors. I picked one up for a new 17" (in
>the sealed box from a second hand dealer) for $50 a
>couple years back and happily had to rip the glue seals
>to get it out of the box. Have been totally happy with
>it and the $70 used 19" main monitor that is its big brother.
You don't hapapen to live in Los Angeles perchance and I could
try out your sources :))
>
>'USUALLY' used monitors will go cheap if you talk nice
>to your favorite 'Mac guy' and are doing the 'open the
>car door' shipping method. Since this isn't a desperation
>buy, the best thing to do is go 'in the hunt' long before
>you plan to buy. Take the laptop with and the guy should
>be able to hook it up and demo it for you in a few minutes
>to prove the setup works. Also helps if you're uneasy
>about self installing a video card.
So its not just a question of plugging in a cable between the laptop
and monitor?
>
>>I am using a Classic OS X 4.11 with OS 9 including for my Emails. I
>>understand the only connection I need is a cable that fits into my laptop
>>at one end and the monitor at the other.
>
>Hardware required: Probably only a carefully selected
>video card, the exact cable for your specific
>configuration, plenty of RAM, and the second monitor
>itself.
RAM might be a problem. How much do I need?
>
>>Is it then just a question of dragging a folder to the
>>monitor image on my laptop?
>
>If I am assuming correctly that you're wanting to use
>one machine with two monitors at one location, its easier
>than that. All you need to do is hook up the hardware
>correctly (there are a couple significant details to know
>about that) and once hooked up, the mouse will actually
>naturally pass from one monitor to the other once you
>spend about 2 minutes in your monitors control panel
>or the OSX system prefs / displays panel. That's so
>self explanatory that you probably won't even need much
>(or any) hints. What you can't see (in OS9) with single
>monitor is that there is an 'arrange' panel / button that
>lets you 'place' the monitors on a symbolic little panel so
>that it shows how you are arranging them on the desk
>they will be sitting on. That will show how your mouse
>will travel from screen to screen.
>
>> Also if I knew what I was specifically looking for I'd like to try
>>obtaining a monitor on Ebay.
>
>EBay = Shipping. I really hate shipping monitors or
>machines. Try to cultivate a good working relationship
>with somebody who frequents auctions and carries off
>a bunch of Mac stuff regularly to sell. That will save
>you some money when the time is right for hardware
>renewal / replacement.
>
>Shipped a few and was 'nail biting' the entire time
>worrying that they wouldn't make it and I'd end up
>eating the costs.
>
>>Appreciate your thoughts,
>>
>>Bea
>
>happy to help
>Don
>
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